Pity The Cable Guy In Oakland
NFL experts have given the Rams generally high marks for the franchise’s management and coaching changes.
The league’s other ex-LA team, the Raiders, seems headed the other direction. They have lost at least 11 games in six consecutive seasons.
Crazy Al Davis has responded by taking a bigger role in his football operation moving forward.
His retention of interim coach Tom Cable – 4-8 after replacing Lane Kiffin and 11-35 in four seasons as a collegiate head coach – would have been OK if he let him run things.
The Raiders played hard for the Cable Guy, which is a start,
But since the end of the season, the team’s key coaches fled for better situations while Davis mulled his ’09 game plan. He decided to keep Cable and assert himself further into the team’s daily operation.
Rather than let Cable assemble his staff, which could have included his buddy Scott Linehan as offensive coordinator, Davis made those decisions for him.
Great. Here is how the San Francisco Chronicle’s Ray Ratto summed it up:
“We’d like to feel worse for Cable, but he has seen this coming for weeks, and he saw the matchup of nerves between Al and Lane Kiffin for a year and a half before that. It’s not like the truth wasn’t staring him in the mush all along. He is the original test subject in Al’s bright new organizational idea - the head coach as shop foreman - and whatever objections he might have privately, he has kept them largely to himself.”
Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News added this:
“I want to say that Cable is the right guy for this specifically horrendous and weird job and he seems like a good guy, too, and that is not often simultaneously true. Which makes me feel for Cable, and the inevitably of the uncomfortable weeks, months and (if he’s not lucky enough to have been dispatched by then) years ahead for Cable, shipwrecked on Raiders Island.”
Season tickets are on sale now . . .
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
Questions to ponder while wondering if the intrepid Blues can sustain their run toward that final playoff spot:
- Isn’t it amazing what consistently good goaltending can do for a hockey team?
- Have the Blues ever had a power play that moved the puck this well?
- Isn’t it amazing that this injury-depleted group can keep piling up goals with the man advantage?
WHAT HAPPENS TO ALSO-RAN COACHES
QUIPS ‘R US
Here is what some of America’s leading sports pundits have been writing:
Jason Whitlock, FoxSports.com, on the Super Bowl officiating: “Terry McAulay should be headed to Disney World this morning. He should be the toast of Pittsburgh, a guest on PTI and Jim Rome’s Jungle and driving whatever luxury vehicle that is awarded to the Super Bowl’s MVP. McAulay outshined Santonio Holmes, James Harrison, Big Ben Roethlisberger, Larry Fitzgerald and Kurt Warner.”
DJ Gallo, ESPN.com, on the Super Bowl commercials: “Some ads went over my head. I think Danica Patrick was in a shower to show that she wants to wash away all the credibility she built up. One snack company informed us all that their snack is most enjoyed by flying rats. Castrol supplied us with the obligatory Super Bowl commercial monkey sighting. And I can no longer send flowers to my mom because she might think I want to see her naked.”
Jerry Greene, Orlando Sentinel: “Over on Animal Planet, we had Puppy Bowl V, narrated once again by Harry Kalas of NFL Films. Hey, these are cynical times. I couldn’t help wondering if those puppies were on something — especially ‘Moose,’ the Aussie Shepard that towered over the others.”
Steve Rosenbloom, ChicagoTribune.com: “You’ve no doubt heard about the Super Bowl glitch where some Arizona viewers got a short clip of a pornographic movie near the end of the game. But get a load of this: The local Comcast folks feel so badly about it that the company is offering a $10 credit to viewers. Ten bucks? That’s it? I mean, my local Comcast charges $14.99 for on-demand porn.”
Jeff Schultz, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Manny Ramirez has now turned down a two-year, $45 million contract and a one-year, $25 million offer from the Dodgers. Question: Are Ramirez and Scott Boras hitting off the same bong as Michael Phelps?”
MEGAPHONE
“He’s innocent until proven guilty. As the leader of the Main Event Mafia, I am a huge fan of the Illinois style of politics. As such, Gov. Blagojevich is welcome to join me and the entire Main Event Mafia at any and all TNA events in the future, and certainly is welcome to sell his seat with us should he choose not to accept our generous offer.”
