Kiffin, 33, was the youngest head coach in the N.F.L.'s modern era when maverick owner Al Davis hired him last year. But he fell out of favor before his first season was over and he was fired four games into his second season.
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The Raiders fired Lane Kiffin by telephone Tuesday, according to the New York Times.
Here's a segment of the story:
Lane Kiffin's brief odyssey into the bizarre world of the Oakland Raiders ended -- finally -- when his long-rumored firing finally came Tuesday. By telephone.
Kiffin's firing has been anticipated since the off-season, but it became clear that Kiffin would not survive the Raiders bye week when Davis began interviewing possible replacements Monday evening -- before Kiffin was let go. The next coach will be the eighth in 13 years. Kiffin is the second NFL coach fired in as many days -- Scott Linehan got the ax in St. Louis on Monday. And last week, the Detroit Lions dumped team president Matt Millen. And the season is just four weeks old.
Now that Walnut has expressed its strong opposition to an NFL stadium in its backyard, the commenters on Topix are looking for an explanation. CJ Peters of Los Angeles blames the Raiders for causing all the animosity. Here's his comment:
Lets face it what everyone is afraid of is the Raiders and their sorry team and fans running amuck in Industry,Walnut and Diamond Bar.
Granny Al Davis Still claims Los Angeles to be a fan base of his Raiders since he once had his team here.
Al Davis will move back and then all cities surrounding this new stadium will have a ghetto forming all around them.
Your lawns are green now but wait til those Raiders fans pee all over them and kill people on them. Keep the Pro Football out of LA we have done great without it and USC is the top dog here. who needs the NFL.
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