Trestman agent issues denial
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 4:45 pm in Oakland Raiders.
The agent for Montreal Alouettes coach Marc Trestman told the Montreal Gazette his client had not interviewed with the Raiders.
“All I can tell you is he’s the head coach of the Als,” Darren Weiner said. “He has not interviewed for any job, nor is he trying to position himself for any jobs.”
By “the Als,” we’re assuming Weiner means “Alouettes” as opposed to the Oakland Als (as in Davis).
Speaking of Davis, John Herrera was authorized to give a statement to the effect that the Raiders have not been interviewing head coaching candidates and that in fact Davis has had lengthy discussions with incumbent Tom Cable.
According to published and Internet reports, the Raiders have either contacted or interviewed Trestman, former Giants coach Jim Fassel and Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh. Fassel denied being contacted by the Raiders in an interview with Sirius Satellite Radio.
“The reports that we’ve interviewed prospective head coaches is totally untrue, totally false,” said Herrera, adding that those reports were were “absolutely untrue, false and completely irresponsible.”
(That’s right. Both absolutely untrue and false at the same time).
As for reports about potential assistants (line coach Mike Waufle, Ravens quarterbacks coach Hue Jackson), Herrera said, “A lot of people have called inquiring about coaching positions, as that’s par for the course at this time of the year.”
Herrera refuted reports that characterized Davis’ talks with Cable as “brief,” saying, “Mr. Davis has had meetings of substance and depth with Tom Cable since the season ended,” but stopped short of saying those meetings were evidence Cable will remain the coach during the 2010 season.
Basically, we’ve got denials all around, no one on the record and Cable still hanging in there, awaiting his fate, hoping to remain the Raiders head coach.
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January 20th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
F*ck First.
January 20th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Ok,,lol,.bye KK,…luv ya babe.
January 20th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Excellent, Krappy! Thanks for following my orders in such a precise – and timely – manner.
Remember, whenever I tell you to jump, you jump. I am your Master, KrappyKell, and you will forever bow down to the almighty and all powerful Beeecham.
Now, post the Raider record for the last 7 years 3 more times minimum.
HA HA HA!
And do not even consider disobeying me, you silly little freak, or I’ll come down to the barbershop and dunk your old dome in the brush sanitizer jar myself!
January 20th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Gotta admit, Herrera does make for some great comedy whenever he opens his piehole…
You can dash any thought of Cable re-joining young Lance at USC. Local sports radio has reported that the dude he poached from Cable’s staff last year, will be joining the USC staff as OL coach
January 20th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
# Dakota Says:
January 20th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
We both know you are not that naive MR. We all know last night’s election was a referendum on Washington politics, not local politics.
…………….
First off, you never answered my question.
What was Coakley’s “far left agenda”, as you put it? Give me some examples of a far left agenda that she campaigned on.
And, no, I don’t know how last night’s election was a referendum on national politics. How so?
January 20th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
this is the first time i think ive been happy to hear what herrera had to say
January 20th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Okay Okay Al we get it. The media needs to stop saying anything about Al and his Raiders. If the media kept their collective mouths shut for two days we would have a coach already. Al is just using this whole coaching fiasco as his way of displaying his distaste for the media.
And with regards to any potential replacement for Cable, any admission to the media eliminates the candidate from the job. Period!
With that Said, everyone mentioned as a candidate is still alive to become the Coach of the Raiders.
Jerry, come up with some draft talk in the meantime and let us all have our shot at that topic.
January 20th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Fire Cable!
January 20th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
hire marc trestman now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 20th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
r8eray Says:
January 20th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Here you go Norco and KK!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqazleR3FE
January 20th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
these guys have 2 lie to the media or al wont hire them. u guys should know that . he wants secrecy .
January 20th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
AGENT WEINER SAYS MARC IS COACH OF THE ALS.
HERRERA SAYS UNTRUE FALSE IRRESPONSIBLE.
sounds like Hunter S. Thompson isn’t dead after all. Who else could make up such gonzo as this?
January 20th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
We are the Raider Family, why do we argue the most amoungst us?
January 20th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
here U go r8eray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbMait1×07I&feature=related
lol
January 20th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
860todd we should all be coaches too. wed be a real dysfunctional group.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Al Davis Drama. Whether Cable is kool with it, or not, it’s still tacky.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Satanfears, for a second there I imagined I was the ballet barre!
