Josh Dubow of the AP writes:
As reports of his imminent firing swirled in the media in recent weeks, Lane Kiffin said he’d keep plugging away as Oakland Raiders coach until he heard directly from Al Davis.
The Raiders owner delivered his message loud and clear Tuesday. Davis informed Kiffin of his decision to fire him in a morning phone call then held a lengthy afternoon news conference that featured more theatrics than many Raiders games in recent years.
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Davis read and displayed on an overhead projector a three-page warning letter that he had given to Kiffin more than two weeks ago, calling on the coach to “cease your immature and destructive campaign” of criticizing the team in the media.
Davis called Kiffin immature and a “flat-out liar” and detailed acts of what he called insubordination by Kiffin.
“I just couldn’t go on much longer with what I would call the propaganda, the lying that had been going on for weeks and months and a year and time,” Davis said.
Offensive line coach Tom Cable will take over on an interim basis. The team has a bye this week before Cable coaches his first game at New Orleans on Oct. 12.
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