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NFL: Undermining of the Raiders upsets Shell
Long Beach Press-Telegram, CA - 5 hours ago

The Oakland Raiders' soap-opera season took another strange turn Wednesday when coach Art Shell accused a member of the organization of trying to undermine the coaching staff and rooting against the team.

Shell did not name the person, but said it was not a coach or a player. He said the person has been calling media members around the country and criticizing coaches.

"I'm a fighter," Shell said. "I sit back and I watch things happen and then it gets to the point where you cross the line. That line has been crossed and I won't sit back and allow it to happen anymore."

Shell's latest comments came in response to questions about his decision Tuesday to demote Tom Walsh from his role of offensive coordinator to tight ends coach and replace him with John Shoop.

The drama is the latest for a lost season in which star receiver Randy Moss has criticized the team weekly and receiver Jerry Porter was suspended for insubordination after clashing with the coaching staff.

"It shouldn't be like that," Shell said. "Every organization should be here on the same page, from the bottom up, from the groundskeeper on up. Everybody should be on the same page, trying to do the right things, trying to help this organization win."

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:56:00 GMT

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[Lefty Noob]

Wow, it just keeps getting deeper and deeper in Oakland. One thing's for sure - Shell is SO out of there at the end of the year. Whether he's going to be fired or he resigns, that I don't know. But the Raiders are such a mess right now, and he seems to be sick of dealing with it.

[kenman923]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Wow, it just keeps getting deeper and deeper in Oakland. One thing's for sure - Shell is SO out of there at the end of the year. Whether he's going to be fired or he resigns, that I don't know. But the Raiders are such a mess right now, and he seems to be sick of dealing with it.

I don't think that Al Davis will be able to find anyone in their right mind who would want to come to the Raiders. I was thinking that if Wade Phillips wanted to be a head coach, he could come to the Raiders. Then again, he's not the answer. He's a mediocre coach.

[Lefty Noob]

Davis should just stop the charade and coach the team himself.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Now this would make for good TV...put a few Web cams all around the Raiders front office and practice field...the Raider Nation would be one hit series...they got villians, Davis and Moss, they now have a mole, they got a nice guy in Art Shell (perhaps too nice), a bust of a free agent, a young QB, a bad front line, a blow 1st round pick, oh, and cheerleaders...America would watch.

[legend]

It would be better than most of the shows now on TV, that's for sure. They could call it "Raiders of the Lost Art".