Now that's classy

It comes as no surprise that Lane Kiffin was fired by Al Davis today.  What's a bit shocking is the manner in which it was done.  First, Kiffin has been twisting in the wind ever since January about his job status.  Davis has done his best to try to get Kiffin to resign on his own so he wouldn't have to pay him the remainder of his contract.  Kiffin basically said, "Um.. no.  I'm good.  If you want to get rid of me, you'll have to fire me."

Now with the Raiders 1-3 and headed into the bye week, Davis felt this was as good a time as any to finally fire his head coach.  But instead of being a man, or professional, Davis decided to fire Kiffin by phone.

"... the news was not delivered by Davis in a face-to-face meeting. Kiffin was notified by a team executive Tuesday morning that Davis would call him at 9:15 a.m. PT to relieve the coach of his duties. The call came shortly after that time."

"Linehan also was allowed to speak briefly with his players on Monday. Kiffin will not be afforded the same opportunity, a source said."

Wow.  So basically I've reached a point I have never been with a team of mine.  I want them to be as bad as possible.  I cannot possibly support this crap.  Don't get me wrong... the Raiders are still my team, but the best thing for them is to continue down the path they're headed so ultimately the league has to step in and relieve Mr. Davis of his duties.  As long as he's manning the ship, the Raiders will be the laughingstock of ALL sports.

So, good luck Kiffin.  You deserved better.  Actually, you're probably the happiest person right now.  You're finally rid of the baggage that is the Oakland Raiders.

When does the Laker season start again?