Oakland Raiders: Dearest Mr. Allen Davis, Don't Destroy the (Almost There) Team

Dearest Mister Davis,

This is a sincere attempt to reach out (through Bleacher Report) in hopes that your decision on the Head Coach of the Oakland Raiders be that of extending the contract of Tom Cable at least for one more year.

As a fan of The Raider Nation, we do make a commitment to excellence and understand your tenacity as well as the frustration that must be lingering above your head with the (recent) stagnant operations of arguably the NFL's most exciting team.

But we as fans (some of us) do want you to (re)consider bringing Mister Cable back, even if just for a year, so he can finish what he started as essentially this is a team he has invested time, energy and emotion into.

Yes, Oakland is NOT averaging a winning record, but neither did they when Jon Gruden took over—well, maybe the third year but still—this is work in progress! JaMarcus Russell was a bum that brought this team down, Jason Campbell has done the exact opposite and has put up decent numbers for a man who had to learn yet another offense.

Mister Davis, Oakland is almost there, we as fans are salivating for next season as we know that we could of easily been 12-4 if not for mistakes. Oakland IS a top-tier team, but small flaws need to be fixed before we can take the next step and join the big boys of the NFL.

I want to ask of you, please do not terminate Tom Cable; he's what Gradkowski was to the fans in the 2009-10 season: He's hope and change. He's the light at the end of the tunnel and even though his overall win/loss record sits at 3.2 percent, he's still done magical things with our Oakland team.

He did make a mistake when it came down to picking a quarterback and sticking with him, which he paid for by missing the playoffs; arguably, a simple missed field-goal that if Janikowski made against the Cardinals, we would be sitting as the AFC West Champions.

But that's neither here nor there; what's important is to evaluable Mister Cable off of his stats and he had made progress since taking over the team.

Oakland swept the AFC West, beating the (overrated) Chiefs, the (resurging) Broncos and the (just as inconsistent) Chargers twice, a stat worth taking to the bank.

There is no doubt, this is your team and you run the Raiders the way YOU want to run them, but take it from me, as I share the same opinion with a lot of other Raider fans, we want Tom Cable back.

We want Hue Jackson as Offensive Coordinator; we want John Marshall as Defensive Coordinator; we want Nnamdi Asomugha and Richard Seymour back because those elements PROMISE a great season next year.

But you have final say—this is your team and not ours. I do understand that you love the organization as if it were your own and we do too.

We just hate seeing it in turmoil especially with the amount of talent that the team has.

So please Mister Davis, if you see this (highly doubtful), please don't terminate Tom Cable—give him a shot and see what he can do for one more year.

If 8-8 with a 6-0 divisional record is any indication of what can be done, then next year, the Oakland Raiders will no doubt be as "excellent" as you want them to be.

Which would allow Jason Campbell to live up to the compliment of being YOUR new Jim Plunkett.

Sincerely,
Justin Gonsalves (One of MANY Raider Fans who support this notion).