Lane Kiffin's saga continues

As if working for Al Davis isn't trying enough, now Raiders Coach Lane Kiffin is dealing with hormones and house hunters.

In a conference call with San Diego reporters this week, Kiffin revealed that his wife is due in January with their third child. So all this speculation about if and when Kiffin will be fired has hit her especially hard.

"I feel unfortunate for that," he said. "You know how this thing is, all of a sudden she's got Realtors coming by the house asking if we're putting the house up. So it's tough, especially on a pregnant woman that doesn't know where she's going to be when her child's delivered. If there was any regret, that's what it would be."

OK, so he's playing the sympathy card. He's earned it.

Surely knowing Davis will be combing over his every word, Kiffin also tweaked him with this: He says he's getting calls from coaches and general managers all over the league who can commiserate with him.

"I get a lot of calls," he said. "I don't really reach out much, because it all just continues to bring it up. It's around enough that I don't want to waste very much time on it, because that's not my job, to sit around and complain or sit around and say, 'Well, I wish I had this,' or, 'I wish it could be like that.' What good does that do us? ...

"I'm just seeing a lot of encouraging words from head coaches and some general managers as well."

Any words from, hmm, I don't know ... Mike Shanahan maybe?

"I'm not going to go into which guys have called me," Kiffin said with a chuckle. "But it's been very good."

-- Sam Farmer

Photo: Lane Kiffin answering questions in Oakland earlier this week. Credit: Paul Sakuma / Associated Press

Comments

[Brian R]

Dude, just call more passing plays.

You have great field position, and you are leading in the game even, where is the risk in calling a pass. I've never seen pass protection that good gone to waste.

When you do call a pass or run, you seem to call the right play, so why doubt yourself or your QB. The QB has a job to do no matter who that person is.

The defense isn't going to play on the same level in the 4th quarter as in the 1st quarter, it's called fatigue.

[Mike]

It was Ryan's bad prevent defense that killed the game.

[Big Game]

Agreed....Kiffin has nothing to lose. Open up the passing game a little more Coach Kiffin, Don't run the ball on 3rd and 7..Spread the field and have the receivers step it up! ..And don't let Ryan change to that zone defense, because DeAngelo Hall was getiing BUUUUUURRRRNNNED by Lee Evans last week