Raiders HC Tom Cable breaks Assistant Coaches Jaw

[DeToxRox]

Obviously Al Davis told him to do it.

Sources: Raiders Coach Tom Cable Punched Assistant During Altercation -- NFL FanHouse

The always volatile Oakland Raiders are now fighting amongst themselves -- in the coaching ranks, no less.

According to a report Monday on the Web site National Football Post, Raiders defensive assistant Randy Hanson was punched in the jaw by another member of the team's coaching staff during an Aug. 5 altercation at Oakland's training camp headquarters at the Napa Valley Marriott.

Multiple NFL and Raiders sources have confirmed the victim of the alleged assault was Hanson, a third-year assistant who is in his first season with the team under the title "assistant coach-defense." Two NFL sources have told FanHouse the attacker was Raiders' first-year head coach Tom Cable, and "that Hanson never saw it coming."

Neither Hanson nor the coach who threw the punch were identified in a Napa, Calif., police report taken Aug. 6 at Queen of the Valley Hospital. But one well-placed NFL source told FanHouse of the attacker: "It's a well-known coach. Very well-known."

Pressed to confirm the identity of the attacker, the source said, "It was Cable who hit him."

According to Napa Police Lt. Brian McGovern, police followed procedure in responding to the downtown Napa hospital when Hanson arrived to receive treatment for what was described as an injured jaw.

X-rays were taken. The results are not known, although one NFL source told FanHouse Hanson sustained a fractured jaw as a result of the punch.

Hanson told police the alleged assault took place at the Raiders' training camp site the day before, but he refused to name the attacker, which is hindering a police investigation into whether misdemeanor or even felony assault charges may be filed. A jaw fracture could warrant felony charges, but the fact the victim is unwilling to pursue the matter criminally is not surprising, given the cloistered nature of the tight-knit NFL coaching fraternity.

The police report is not public record, McGovern said, because of concern for privacy rights of the alleged victim.

"The victim didn't even want any police action taken," McGovern told FanHouse, "but we were following hospital policy that authorities be contacted in cases where there may have been an assault."

McGovern said Napa Police consider the matter closed at this point, "unless we are re-contacted by the victim, and the victim changes their mind that they want us to follow through and pursue an investigation. At this point we're not doing anything else with it."

Another NFL source told FanHouse that Hanson was in the middle of a conversation with defensive coordinator John Marshall when the alleged attack occurred.

Hanson previously served under former Raiders coach Lane Kiffin as an assistant defensive backs coach. The two clashed famously in Sept. 2008 when Hanson was suspended by Kiffin after the defensive assistant openly questioned the Raiders' game plan following a 41-14 season-opening loss to the then-Mike Shanahan-coached Denver Broncos.

"It's a good thing that Shanahan didn't have our players," Hanson reportedly blurted out in the presence of other coaches, "or else he would have beaten us 1,000-0."

Kiffin suspended Hanson for five days, causing a rift among a divided Raiders coaching staff that caused owner Al Davis to intervene. By that time, Kiffin and former defensive coordinator Rob Ryan were openly battling over defensive philosophy. By Week 1 of the '08 season, Davis already was compiling a dossier to document reasons to dismiss Kiffin. The Hanson incident was one more page for the report.

Asked about the Hanson outburst, Kiffin said last September, "Randy had some personal issues going on. Randy still did some work for us, but he spent some time at home to get some things straight in his personal life."

Raiders senior executive John Herrera told the National Football Post that Cable would address the latest Hanson controversy following the team's practice on Sunday, but that did not happen.

The Raiders have a single 3:30 p.m. PT practice Monday, after which Cable is expected to answer questions about the alleged assault.

[Karlifornia]

Sorry, Raiders fans. It doesn't matter if you have Cable or DirecTV..you still aren't going to be watching home games.

[bhlloy]

I am consistently amazed and impressed at the new lows the Raiders manage to sink to. I wasn't sure how they could make a worse hire than Kiffin but they seem to have done it.

[GoldenEagle]

Raiders looking feisty in preseason ... ?

[RedKingGold]

Raiders looking good in MMA action

[Jughead Spock]

Cripes. Where's that facepalm montage... @@

[cyril]

did the report say whether Michael Vick was funding this?

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by cyril

did the report say whether Michael Vick was funding this?

I challenge you to mention Michael Vick in every new thread in the Off Topic forum for the next 3 days, starting tomorrow.

OK... GO!

[Abe Sargent]

Wow

[PilotMan]

One punch.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

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One punch.

MIGHTY BLOW!

[Mustang]

You don't like it when Cable hits you.

[thesloppy]

Apparently the Raiders players were chanting "Cable, bumaye!" at practice today, which is both hilarious and ridiculous.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-cable-bumaye/

[stevew]

looking good in pretrial.

[Danny]

Not quite what happened. Hansen said some not so nice words to DC Marshall, Cable defended him and flipped Hansen's chair who then fell out of it and hit his jaw on the table.

Apparently this assistant has some issues and afterwards in practice the players were chanting for Cable.

Oakland Raiders' Tom Cable denies reports of punching aide - ESPN
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[Autumn]

Oh okay, he "hit his jaw on the table." Next week he'll have "fallen down some stairs." Al Davis sure knows how to pick them!

[RendeR]

Stay Classy Oakland!