I know everyone loves to pound on Al Davis for being senile and amazingly dumb enough to sign Art Shell for a second term and above all allow a guy running a bed and breakfast to run his offense last season, but hey atleast he's hopped on the NFL trend band wagon of signing a young hot genius coordinator. So what if he bucked the trend and hired Lane Kiffin, a young 'genius' coordinator from college with a single year of NFL experience, and so what if he's only 31. Wait what? The guy is 31, is a college coordinator, has a single year of NFL experience and you're giving him your head coaching job? Ok so typically college coaches shit the bed in the NFL, now you're going with the extreme of a college coordinator. Al Davis has officially lost his mind. Perhaps he was interviewing Lane, while looking at his father Monte, defensive coordinator of the Bucs, resume? That would make sense right. His only year of NFL coaching experience was as the Jaguars Defensive Quality Control Coach in 2000 when he was 25, what do you think he did there hand out jock straps and watch film? Perhaps this will work but perhaps you should have gone with someone with a bit more experience Al, someone who's more than 2 years older than Randy Moss, perhaps your 2nd worst run franchise in the league should have hired a proven NFL coach. Just saying.It is quite humurous how Steve Sarkisian went no thank you last week and almost immediately they just went down the USC Trojan line and signed Kiffin. What if Kiffin would have denied him? Would they have just filtered through the USC offensive coaching staff from Ted McNair to Brennan Carrol to maybe even a player coach like Dwayne Jarrett until someone accepted the job? I think so.
To add to the hilarity of this signing, Kiffin was a top candidate for the University of Minnesota job, but didn't get it. Hmm didn't get a middle of the pack Big 10 job, but got an NFL job, makes sense.
Al Davis Hiring Coaches = Matt Millen Drafting 1st Round Picks
Potential Vick Trade
My buddy sent me a rumor that the Raiders were thinking about trading their #1 pick, Jerry Porter and Randy Moss for Vick and the Falcons #10 pick. I say do it for both teams. The Raiders have no offense, directly because their QB sucks, Vick has proven he can win games with zero wide receivers. Jerry Porter and Randy Moss need to get out of Oakland terribly. Vick would give Raiders fans something to look forward to, he's the ideal Raider and he's better than either Quinn or Russell, neither of whom I'm convinced will be great in the NFL.
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