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Updated: Jan. 11, 2007, 5:44 PM ET
Fassel interviews for Raiders coaching jobAssociated Press
National Football League News Wire

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Former New York Giants coach Jim Fassel
interviewed Thursday for the Oakland Raiders' head coaching
vacancy.

Fassel, the Raiders' quarterbacks in 1995, met with officials at
the team's headquarters to talk about replacing the fired Art
Shell.

Oakland fired Shell last week after a 2-14 season that was the
worst season in the more than four decades that owner Al Davis has
been with the franchise. The Raiders set a team record for losses
and fewest points scored with a league-low 168.

Earlier in the week, the Raiders interviewed Southern California
quarterbacks coach Steve Sarkisian. Oakland defensive coordinator
Rob Ryan is expected to interview over the weekend.

Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Mike Martz also could be
brought in for a second straight year for an interview, and the
team also plans to talk to at least one or two minority candidates.

Fassel was fired in October as offensive coordinator in
Baltimore after the Ravens scored just 10 offensive touchdowns in
their first six games. Head coach Brian Billick took over the
play-calling duties and the Ravens scored 22 offensive touchdowns
in their final 10 games to win the AFC North.

Fassel was in his second year as Ravens offensive coordinator
after serving a season as a senior consultant to the offense.

From 1997 to 2003, Fassel guided the Giants to two NFC East
titles, a conference championship, an appearance in the Super Bowl
and a wild-card playoff berth while positing a 58-53-1 record. He
was NFL coach of the year in 1997 and lost the 2001 Super Bowl to
Baltimore.

The Raiders are hoping to complete this year's search for
Shell's replacement in a shorter time frame than the more than five
weeks it took to replace Norv Turner a year ago.

Most of the candidates are offensive minded. Most of the NFL's
third-ranked defense is set to return next season, putting the
focus on rebuilding an offense that was one of the league's worst.

Oakland has the No. 1 pick in April's draft and could use it on
quarterbacks Brady Quinn of Notre Dame or JaMarcus Russell of LSU.

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Poor guy...I think I'd rather be a ball boy than coach that team.

I am not a big Fassel fan.

Davis has indicated that some assistance will be retained, regardless of the coach... sure, that would make me want to take the job.

Housecleaning will be the first order of business.

I guess I am a sucker for some sense of stability

Agreed. If we were a mess in '04, they're a disaster. At least we had a good amount of cap space to work with, they're gonna be in cap hell, I believe.

I'm not a big Fassell fan either but I think Davis should at least give the new HC the option to clean house and/or keep who he wants.

I like Fassell,, I think he's a stand up guy and did a decent job with the Giants and Ravens with the exception of last season..

But then last season, he was given a QB in the last week of TC and he was charged with getting him up to speed and for developing a game plan for a guy that didn't know the offense in a hurry... it didn't work out well..

I honestly think that the result would have been the same had Billick sat down with Fassell and said, this is what I see, make the changes.. I bet Fassell would have done it and that would be that.

I also think that Fassell did a better job with the Giants than Coughlin has done..

I'd have no problem with Fassell interviewing for a OC position here..

I can agree that I think Fassell did a better job with the Giants than Coughlin. I'd basically be alright with anyone interviewing and getting the OC job here as long as the Browns win.

LOL I can live with that thinking <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Updated: Jan. 12, 2007, 5:43 PM ET
Rob Ryan interviews for Raiders head coaching jobAssociated Press
National Football League News Wire

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Oakland Raiders defensive coordinator Rob
Ryan interviewed Friday for the team's head coaching vacancy.

Ryan followed former New York Giants coach Jim Fassel and
Southern California quarterbacks coach Steve Sarkisian to interview
to replace the fired Art Shell. Ryan is the only defensive coach to
interview so far.

The son of former Philadelphia and Arizona coach Buddy Ryan, Rob
Ryan was the coordinator of the NFL's third-ranked defense. While
the offense struggled all season, scoring only 12 touchdowns,
Oakland's defense was one of the only bright spots in a 2-14
season.

The Raiders allowed the fewest yards passing in the NFL in
Ryan's third season as coordinator and were able to stay close in
many games even when the offense failed to move the ball.

He is extremely popular with the defensive players, many of whom
have advocated him for the head coaching job.

Ryan has helped develop Derrick Burgess into a two-time Pro Bowl
defensive end, Nnamdi Asomugha into one of the league's top
cornerbacks and young linebackers Kirk Morrison and Thomas Howard
into solid NFL starters.

But Davis has historically gone for offensive-minded coaches.
The last time he hired a defensive coach was when he promoted John
Madden from linebackers coach to take over the head job in 1969.

The Raiders still plan to bring in other candidates. Detroit
Lions offensive coordinator Mike Martz also could be brought in for
a second straight year for an interview, and the team also plans to
talk to at least one or two minority coaches.

Also Friday, Raiders offensive coordinator John Shoop was hired
in the same job at the University of North Carolina. Shoop, who
replaced Tom Walsh as coordinator late in the season, had been
hoping to interview for the head coaching job.

The Raiders have already interviewed Marc Trestman for the
offensive coordinator's job. Trestman was an assistant with Oakland
from 2001-03. He was offensive coordinator at North Carolina State
last season before losing his job when head coach Chuck Amato was
fired.

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