TNA wrestler Kurt Angle, on disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
ELSEWHERE ON STLTODAY
Yes, the Rams have some work to do. But as Chris Draft notes, this team does have some talent. No, seriously, it really does. Now Steve Spagnulo must help those players develop a swagger. Over in the Hockey Guy blog, we herald the Note’s 4-2 victory at Columbus.
Nice to see another win last night. Took me forever to realize that the Blues record against other central division teams is 8-2-2, not too bad.
I am anxious to see how Mizzou does today (National Signing Day).
After the Buccanneers ran Jon Gruden, the first thing that came to mind was that the Raiders had their chance to hire him back.
Gruden was 38-26 as the Raiders coach while the team that went to Superbowl 37 (first year he was gone) was essentially his. Considering that the Raiders have gone 24-72 since then, this was their opportunity to maybe reversing their curse?
Looks like the Raiders will be destined to all 4-12 seasons until Al Davis croaks, which may take awhile (his mom lived to be over 100).
Looks like a slow day….so….LOL
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NFL experts have given the Rams generally high marks for the franchise’s management and coaching changes.
The league’s other ex-LA team, the Raiders, seems headed the other direction. They have lost at least 11 games in six consecutive seasons.
Crazy Al Davis has responded by taking a bigger role in his football operation moving forward.
His retention of interim coach Tom Cable – 4-8 after replacing Lane Kiffin and 11-35 in four seasons as a collegiate head coach – would have been OK if he let him run things.
The Raiders played hard for the Cable Guy, which is a start,
But since the end of the season, the team’s key coaches fled for better situations while Davis mulled his ’09 game plan. He decided to keep Cable and assert himself further into the team’s daily operation.
Rather than let Cable assemble his staff, which could have included his buddy Scott Linehan as offensive coordinator, Davis made those decisions for him.
Great. Here is how the San Francisco Chronicle’s Ray Ratto summed it up:
“We’d like to feel worse for Cable, but he has seen this coming for weeks, and he saw the matchup of nerves between Al and Lane Kiffin for a year and a half before that. It’s not like the truth wasn’t staring him in the mush all along. He is the original test subject in Al’s bright new organizational idea - the head coach as shop foreman - and whatever objections he might have privately, he has kept them largely to himself.”
Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News added this:
“I want to say that Cable is the right guy for this specifically horrendous and weird job and he seems like a good guy, too, and that is not often simultaneously true. Which makes me feel for Cable, and the inevitably of the uncomfortable weeks, months and (if he’s not lucky enough to have been dispatched by then) years ahead for Cable, shipwrecked on Raiders Island.”
Season tickets are on sale now . . .
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
Questions to ponder while wondering if the intrepid Blues can sustain their run toward that final playoff spot:
Isn’t it amazing what consistently good goaltending can do for a hockey team?
Have the Blues ever had a power play that moved the puck this well?
Isn’t it amazing that this injury-depleted group can keep piling up goals with the man advantage?
WHAT HAPPENS TO ALSO-RAN COACHES
QUIPS ‘R US
Here is what some of America’s leading sports pundits have been writing:
Jason Whitlock, FoxSports.com, on the Super Bowl officiating: “Terry McAulay should be headed to Disney World this morning. He should be the toast of Pittsburgh, a guest on PTI and Jim Rome’s Jungle and driving whatever luxury vehicle that is awarded to the Super Bowl’s MVP. McAulay outshined Santonio Holmes, James Harrison, Big Ben Roethlisberger, Larry Fitzgerald and Kurt Warner.”
DJ Gallo, ESPN.com, on the Super Bowl commercials: “Some ads went over my head. I think Danica Patrick was in a shower to show that she wants to wash away all the credibility she built up. One snack company informed us all that their snack is most enjoyed by flying rats. Castrol supplied us with the obligatory Super Bowl commercial monkey sighting. And I can no longer send flowers to my mom because she might think I want to see her naked.”
Jerry Greene, Orlando Sentinel: “Over on Animal Planet, we had Puppy Bowl V, narrated once again by Harry Kalas of NFL Films. Hey, these are cynical times. I couldn’t help wondering if those puppies were on something — especially ‘Moose,’ the Aussie Shepard that towered over the others.”
