[Vision2020] Tom Cable was named the interim coach of the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday

[joekc at roadrunner.com]

Just in case someone thought that the Vandals job was the worst head couching job in the US,
Cable will soon be able to tell him how wrong he was!

--
Joe Campbell

---- Chuck Kovis <ckovis at turbonet.com> wrote: 
> .
> Former Idaho Vandals football coach Tom Cable was named the interim coach of 
> the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday.
> 
> Cable was 11-35 in four seasons at Idaho - from 2000 to 2003. He was 5-6 in 
> 2000, but 1-10, 2-10 and 3-9 after that.
> 
> Since then, he has been the offensive coordinator at UCLA and an offensive 
> line coach with the Atlanta Falcons and Raiders. He joined the Raiders staff 
> last year.
> 
> Cable replaces his boss Lane Kiffin, who was fired Tuesday after 20 games as 
> head coach. Cable will continue to coach the offensive line.
> 
> "I grew up a Raider, loving this team from the time I was a little boy," 
> Cable said.
> 
> Cable was asked about his subpar record at Idaho during his introductory 
> press conference.
> 
> "Everybody has a past, everybody has a journey in life," he said. "For me, 
> it's been a great journey, not always success, certainly by the record I had 
> at Idaho. But at the same time, not many people moved the ball the way I did 
> in college football ... so I'm very confident that way. My whole thing is 
> you learn from your past, and I've done that. When I was a head coach for 
> the first time, I was 34 years old."
> 
> 
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