Cable out as HC in Oakland

[Dorado]

via Adam Schefters twitter:

Filed to ESPN: Raiders informed Tom Cable they will not pick up the option in his contract. He no longer is the Raiders head coach.

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

I didn't think they would get rid of him to be honest, at least not for 2011. Never know with them I guess, wonder who they are looking at for head coach. Maybe Hue Jackson the offensive coordinator will get promoted?

 

[A.E]

Hmmm...8-8 finish, finally looking a team that has talent on the roster, most of their games were competitive. Not understanding this move...but as always, Al Fucking Davis.

 

[Dorado]

Hmmm...8-8 finish, finally looking a team that has talent on the roster, most of their games were competitive. Not understanding this move...but as always, Al Fucking Davis.

not to mention they finished with a perfect division record

 

[DJT]

Yeah, other coaches who kept their jobs were more deserving of the can.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Looks like Al Davis wants to blow a top-10 2012 draft pick on another bust player.

 

[RipCity32]

Also baffled with this firing. Cable seemed to have great control of that team this season..

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

Leave it up to Al Davis to surprise everybody.

 

[footballplaya52]

i never thought cable was HC material anyway.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Also baffled with this firing. Cable seemed to have great control of that team this season..

Oh yeah. Knockin' out his asst. coaches left and right. It felt good to see an NFL team ruled under an iron fist.

 

[Lake Louise]

I didn't see anything I liked in Cable to begin with, as a HC anyways. Well, I guess knowing he can beat his assistants in a fight is something, but I don't know how that helps the team. Not surprised with 1. The number of coaches that have gone already and 2. Al Davis

 

[.GR]

They hired Hue Jackson with the idea that they wouldn't pick up the 2 year option on Cable, so I'm guessing he gets the job. Unless Harbaugh comes back to Oakland. Him and Al Davis are pretty close.

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

They hired Hue Jackson with the idea that they wouldn't pick up the 2 year option on Cable, so I'm guessing he gets the job. Unless Harbaugh comes back to Oakland. Him and Al Davis are pretty close.

Good chance it will be Hue Jackson. He's been good at what he's done throughout the years. He'll most likely get promoted, no way do I see Jim Harbaugh going to Oakland.

 

[A.E]

LOL....Al Davis with his own banhammer:

Punter Shane Lechler has played for the Raiders since 2000. He has seen plenty of coaches come and go. And he disagrees with the decision to send current coach Tom Cable packing.

In an interview with CSN Bay Area, Lechler called the decision a “huge setback” for the team, and he said that free agents like offensive lineman Robert Gallery and running back Michael Bush won’t want to return.

“I can’t go through another head coach,” Lechler said. Since Lechler joined the Raiders, the team has had six head coaches: Jon Gruden, Bill Callahan, Norv Turner, Art Shell, Lane Kiffin, and Cable.

Lechler said that Cable brought a “no-nonsense” approach, which Lechler regarded as “awesome” and “exactly what we need.”

As to Cable’s departure, Lechler said, “I’m not so sure this isn’t a terrible decision.” -PFT

AND THEN....

On Wednesday, the Raiders signed punter Glenn Pakulak. The team announced the move on its website.

We doubt that it’s a coincidence.

Lechler, a Raiders since 2000, is signed through 2012. Pakulak spent eight games with the Saints in 2008, and two with the Redskins in 2009. -PFT

What a disaster...and just when things were looking up in Oakland again.

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

Al Davis strikes in more ways than one, sucks for Oakland fans, especially when the future was looking brighter.

 

[.GR]

Who gives a fuck about Shane Lechler? hahahah You punt a football you pussy.

 

[Rice18]

DMC 20 > Bush anyways.

Also I love this move now maybe the raiders to the playoffs with Hue.

 

[.GR]

I don't see how anyone could question Al Davis replacing Cable with Jackson. Great move. Since when does the media even talk to the fucking punter? What a joke haha

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

I don't see how anyone could question Al Davis replacing Cable with Jackson. Great move. Since when does the media even talk to the fucking punter? What a joke haha

The Raiders were improving (A little bit) and were 6-0 in their respective division, that's hard to do. Now they are bringing in a guy that's a great offensive coordinator/Wide receivers coach, however just because he's good at them positions doesn't instantly mean he's going to be the right choice for the Raiders head coaching job. Time will tell, if that whose the next coach. He just hasn't shown what he can do as head coach, it may be great things, and then it may not be what you expect.

 

[.GR]

Cable had a .356 winning percentage while in Oakland. He goes 8-8 one year and he deserves a 2 year extension? I think not...