Steve Rosenbloom, ChicagoTribune.com: “You’ve no doubt heard about the Super Bowl glitch where some Arizona viewers got a short clip of a pornographic movie near the end of the game. But get a load of this: The local Comcast folks feel so badly about it that the company is offering a $10 credit to viewers. Ten bucks? That’s it? I mean, my local Comcast charges $14.99 for on-demand porn.”
Jeff Schultz, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Manny Ramirez has now turned down a two-year, $45 million contract and a one-year, $25 million offer from the Dodgers. Question: Are Ramirez and Scott Boras hitting off the same bong as Michael Phelps?”
MEGAPHONE
“He’s innocent until proven guilty. As the leader of the Main Event Mafia, I am a huge fan of the Illinois style of politics. As such, Gov. Blagojevich is welcome to join me and the entire Main Event Mafia at any and all TNA events in the future, and certainly is welcome to sell his seat with us should he choose not to accept our generous offer.”
TNA wrestler Kurt Angle, on disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
ELSEWHERE ON STLTODAY
Yes, the Rams have some work to do. But as Chris Draft notes, this team does have some talent. No, seriously, it really does. Now Steve Spagnulo must help those players develop a swagger. Over in the Hockey Guy blog, we herald the Note’s 4-2 victory at Columbus.
Tags: AL Davis, Danica Patrick, Michael Phelps, Rod Blagojevich, Tom Cable
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Nice to see another win last night. Took me forever to realize that the Blues record against other central division teams is 8-2-2, not too bad.
I am anxious to see how Mizzou does today (National Signing Day).
— just1beer
9:19 am February 4th, 2009
After the Buccanneers ran Jon Gruden, the first thing that came to mind was that the Raiders had their chance to hire him back.
Gruden was 38-26 as the Raiders coach while the team that went to Superbowl 37 (first year he was gone) was essentially his. Considering that the Raiders have gone 24-72 since then, this was their opportunity to maybe reversing their curse?
Looks like the Raiders will be destined to all 4-12 seasons until Al Davis croaks, which may take awhile (his mom lived to be over 100).
— Josh “I’m Sloshed” Hancock
12:50 pm February 4th, 2009
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Home Blog Zone Tipsheet Tipsheet Pity The Cable Guy In Oakland
02.04.2009 6:54 am
Pity The Cable Guy In Oakland
By Jeff Gordon
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NFL experts have given the Rams generally high marks for the franchise’s management and coaching changes.
The league’s other ex-LA team, the Raiders, seems headed the other direction. They have lost at least 11 games in six consecutive seasons.
Crazy Al Davis has responded by taking a bigger role in his football operation moving forward.
His retention of interim coach Tom Cable – 4-8 after replacing Lane Kiffin and 11-35 in four seasons as a collegiate head coach – would have been OK if he let him run things.
The Raiders played hard for the Cable Guy, which is a start,
But since the end of the season, the team’s key coaches fled for better situations while Davis mulled his ’09 game plan. He decided to keep Cable and assert himself further into the team’s daily operation.
Rather than let Cable assemble his staff, which could have included his buddy Scott Linehan as offensive coordinator, Davis made those decisions for him.
Great. Here is how the San Francisco Chronicle’s Ray Ratto summed it up:
“We’d like to feel worse for Cable, but he has seen this coming for weeks, and he saw the matchup of nerves between Al and Lane Kiffin for a year and a half before that. It’s not like the truth wasn’t staring him in the mush all along. He is the original test subject in Al’s bright new organizational idea - the head coach as shop foreman - and whatever objections he might have privately, he has kept them largely to himself.”
Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News added this:
“I want to say that Cable is the right guy for this specifically horrendous and weird job and he seems like a good guy, too, and that is not often simultaneously true. Which makes me feel for Cable, and the inevitably of the uncomfortable weeks, months and (if he’s not lucky enough to have been dispatched by then) years ahead for Cable, shipwrecked on Raiders Island.”
Season tickets are on sale now . . .
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
Questions to ponder while wondering if the intrepid Blues can sustain their run toward that final playoff spot:
Isn’t it amazing what consistently good goaltending can do for a hockey team?
