Raiders coach refuses to heed owner's call to resign
 

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Raiders owner Al Davis sent a letter to Lane Kiffin recently asking for the coach to resign, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports.
Kiffin has refused to resign, he told Mortensen.
The Raiders finished 4-12 in Kiffin's first season as coach.
Chris Mortensen covers the NFL for ESPN.

What the hell did the old man expect?

Just weird

did i hear correctly that atlanta is on their 6th coach since 2003?

They need to put a revolving door on the coach's office in Oakland.

I am convinced that Al Davis is no longer mentally stable and unfit to run a professional football team.

something tells me old balls will have the final say in the matter

make that seven, not six, if you include interim head coaches. holy balls.

that is insane, no coach will take the job if they keep sending them out

well, Ted Cottrell has been desperate for a HC job

Do you think Tice would take the job? I mean that as a serious question.

I would hope not. It's not a good situation to be in, and tice has already worked with one poorly ran/owned franchise, and i'd like to think if chance arises he'd be more pickey.

But Tice runs the offensive style Al likes, power run, deep passing.

Davis will either get a washed up coach or a coach desperate to be HC. I dont think Tice is either.

one of worse kept secrets is Holmgren will probably retire after next year, and Tice would love to have that job.

There's no way Tice will get the Seattle job.

When did he become William Clay Ford?

does seatle have an in house canidate?

his stamp was on Jaguar's rushing attack this year, and I think if teams look at what Tice did w/ MN and what happened after he left, he'd have to be intriguing. He was also a former seahawk which is a loose connection I know.

But, if I thought I had a chance at Seatle, I'd off the raiders and wait.

Al Davis just may have to scout HS coaching ranks...I cant imagine a lot of interest in that spot. I'd put that and atlanta as the two least desirable of vacancies (atlanta's was filled...)

Paul Allen doesn't care how much he pays a coach. He just cares about getting the best coach he can find and Tice isn't his idea of a great coach.

Yeah, I'm sure he'd like a flashy name, I'm sure seatle's number choice would be Cowher or a Coach with more established name.

Seatle job is tough one too, it's a veteran team that'll soon have a lot of holes. Alexander is washed up, walter jones is on wrong side of 30...

who knows how much longer Matt will be able to be a tier 2 QB, he may slip a bit.

He looked like "walking death" last time I saw him.

I would have to think, if this is true, that someone Al wants has just recently shaken loose.

The top candidates for that, IMO, would be the other Ryan twin, or Al Saunders.

Did Davis really think that Kiffin was going to resign and forfeit the remainder of his contract?

What a moran.

Jim Mora Jr.

denny green is being mentioned....

although denny is always mentioned in relation to raiders