January 20th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
This is how Al stays relevant.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
SAt, go to r e d t u b e. c o m and all those images go away, but you’re young, all us old guys still believe in the nation, what this team is all about, and we still believe.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
The sports media, even at the national level, has to respond to rumors that a coach is being fired. All the Raiders have to do to put this to rest is just say that Cable will remain the coach. That’s it. It’s over. But they don’t want it to be over. This is the most buzz the Raiders get anymore. This, and that week one prime time game the NFL seems to keep giving them. Twice a year. That’s how often the Raiders really even exist in the national sports limelight anymore.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
860, thanks for speaking for all of the “old guys”, even though not all of them share your point of view. Plenty of old guys were involved with that billboard. Speak for yourself. Say that YOU have faith. I can understand why you’d be embarrassed to stand out on your own and claim you have faith in Al, but it’s better than lying and pretending you’re part of a collective mindset. The belief that Al still has it is a scattered school of thought ,anymore. Just a few lunatics believe it, outside of the people he’s paying. Even most of them don’t believe it. They just pay lip service. It’s part of their job. Just like retail clerks have to be nice to you.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Norco Bob came in this afternoon using the same insult toward Kool Kell that Bo Schembecler Jackson was using earlier, and it was sort of a random insult, nothing common. Looks like this guy’s a 3 headed monster.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Even in the offseason, this team is a laughing stock.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
MR,..BO copied me, from the day before,..and Im sueing.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
If Cable is out (or at least reassigned to the OL), I’d really love to see Trestman come down to Oakland. I’d REALLY REALLY love to see him bring a GM with him, but one thing at a time.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
(That’s right. Both absolutely untrue and false at the same time).
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Gotta love Jerry’s humor right? He tries.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
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January 20th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Draft Talk!
1- DE D Morgan, or LB R McClain
2- OT Trent Williams ( I think he falls out of the 1st RD), but if he wasn’t then DT Jared Ordrick
3- CB Kyle Wilson
3- OG Vladimir Ducasse
4- ILB Micah Johnson
January 20th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Micah Johnson will be another steal at 4th like Bush & Branch. IMO
January 20th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
What up nation? This back and forth about the Coach is getting boring.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
O,
For the first two rounds:
1st round has to be towards the defensive front 7. McCoy maybe with a trade up, stay put for Rolando Mclain or trade down for Spikes or Mt. Cody. We have two 3rd’s and 2 5th’s this year, Al will make some type of moves with all these picks.
Round 2 than a RT. A big huge mauler who played RT in college. Don’t bother thinking of it, Al might take a guy from Appalachian State or some crazy place like that. It should be our first big step away from the ZBS, a big ass RT.
But if Tebow is there in the 2nd…..
January 20th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
empty denials has just as much worth as an Al Davis guarantee…
January 20th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Trent Williams is a RT, and IMO will fall out of the 1st RD for that reason.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Vegas,
I think the Jags will draft him in the 1st. They need him to bring fans to attend games. IMO
He is a Florida product, and has a huge fan base that will follow him any where he goes.
I want us to move Seymour isidw, so we can get more out of him. Scott is not an every down DE, so we will need a good player at RE. D Morgan is the best DE in this class, and he can play both sides.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
If my agents name was weiner I’d change agents…………..
January 20th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
T Scott may have found his position on the team as an OLB/ Pass rusher.
January 20th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
MR, i’ll have my agent get ahold of your agent…Works for me! lol
January 20th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
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January 20th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Raider O…
so what is it? do want to play Trevor scott at DE or OLB/passrusher….
you make both claims?
January 20th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
images ? old guys ? uhhh ok
January 20th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
SFAD, Someday you’ll be just like us, lol
January 20th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Raider O Says:
January 20th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Draft Talk!
1- DE D Morgan, or LB R McClain
2- OT Trent Williams ( I think he falls out of the 1st RD), but if he wasn’t then DT Jared Ordrick
3- CB Kyle Wilson
3- OG Vladimir Ducasse
4- ILB Micah Johnson
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
This would be awesome. But Ducasse is starting to get some hype. Mayock was talking him up today leading up to the Senior Bowl. Don’t think he’ll last that long.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
SFDA, been here since 1964, what are you going to show me new?