Have the Blues ever had a power play that moved the puck this well?
Isn’t it amazing that this injury-depleted group can keep piling up goals with the man advantage?
WHAT HAPPENS TO ALSO-RAN COACHES
QUIPS ‘R US
Here is what some of America’s leading sports pundits have been writing:
Jason Whitlock, FoxSports.com, on the Super Bowl officiating: “Terry McAulay should be headed to Disney World this morning. He should be the toast of Pittsburgh, a guest on PTI and Jim Rome’s Jungle and driving whatever luxury vehicle that is awarded to the Super Bowl’s MVP. McAulay outshined Santonio Holmes, James Harrison, Big Ben Roethlisberger, Larry Fitzgerald and Kurt Warner.”
DJ Gallo, ESPN.com, on the Super Bowl commercials: “Some ads went over my head. I think Danica Patrick was in a shower to show that she wants to wash away all the credibility she built up. One snack company informed us all that their snack is most enjoyed by flying rats. Castrol supplied us with the obligatory Super Bowl commercial monkey sighting. And I can no longer send flowers to my mom because she might think I want to see her naked.”
Jerry Greene, Orlando Sentinel: “Over on Animal Planet, we had Puppy Bowl V, narrated once again by Harry Kalas of NFL Films. Hey, these are cynical times. I couldn’t help wondering if those puppies were on something — especially ‘Moose,’ the Aussie Shepard that towered over the others.”
Steve Rosenbloom, ChicagoTribune.com: “You’ve no doubt heard about the Super Bowl glitch where some Arizona viewers got a short clip of a pornographic movie near the end of the game. But get a load of this: The local Comcast folks feel so badly about it that the company is offering a $10 credit to viewers. Ten bucks? That’s it? I mean, my local Comcast charges $14.99 for on-demand porn.”
Jeff Schultz, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Manny Ramirez has now turned down a two-year, $45 million contract and a one-year, $25 million offer from the Dodgers. Question: Are Ramirez and Scott Boras hitting off the same bong as Michael Phelps?”
MEGAPHONE
“He’s innocent until proven guilty. As the leader of the Main Event Mafia, I am a huge fan of the Illinois style of politics. As such, Gov. Blagojevich is welcome to join me and the entire Main Event Mafia at any and all TNA events in the future, and certainly is welcome to sell his seat with us should he choose not to accept our generous offer.”
TNA wrestler Kurt Angle, on disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
ELSEWHERE ON STLTODAY
Yes, the Rams have some work to do. But as Chris Draft notes, this team does have some talent. No, seriously, it really does. Now Steve Spagnulo must help those players develop a swagger. Over in the Hockey Guy blog, we herald the Note’s 4-2 victory at Columbus.
Tags: AL Davis, Danica Patrick, Michael Phelps, Rod Blagojevich, Tom Cable
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Nice to see another win last night. Took me forever to realize that the Blues record against other central division teams is 8-2-2, not too bad.
I am anxious to see how Mizzou does today (National Signing Day).
— just1beer
9:19 am February 4th, 2009
After the Buccanneers ran Jon Gruden, the first thing that came to mind was that the Raiders had their chance to hire him back.
Gruden was 38-26 as the Raiders coach while the team that went to Superbowl 37 (first year he was gone) was essentially his. Considering that the Raiders have gone 24-72 since then, this was their opportunity to maybe reversing their curse?
Looks like the Raiders will be destined to all 4-12 seasons until Al Davis croaks, which may take awhile (his mom lived to be over 100).
— Josh “I’m Sloshed” Hancock
12:50 pm February 4th, 2009
Previous entries about this blog
This is “Tipsheet” — our look at who’s in and who’s out in the world of sports, hosted by online sports columnist Jeff Gordon. Remember to check out Gordo’s other features on STLtoday: Gordo’s Zone, the Hockey Guy blog and more.
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McGwire’s Brother Rats Him Out
Anquan Boldin, Super Crybaby
A Kurt Response to Bad Sportsmanship
Rickey: Don’t Lose That Number
Is It Over For T.O. In Dallas?
blog archives
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