Tom Cable sucker punches assistant coach
Perhaps if this happened at any other team's training camp, this would be a shocker. However, we're talking about the Oakland Raiders.
According to National Football Post, there was an altercation at the Raiders' camp at Napa on August 5th where defensive assistant coach Randy Hanson (no relation to this blogger) was punched in the jaw by another coach.
“Basically, he said he had been assaulted by a member of the staff but refused to identify who that person was," Napa Police Lt. Brian McGovern said, per National Football Post. "There isn’t anything we can do if the victim is uncooperative in providing us with any additional information as far as witnesses or suspect information.”
However, that coach, according to Nancy Gay of AOL's FanHouse, was none other than head coach Tom Cable and "that Hanson never saw it coming."
The results of Hanson's X-rays weren't released, but a source of Gay believes that Hanson suffered a broken jaw.
Hanson, who was on Lane Kiffin's staff, was suspended five days by Kiffin for comments he made after a loss to the Broncos in last year's season opener.
Cable, who was going to address the media Sunday and did not, addressed the media (sort-of) after today's practice.
Here's what David White of the San Francisco Chronicle tweeted, "Cable: "It's an internal issue, I'm not going to comment on that." Three times, PR guy cuts off follow-ups."
Last year, the Raiders became the first team to lose 11 games in six straight seasons. In addition to breaking Hanson's jaw, Cable will likely break the team's own record and make it seven straight years in 2009.