January 20th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Raider O Says:
January 20th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Draft Talk!
…………….
LOL.
What’s this?
An order?
Anyways.
DAVIS TALK!
How dysfunctional are the Oakland Raiders? So dysfunctional that Warren Sapp warns anybody who asks him about signing there to stay far away.
“Nobody tells you how bad it is,” the former defensive tackle said on Showtime’s “Inside the NFL.” ” … any person that calls me on the telephone, [I tell them] do not go anywhere near Oakland.”
Sapp, who retired after the 2007 season — his fourth with the Raiders — said that Lane Kiffin, fired this week by owner Al Davis, never got a fair chance in Oakland.
“He came in there with a change of mentality. The whole system,” Sapp said on “Inside the NFL.” “He changed how the locker room looked because it was going to take that kind of overhaul for Oakland to become the proud franchise we all knew it was.”
Al Davis knows football — it’s just ’60s and ’70s football. That’s what it is. He’s thinking that Cliff Branch is outside and [Jim] Plunkett is dropping back and you can throw it 80 yards down the field — deep ball, deep ball, deep ball.
Sapp said Oakland won’t change for the better until Davis doesn’t own the team anymore.
“[Davis] is the common equation,” Sapp said on “Inside the NFL.” “You take him out, put him at home watching film or whatever he is doing — you have a functioning football organization. But once he comes over the top, he goes and starts moving it around.
“Al Davis knows football — it’s just ’60s and ’70s football. That’s what it is. He’s thinking that Cliff Branch is outside and [Jim] Plunkett is dropping back and you can throw it 80 yards down the field — deep ball, deep ball, deep ball.”
Sapp even said that Davis would call in plays when Sapp was playing for the Raiders.
“I remember the first two weeks I was there, we played a preseason game. Somebody came up one time and said, ‘We’re going deep right here, dog.’ I said, how do you know? He said, ‘The phone just rang.’
“All the preparation that goes into a week of work is there, the practicing that you have to put in order to do these things, sometimes [Al Davis] messed with that part of it and that’s what kills you,” Sapp said on “Inside the NFL.”
He cited one particular example of a Raiders defensive game plan being thrown out the window at the last minute. Sapp said Davis was behind it.
“Al Davis is the total bottom line, buck stops right there,” said Sapp. “I remember one time we had a defensive game plan because we were struggling against the run. We were going to get our safeties and put them up in the box and almost have a nine-man front. We practiced this thing 80 percent of the time on Wednesday and Thursday. We showed up that Friday morning, [defensive coordinator] Rob Ryan came in and he looked like someone had just shot his dog. He said he [Davis] pulled it on us … He snatched the teeth out of our defense.”
………..
Once again: Sapp said Oakland won’t change for the better until Davis doesn’t own the team anymore.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
# vegas raider Says:
January 20th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
(That’s right. Both absolutely untrue and false at the same time).
****************************
Gotta love Jerry’s humor right? He tries.
…………………..
Do you have a problem with Jerry, Vegas? Because you’re on his blog an AWFUL lot.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
“From a guy that has been in the organization, that’s been around it, I know just how difficult a place it can be to work,” Gannon said. “And they have problems, there’s no question. It’s an organization that is going through a very difficult period. It’s an organization, in my opinion, that is dysfunctional. They have a lot of issues.
“This is not something that I haven’t discussed publicly and privately before with the owner. I’ve talked to Mr. Davis at great length about our philosophical difference of opinion. I believe that you need to have discipline, structure, a system in place, organization. He is a guy that is not a big believer in having too many rules and that’s one of the reasons why that team, in my opinion, hasn’t had any real leadership and hasn’t had any real direction.”
“I always said it’s not a tough place to work, it’s an impossible place to work,” Gannon said. “I left there on a high note. I went to four straight Pro Bowls, was league MVP. I don’t have any bad feelings about the place. I just know how difficult it was for me and I just look at the people that have left. Mike Shanahan leaves and wins two Super Bowls. Jon Gruden leaves and wins a Super Bowl. Norv Turner is having success in San Diego. To let people like that leave, particularly a guy like Jon Gruden who really worked and really threw every ounce of energy he had into the place. To let him leave the way he did was just a mistake.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
…and I deny ever reading any raiders-related blog or news story…
January 20th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
January 20th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Boring!
