Sep 15th 2008 11:40AM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Raiders, AFC West, NFL CoachingThe is reporting that the Raiders will fire head coach Lane Kiffin as early as this week and name defensive coordinator Rob Ryan in his place.

The word on the street was that Kiffin would be fired if the Raiders lost to the Chiefs. Well, Oakland won that game, leaving the organization in a weird decision. A decision that may already have been made.

After last week’s loss to the Broncos, there was a public war of words between Kiffin and Ryan over Al Davis’ involvement in the gameplanning of the team. According to the , once Kiffin fired on Davis and Ryan, Davis told Ryan to strike back … which led to his public F-bomb laced tirade.

Davis has Ryan in his pocket (which he loves) and he’s already drawn a letter of resignation for Kiffin to sign (which Kiffin wouldn’t). It is quite obvious that Kiffin knows he will be fired at any time and is trying his best to facilitate it: “We don’t have a general manager; everything goes through the owner,” Kiffin said Wednesday. “That sets up a difficult situation at times. Knowing who the owner is, you know from Day 1 there’s no job security.”
Of course, Davis may bite on his impulse … but try to get out of paying Kiffin his salary.Continue Reading