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Updated: Jan. 4, 2007, 9:05 PM ET
Report: Raiders to fire ShellSportsTicker
National Football League News Wire

SUNNYVALE, California -- A decade later, Al Davis
apparently will fire Art Shell again.

Yahoo.com reported Thursday that Shell is expected to be fired
as coach of the Oakland Raiders.

According to the report, Shell could be dismissed as early as
Thursday. The report said Shell and the club were negotiating a
settlement on the final year of his contract.

It would mark the second time Shell is fired by the club. The
Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive lineman previously coached
the team from 1989-94, compiling a 54-38 record, including three
playoff appearances and a trip to the AFC championship game in
January 1991.

After he fired Shell following the 1994 season, Davis said it
was a move he had always "regretted."

"The guy that will lead us back, and we will be back, is Art
Shell," Davis said when he re-hired Shell in February.

But after replacing Norv Turner, Shell guided the Raiders to a
league-worst 2-14 record this season. It was the franchise's
worst record in the Davis era (1963-present).

Oakland, which ended the season with a nine-game losing streak,
owns the top pick in April's draft.

In December, the Raiders denied a report by the NFL Network that
said Shell would be fired.

In four seasons since losing to Tampa Bay in Super Bowl XXXVII,
the Raiders have gone a woeful 15-49, losing at least 11 games
in each campaign.

Once a proud franchise, the Raiders have become a laughingstock
and an unpopular destination for many coaches because of Davis'
involvement in the day-to-day operation of the team and the
club's inability to discipline players.


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Wow... well this is one I didn't see coming... thought that they'd give him at least another year...

Me too, but Al Davis is senile, lmfao!

Art obviously likes a challenge. Maybe we could interest him in coaching our pitiful OL.

Why would you even bring him in, in the first place if you just going to axe him after a year?

because you're the Raiders <img src="/images/graemlins/rofl.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/rofl.gif" alt="" />

This this almost guarentees they are taking Johnson now <img src="/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />

Why would anyone else take that job? <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
Note to future Raider coaches: Make lots of money in the first year.

This just says to me that Al Davis is running to much of the show in Oakland and the Raiders will never get out of the cellar until he gives some control to people who know what they are doing. Plus, he has to be patient with some of these coaches and players, maybe he should take lessons from us Browns fans, lol

web page

Art Shell steps down as Raiders coach

By JOSH DUBOW, AP Sports Writer
12 minutes ago

ALAMEDA, Calif. - Art Shell's second stint as coach of the Raiders ended after just one season, the franchise's worst in more than four decades. Shell met with owner Al Davis on Thursday to discuss the future of the team following a 2-14 season that was the worst for Oakland since 1962. The team issued a statement after the meeting saying Shell would not return as coach for the final season of his contract

"While Art will no longer serve as head coach, he and Mr. Davis have discussed and will continue to discuss opportunities for Art to remain a valued member of the Raider organization," the team said in a statement.

Shell's departure was first reported by ESPN and Yahoo.com.

lots of folks like to say the browns are the laughing stock, nope.

An interesting note, is that this means that Romeo will be given the opportunity to coach one side of the Senior Bowl. The jobs are always offered to the returning coaches in the AFC and NFC with the highest draft pick in next years draft. With Shell gone, that would leave Crennel in charge. If a high pick happens to go to the senior bowl (see two years ago with Cadillac Williams) it could be interesting to see if one of them impresses Crennel enough to shoot up to our pick.

~Lyuokdea

the dudes like 800 years old....i don't think he can afford to be patient...

Art is a class act, and he only took the job last year, because nobody else wanted it and time was slipping away for Al..Art didnt wanna coach, Al Davis must have somebody in line to hire as coach, Maybe Saben, he's been at Alabama for a whole three days now.... <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

It's about time to bring back Madden.

But all he'd talk about is Brett Favre...... <img src="/images/graemlins/rofl.gif" alt="" />

I gotta say this,,,, The Raiders were indeed horrible last season,,,no question,, But they were horrible the year before that also..

NO coach,,,,can take pile of crap like that and turn it around in 1 year,,,, If Davis fires him now, then Davis needs replaced....

This is unbelieveable. As critical I've been of Romeo, this is a completely different situation.

The Raiders job was such a bad gig last year that NO ONE wanted it. This year the Raiders were perhaps the biggest trainwreck I've ever seen. This is even worse than an expansion team because the team is loaded with high salary and veteran talent.

How bad is it? The NFL is actually concerned about the Raiders ability to compete in the coming years (I wish the NFL was more concerned about us...).

Yes, it's WAY worse than we are or ever were.

The question is, who's gonna want it this year?

How about Dennis Green? Had a passing, deep ball, offense in MN and coached Moss previously. Seems to be a players coach. Just a thought.

[color:"white"] The team issued a statement after the meeting saying Shell would not return as coach for the final season of his contract [/color]

what was it that davis said about adam schefter? LMAO

Doubt it, I don't think he wants to go from one grim situation to another.

The Raiders are the biggest trainwreck I've ever seen. Their cap is in bad shape, they're not a young team, etc. etc. This is 10 times worse than our situation after the '04 season.

Even though we did indeed stink on ice this year, nobody really was laughing. That should tell everyone something. Injuries, lack of depth, being in the second year of a total rebuild, it's a wonder we managed to even stay in many of the games. I've seen teams melt down and this one didn't really do that even though it probably should have.

We are a bad football team, the Raiders are a total disaster.

J.