January 20th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
My theory: Al doesn’t know if he’s going to keep Cable or not. I think he’s a little torn over what to do. I think he had reservations from the beginning since he only gave Cable a 2-year deal whereas coaches are typically given at least 3-year deals. He probably reached out to Trestman, Fassel and probably others so Al can gauge whether he thinks those guys are better options or not. Partially because of the secretive ways of the Raiders but especially because he may not even fire Cable, he told those guys to keep it 100% quiet. That’s why they were in such a rush to shoot down the story.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Real Madden Raider,
Sapp is also a P.O.S. d-bag who’s bitter that the Raiders paid Tommy Kelly and told him to hit the road. I don’t believe a damn word that guy says. Even if it’s his opinion, it’s really more about grabbing attention for himself or getting revenge on those who he feels slighted him.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Chris, Al’s knowing where he’s going, are you in tune?
January 20th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Chris, I believe Sapp. So do most people who aren’t die hard Davis loyalists. Don’t know what to tell you.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
i want that stretcher! lol
January 20th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Chris in NY Says:
January 20th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
My theory: Al doesn’t know if he’s going to keep Cable or not. I think he’s a little torn over what to do.
…………..
Uh, I think we’re all kind of on that page already. And, as humble as you try to make Al sound, leaving your head coach in the lurch and not letting him know if he’s coming back is classless. Cable’s been fired, even if he doesn’t know it. If I were Tom Cable, after all of this, I would do what Kiffin did, except smarter. I would do everything I could to build my team my way, while being careful to not do anything that arbitration would agree with Al is grounds to fire me for cause. But of course, Cable doesn’t have the resolve to stand up to Al. He’s not an assistant half his size or a woman.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Out for the night, up earlie tomorrow, east coast here
January 20th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
i think cable will remain coach and they are now beefing up his staff. especially offense.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
RMR,
I’m not saying you have to believe Davis, I’m just saying Sapp is not a credible source of information. He’s like a fat, black bulging eyed Glenn Beck, only smarter.
January 20th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Chris, I believe Sapp’s a credible enough source to say what he said about Davis and the Raiders. The rebuttals against his comments have been contrived, desperate attempts at distraction, at best. And much of what he said about Al’s meddling has been corroborated by so many former Raiders’ players, coaches, and management that I’ve lost count. Lastly, in my opinion, John Herrera has more of a resemblance to Glen Beck than Sapp does.
January 20th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
I got locked out of my IBA account for a while and haven’t been able to log-on for a few.
I like Rolando McClain for our 1st pick. He plays fast and nasty, can start right away at SLB, and could grow into one of those franchise forces in the middle. Unless we trade up with the Rams to get Suh, but I think that might be cost prohibitive. After that, our other early round draft picks should be spent on OL. God, we were bad up front!
Had a dream the other night that we traded a mid-round pick to Philly for Vick, and Al let Vick, JaLardass, and Gradwhatshisname battle it out. You would figure someone out of that group would step up and not be horrible. I kinda agree with Cable that we’re not too far away. Gotta get better up front, get better at stopping the run, and find a QB to lead this team.
Speaking of JaLardass, earlier, DURING the season, I saw him at the club with a certain Bay Area rapper, smoking a blunt and drinking a bottle of Hennessy. You should have seen the size of the bag of Jack-in-the-Box hamburgers he picked up at 4am! This professional athlete has the diet regimen of . . . well . . . myself. Except I’m not being paid $60 mil to do so. Man, what a bum. I called both the NFL and Raiders HQ’s and practically begged them to drug test him.
And finally, as I have always said, cut all that Al Davis bashing out. Al Davis IS the Raiders. It was that way when your daddy became a Raider fan. It was that way when you became a Raider fan. It was that way when your kids were born Raider fans. You don’t like it, go be a Charger fan. I hear their bandwagon is always open.
January 20th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Raider Company Line:
Cable is the head coach . . . until further notice
January 20th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Heard that the Raiders were positioning themselves to make a move for Merriman
January 20th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Rich Gannon is saying the same thing as Sapp has.
