Oakland Raiders

Welcome back to Karma of the Week. What a crazy week it has been. For the first time in the 14 months that I have been bringing you KotW, I have a three way tie for a bad karma winner. There will be no honorable mention and no runner-up, just three winners....err....losers. Here we go. Bad Karma Winner #1- Al "Crazy @$$" Davis fires Kiffin The crazy owner of the Oakland Raiders has struck again. After threatening to fire head coach Lane Kiffin after every week so far this season, he finally made good on his promise after the Raiders lost to the Chargers ... Read Full Story

Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive didn't use notes and didn't know how long he spoke. His message to his football coaches and athletic directors Wednesday couldn't be clearer: Stop the public verbal sparring of the past few months. Now. "I had all 5-9, 170 pounds of me into every word I said," Slive said. Slive hasn't been happy about the string of public exchanges over the past few months, almost all involving new Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin. Coaches said the commissioner didn't mince words behind closed doors Wednesday during joint session of football coaches and athletic directors at the league's annual spring business meetings. ... Read Full Story

Lane Kiffin didn't back down or hand out apologies Tuesday before he met his fellow Southeastern Conference football coaches many of whom he has called out and insulted. The new Tennessee coach and his SEC colleagues gathered in Destin for face-to-face meetings at the annual spring conference. All the coaches individually addressed the media before the sessions began. In his first few months on the job, Kiffin has taken verbal jabs at several of the SEC heavyweights, including Florida's Urban Meyer, Alabama's Nick Saban and South Carolina's Steve Spurrier. Kiffin called Meyer a "cheater" on signing day in February. Meyer said before meeting Kiffin ... Read Full Story

Although Al Davis seems to always be famously quick on the trigger firing head coaches, he is not exactly taking quick action to hire a new one, but maybe that is for the best. Davis isn't exactly in the good graces with anyone these days with his erratic and almost idiotic decision making, but I have to think he may have learned his lesson for being quick on the draw with this past decision like signing free agents DeAngelo Hall, Javon Walker and hiring a young head coach in Lane Kiffin. It is pretty much common sense these days in professional sports that there ... Read Full Story

Well, this decision seemed like to be inevitable. Crazy Raiders owner Al Davis has made his decision on the Oakland Raiders head coaching job, arguably the most undesired position in all NFL football. With finishing the season they way he did I think Tom Cable was a no brainer to be the new head coach for the Raiders. First of all, I don't know a single coach who would want to come to Oakland right now with all the drama Lane Kiffin endured last season, but Tom Cable seems to be up to the task and in my opinion they got the right man ... Read Full Story