# The "When Will Lane Kiffen be Fired?" Lottery (NFL Football) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 24, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-lane-kiffen-be-fired-lottery-nfl-football/465008 "2008-09-24T16:23:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-lane-kiffen-be-fired-lottery-nfl-football/465008/21 "2008-09-30T20:29:19Z")
Wonder who they’ll get to be head coach now. As others said, no coach with any type of experience would touch this position. Maybe I should start polishing my resume. I’m quite good on the “franchise” mode of Madden, which seems to be about as good a qualification as Al looks for. Can the NFL seize a franchise, link the Feds can seize a failed bank? That might be the only hope. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-lane-kiffen-be-fired-lottery-nfl-football/465008/22 "2008-09-30T23:01:45Z")
Tom Cable will be the coach. It sounds like Davis really ripped into Kiffin in his press conference explaining the move. I don’t know everything there is to know about the Raiders, but I’m not inclined to believe much of anything that meddling dope says. This has been brewing since last season, but Kiffin sounds genuinely upset, although the fact that he’s been fired without pay probably doesn’t help. Forget winning a playoff game. I’m hoping Oakland doesn’t win another game this year. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-lane-kiffen-be-fired-lottery-nfl-football/465008/23 "2008-10-01T16:57:17Z")
Woohoo! I win Al’s hatred! I’ll just put it up there on the mantle, next to Kiffin’s dignity. And in case we want to start playing again, I call Tom Cable’s firing date as November 17th. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-lane-kiffen-be-fired-lottery-nfl-football/465008/24 "2008-10-01T17:02:31Z")
Hehe, the Bucs finish the season at home against the Raiders. I’m sure you’re all aware, but Lane’s daddy is our defensive coordinator. I’m sure that won’t help us at all. Could be a huge smackdown to end the season for AD. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-lane-kiffen-be-fired-lottery-nfl-football/465008/25 "2008-10-01T19:19:12Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Hehe, the Bucs finish the season at home against the Raiders. I’m sure you’re all aware, but Lane’s daddy is our defensive coordinator. I’m sure that won’t help us at all. Could be a huge smackdown to end the season for AD. I have a feeling Lane will be an offensive “quality control assistant” or “running game coordinator” or somesuch by then. Gruden loves Monte Kiffen and nepotism _almost_ as much as he loves pissing off Al Davis. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-lane-kiffen-be-fired-lottery-nfl-football/465008/26 "2008-10-01T19:21:46Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I have a feeling Lane will be an offensive “quality control assistant” or “running game coordinator” or somesuch by then. Gruden loves Monte Kiffen and nepotism _almost_ as much as he loves pissing off Al Davis. I do hope Kiffen gets picked up by the Bucs. Hell, I would get the NFL package on DirectTV just so I could be sure to watch their games. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-lane-kiffen-be-fired-lottery-nfl-football/465008/27 "2008-10-01T19:46:29Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > And in case we want to start playing again, I call Tom Cable’s firing date as November 17th. Surely you jest! Cable was 11-35 in four seasons as the U of Idaho’s head coach. I mean, if he could pile up numbers like that in the Sun Belt conference, just think what he can do in the NFL!! ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-lane-kiffen-be-fired-lottery-nfl-football/465008/28 "2008-10-01T19:51:38Z")
> [@SCSimmons](#): > > Surely you jest! Cable was 11-35 in four seasons as the U of Idaho’s head coach. I mean, if he could pile up numbers like that in the Sun Belt conference, just think what he can do in the NFL!! And don’t forget that Cable is “respected” around the NFL, and has _two years_ of NFL experience! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-lane-kiffen-be-fired-lottery-nfl-football/465008/29 "2008-10-01T19:53:28Z")
> [@SCSimmons](#): > > Surely you jest! Cable was 11-35 in four seasons as the U of Idaho’s head coach. I mean, if he could pile up numbers like that in the Sun Belt conference, just think what he can do in the NFL!! Well, to be fair, if he’s _been_ a head coach, he’s more experienced than Kiffen was when he was hired. At least Al’s being consistent. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-lane-kiffen-be-fired-lottery-nfl-football/465008/30 "2008-10-01T20:39:48Z")
[QUOTE=Mike Shanahan] “I was really disappointed, to be honest with you. When you take a look at it, I was there 582 days. Lane Kiffin was there 616 days. So what it really means is that Al Davis liked Lane more than he liked me. And I really don’t think that’s fair. I won three more games, yet he got 34 more days of work. That just doesn’t seem right. Does it to you guys? No, really, think about it.” [/QUOTE] I’m not a big fan of Shenanigans but that was pretty good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-when-will-lane-kiffen-be-fired-lottery-nfl-football/465008.md?page=1)