Kiffin hospitalized
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Monday, August 13th, 2007 at 2:57 pm in Oakland Raiders.
Raiders coach Lane Kiffin is resting in a Napa-area hospital with a viral infection, a Raiders spokesman said.
Public relations director Mike Taylor said Kiffin has been feeling ill for “a couple of days” and was taken to the hospital Monday for observation. He said it was unclear who would take charge of Monday’s practice session.
Kiffin was scheduled to speak with reporters Sunday night by conference call. The conference was canceled when Taylor said Kiffin was “under the weather.”
The Raiders announced Saturday night they were altering their practice schedule and having a single practice Monday at 2:45 rather than a double session at 8:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The current schedule calls for Tuesday to be a double session at 8:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.
More to come later . . .
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August 13th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Get well soon Kiff!
August 13th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
My prayers go up for a swift recovery.
August 13th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
He said it was unclear who would take charge of Monday’s practice session.
Well, the whole Ryan clan is in town…
/get better Kiff.
August 13th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Someone is already trying to poison our coach?! They must be running scared to already stoop to that level. Is Mike Shanarat in town?
August 13th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Yeah, I didn’t see a lot of fire out of him on the sideline, but I’m unfamiliar with his sideline style. Nice debut though, Get Well Kiff.
August 13th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
I liked the look of this offense. I thought I saw an USC type O, not an dink & dunk, but an offense that relys on playmakers. My first impressions where these guys knew what they wanted to do.
August 13th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Kiffen…..even when your sick your plan pretty much played out to what I would say is at about 85%. Not bad, really. Just consider last year. I hope you feel better. Rest because after you get out you won’t be resting until we get our fourth trophy.
Eflo-Bleeder of Silver & Black
August 13th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Get well soon, Kiffin….
http://mvn.com/nfl-raiders/
August 13th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Wow! I noticed he looked a little red and worn out in the picture on the Raiders.com site, but didn’t expect this.
Get better soon Coach!
August 13th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Hahaaha freaken Kiff……..nice way to play it off that you didnt get excited about the game trying to act cool. Man welcome to THE RAIDERS the best and most hated team in the NFL. YOu’ll love it. Stop pretending…..I mean hope you get well, We need you. IN LANE WE TRUST
August 13th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
I will send you some Georgia peaches Lane
August 13th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
I hope it’s nothing serious. It shows his commitment to his team. Hope his players follow from his example. Get well soon coach
August 13th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Get well soon lil buddy!
August 13th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Good Point Memo!……..sick for a few days but still delivered… THIS COACH IS THE NEW ATTITUDE OF THE RAIDERS!!.
August 13th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Coach Kiffin get well soon, way to lead by example. It’s almost like a priest performing an exorcism. The priest always ends up getting sick after exorcising all the demons. Kiff has yet to exorcise all the demons from last year but he is off to an excellent start.
Raiders for Life…I’m In!
August 13th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
[...] Hospitalized Raiders coach Lane Kiffin has been hospitalized with a viral infection, according to Jerry McDonald of InsideBayArea.com. Public relations director Mike Taylor told [...]
August 13th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
I dont understand , if the raiders knew that they were taking JR with the first pick. Why did they keep it a secrert. They should’ve been negotiating with him before the draft, maybe then the deal would’ve been completed already!!
August 13th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Take it easy Lane . You have been going nonstop for months and dont neglect that hot wife of yours… gotta go 2 and 1 to start the season!!!
August 13th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
So now we know why Kiffin missed his call this morning to KSFO to discuss the game.
August 13th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
[...] Jerry McDonald of the Oakland Tribune reports that Raiders Head Coach Lane Kiffin was admitted to a Napa-area hospital with a viral infection. [...]
August 13th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Hope he recovers well folks.
Meanwhile I have ben getting guff for saying DC did better than Green . I’ve made this list and would appreciate any intelligent comments on my analysis. :
OK, here’s what Culppeper did and what Green did play by play(passes only with other notes):
Green:
1-Inc-very low and deflected
2-Inc-low. Was pressured and escaped, had plenty of running room, threw instead.
3-Inc-terrible throw,threw into coverage, had all day
4-Comp
5-Comp-very nice threaded throw
6-Inc-very badly underthrown to an open Ginn, INT out of bounds
7-Inc-bad wobbly throw
8–comp
9–Inc-badly underthrown
10-INT-NOT Green’s fault. Hit receiver square on the numbers and bounced off.
11-Comp for negative yards
12-Comp-great 30 yard threaded throw.
13-Inc-dropped
14-Comp-short intentional dump
15-Inc-dump ob.
Observation: Green is VERY rusty, and while he is nifty at getting himself out of trouble, often throws instead of taking off when he has daylight in front of him.
