Raiders’ Davis Fires Kiffin by Phone (I guess smoke signals would have taken too long) By Dr. Bill Chachkes for Football Reporters Online

So what makes this time different from the last? Davis said he had the goods on Kiffin and that his conduct was detrimental to the Raiders organization, to the coaching staff and players, and to Davis personally.
“I had to let him Go” Stated Mr. Davis. Sounds like wall street letting go of a few billion and saying Opps, we messed up. It seems like they have messed up plenty of times before. What is Davis’ Excuse this time? “I Hired the wrong guy”, and “he’s A flat out Liar” was his answer. So then what was his excuse for Mike Shanahan? Norv Turner? Jon Gruden? all now successful with other teams. Two of them, Turner and Shanahan even in the same division.

Who will save the Raiders now that the silver is mottled with rust? Not Interim head coach Tom Cable. Not this mystery off-season hiring of an exec who will bring the Raiders back. “We’ll get back, the Raiders will be back” said Davis, who surely would be better off in a nursing home right now then at the Raiders offices. Al, please hang it up. You are hurting the poor Raiders fans, and the people of Brooklyn NY where you are from.

We have learned from a confidential source inside Bay Area Politics that Oakland Raiders execs, including Al Davis, and Amy Trask, and Davis' son Mark Davis, have held secret meetings with the City of Oakland for the last three months. The meetings concern building a new stadium and the Raiders current lease situation with the City of Oakland and the County of Alameda. I want to stress that we are still gathering information regarding this story and it is constantly in flux.

The source also said that Mr. Davis was in such poor health that he was unable to attend many of the meetings, which are still going on at this time to the best of our knowledge.

The Raiders are a franchise that wants to work very hard to improve the experience of the Hometown fan. Amid all the talk of a new stadium for the other Bay Area franchise, Oakland seemed to get lost again. I say The Raiders should let the fans know they want to bring them a better building, instead of keeping the talks under wraps. This way if the city burns them later they can say "see we tried" and not look like carpet baggers.