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Written by Maury Brown
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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 18:58 |
 In one of the most bizarre and protracted firings in NFL history, the Oakland Raiders have finally fired head coach Lane Kiffen after he compiled a 5-15 record. The entire statement from the Raiders on the firing consisted of one line: "Lane Kiffin has been released as head coach of the Oakland Raiders for cause."According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen Kiffin was fired by phone and without pay. Raiders offensive line coach Tom Cable is viewed as a likely candidate to replace Kiffen. As reported by Mortensen: The news did not blindside Kiffin, who was informed by a team executive that he would be fired after the Raiders 24-23 loss to the Buffalo Bills in week three. Even though Davis didn't act a week ago, as Kiffin was told he would, many team insiders expected the Oakland owner to fire the coach during this bye week.
Kiffin and Davis had been at loggerheads for some time as Kiffin attempted to fire defensive coordinator Rob Ryan after the 2007 season. In a well-documented and bizarre series of events, Davis sent a letter of resignation for Kiffin to sign, but he declined to sign the letter, thus setting up a case of Kiffin being the coach for an owner who was forced to fire his head coach rather than have him resign.
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