January 20th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
Vote for Hall of Fame finalists:
http://www.fanschoice.com/vote.aspx
January 20th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
Kell, isn’t funny when people defending Raiders’ management accuse others of having no credibility?
January 20th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
U want to shut down sapp (not that I care about him or his opinion)?
WIN!!
January 20th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
“isn’t IT funny”, not, “isn’t funny”.
January 20th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Infinite Raider, are you saying that Sapp isn’t telling the truth, and that people only believe him because the team is losing? If so, I disagree. What Sapp said about Davis is nothing that hasn’t been said or written about before. Kell, we still got a link to that ‘96 SI article?
January 20th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Vegas,
I’ll be back later, so we can continue the draft talk.
January 20th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Its hard to say which is more of a circus the AL Davis off season or the 0bama admin. Im just gonna call it a toss up. At least we can vote out Barback..
January 20th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
If the Colts make the Super Bowl, we’ll be on to the seventh-best quarterback in the AFC making the team. That’s only 23 more injuries away from JaMarcus Russell making the team, and no one wants that.
from profootballtalk.com
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
January 20th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
MR,
Not an order. I read a post that said jerry should do a thread about the draft, so I wanted to talk about the draft since nothing else is going on as far as the HC job.
January 20th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
LMFAO at Vince Young making the Pro Bowl!
The state of the QB situation in the NFL is at a ridiculous all time low.
Vince fugging Young? A Pro Bowler ?????!!!!????
CMON!
January 20th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
LMN,
I like Scott as a DE his rookie year, but he played better as a LB this year.
I say LB, and an extra pass rusher when we need one.
January 20th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Damn!
Saw the dude at the club blunted and Henny’d up?
Then, what, you just happened to run into him again at Jack N the Crack?
January 20th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Trevor Scott found the right spot at OLB. Good fit. Really hope to see Marshall stick around and build off how the defense played with the blitzing and whatnot. Add a McLain and a fat guy in the middle, and we might have something.
January 20th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
READ THIS SH!T-D!CKS:
http://www.sbreport.net/raider_news/008/2749.html
January 20th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
What is it with the silly sniveling children, with their “If you don’t like Al, go find another team”?
You dumbasses.
Al is destroying the Raiders, not building them up.
Al has made the organization into a joke, no longer feared by anyone.
ANYONE WHO IS FINE WITH THAT ISN’T A FOOTBALL FAN.
Read it again, morons. If you’re happy losing, looking pathetic, being laughed at, and having players avoid the team like the plague, all because some geriatric stubborn old coot tells you to, you’re about as spineless as it gets.
You have Smac with his ‘AL IS THE RAIDERS. LEAVE IF YOU DON’T AGREE”
Priest with his ghetto ebonics “Ya man..I’s representing..al’s da man. Yo, leave if you ain’t down with Al”
to the Nitwit Mario above with ‘Stop picking on the booger picker Al”
Who gives a ratsass about an owner?? HE DOESN’T PLAY, MORONS..he just ruins the team in the background..yet you spineless jellyfish still are happy with that? lol…bunch of pansies.
January 20th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
We have some incredible needs for FA and the draft this year. We may not like DHB and Russell, but I think we can all pretty much agree that those won’t be position taken with the #8 pick.
OT, C, DT, LB, and CB ALL have legit arguments for the #8 pick or a trade to acquire.
OTs are kinda thin this year but do we take the 3rd best OT if the best LB is on the board?
January 20th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
OT- agree
C- AT 8. No way in hell
DT- agree
LB- agree
CB- How do you figure that? Draft a guy at 8 to be a backup?
January 21st, 2010 at 4:26 am
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January 21st, 2010 at 5:16 am
As everyone continues to evaluate how bad the Raiders have drafted, one fact remains, when guys now put on that silver and black jersey they remain mediocre and their work ethic rarely is moved forward
January 21st, 2010 at 12:25 pm
This is funny:
(That’s right. Both absolutely untrue and false at the same time).
I almost get the feeling that Herrera is the real problem here, telling Al everything he’s doing is great and that everyone else is wrong. If you’ve ever seen Lord of the Rings or read the books, Herrera is like Grima Wormtongue and Al Davis is like Theoden getting bad council from him:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Grima_and_Th%C3%A9oden.jpg
(herrera on the left, davis on the right).