Culpepper(I missed one of his completions):
1-Inc-behind, WR didn’t turn.
2-Comp
3-Inc-overthrown
4-Inc-dropped, would have been 15 yard gain at least.
5-Inc-overthrown intentional dump
6-Comp-perfect arcing on target 50 yd bomb.
7-Inc-dropped
8-Inc-dropped
9-Comp-perfect threaded ball
10-Comp
11-Inc-dropped-would have been 30 yds.
12-missed it
Observations: While Culpepper had some fumbling problems, he is very mobile again, escapes pressure well, and if those 4 balls had not been dropped, his rating and pass percentage would have been very high.
Clearly he deserved the chance.
August 13th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
I agree with u buddy, Miami shouldve gave him a chance to compete. We are lucky that he was available.
August 13th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Coach Kiffin. Stay in the hosp. and recover. The Raiders aren’t going to win a game in September anyway.
August 13th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Hey Kiff just get well baby!
August 13th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Surprise! Surprise!! It’s the MYOPIAN!!!! lol
August 13th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
I gotta hand it to Kiff’s squad folks…..even in a 1st preseason game your unit looked HUNGRY. Man o man if our OL doesn’t get together, whoever our QB is may have to wear the first regular season ‘redshirt’ ever…hehe.
August 13th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
It’s kinda what we dealt with last year, i hope it doesnt get that bad 4 u guys. no fan deserves to go through that !Believe me it’s painful. anyways about DC he also was playn with our 3rd O,plus he’s still needs to get more familiar with the system. He is going to get better. Hope it;s the same with Green.
August 13th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
“LIFE IN THE FAST LANE” GET WELL SOON KIFF..
August 13th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Yea! Charger u should be worried bout ur scrubby ass team , they didnt look too good last nite!!! Crater Face looked liked Art Shell last year, CLUELESS.
August 13th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
You know if you just ignore that Charger fan he will just quit blogging here with his repeditive takes. Or we could wait untill he realizes that Norv Turner is the head coach of his team, and that they will be lucky to go 8-8. So like the great Ron Burgundy once said: “Go F*ck yourself San Diego.” Go RAIDERS!
August 13th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Get well soon kiff!! We need ya out in practice speedin it up!! Hope he doesnt miss too many. might slow DC down a litte,
IN LANE WE TRUST!!! RAIDERS RAIDERS RAIDERS!!!
August 13th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
as a fan that has blead silver and black, as well as cardinal and gold, for the last 17 years (i’m 17 and not afraid to admit it),i have already sent kiffin a get well card, hope it’s not serious and that he get’s better soon, he showed some heart by coaching under the weather, good example by the HC, wouldn’t have expected anything less from a true Trojan, get well, and charger, u are on here every day, posting multiple times a day using the same stupid @ss word that is a more accurate assessment of yourself than anyone on this blog, don’t you have a job/girlfriend/life, oh, i forgot, your a loser dolts fan, i got confused because you spend your whole excuse for an existence on a RAIDER NATION blog, talking cr@p about a team that has 3 Superbowls to your 0, but as i said earlier, keep posting, we enjoy laughing at you, you are quickly becoming the mascot/pet of this blog, albeit and irritable little b!tch, you are the dolts fan who so desperately wants to be a member of the raider nation, understandable yet very sad, get well Fast Lane, WIN, LOSE, or TIE, RAIDERS till I DIE!!!
August 13th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
“The priest gets always gets sick after performing the exorcism.”
Gotta love that one.
August 13th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Coach get better soon and best to ya’
August 13th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Kiff will be fine, it won’t be long before he is making all of our opponents sick!!! Go Raiders!
August 14th, 2007 at 6:38 am
Did anybody else catch the whiners and the donkeys complaining that they had to start camp late because they played there first game monday night. The NFL has a rule that you can’t start camp more than 15 days before your first pre-season game. The humor lies in the fact that they both tried to set up a date to scrimmage our Raiders but The Raiders said due to scheduling conflicts that would be impossible. In other words Al said “Bite me”!
August 14th, 2007 at 6:40 am
Get well Coach, gotta take the whiners next. And oops , it’s their. My spell check link disapeared.
August 14th, 2007 at 6:40 am
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August 14th, 2007 at 9:09 am
We finally win one, and Kiffin was so suprised he fell ill.
Hey, he just proved he can win football games when he’s delerious with the flu, the NFL should be scared!!!!
August 14th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
We finally have a coach with a imagination, I know it’s just one game, but you can really see the team is responding to the new system, which is encouraging, GOOD JOB KIFF GET WELL SOON PLAYA”
August 14th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Some encouraging signs on offense…Walter-Culpepper-McCown starters next game? Seems only fair.