Here’s a snippet of some of the comments from fans of the Tennessee Titans over at Titans Online. The Steelers won the game by three points, so you’d think the fans would have a lot to talk about. It took a while to find anything of quality worth posting.
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This will be short and sweet…

If you ever needed reminding about how great an organization the Ravens have behind them, look no further than comparing the way coaching changes were handled in Baltimore and in Oakland.

The Raiders finally fired Lane Kiffin on Tuesday. This comes just 20 games into his tenure with the Raiders and following an epic battle between coach and owner. Reports in January said that Davis had given Kiffin a letter of resignation to sign. Kiffin refused and that’s how this whole thing started.

Today, we were treated to a super-sized press conference featuring Davis and rant upon rant about his relationship (or lack thereof) with Kiffin this season. He even took the time to read us his letter to Kiffin following the Week 1 loss to the Broncos. Check out the videos here.

Compare that (Al Davis, by his lonesome, ranting and raving about his former coach) to what we saw here in January. Our owner, fresh-faced as he may be to the business, along side Ozzie Newsome and others in his professional team. Announcing, as a unit, the decision they had made. And Bisciotti, nearly in tears at times, describing the difficulty he had in making such a decision.

Then to top it all off, Davis repeatedly asserted that his firing of Kiffin was “for cause” and that his intention was to not honor the remainder of the team’s contract with Kiffin. Compare that to Bisciotti, who said from the very first minute that every contract, of every coach, trainer and assistant, would be honored.

And in case you needed anything more… this is what I simply cannot wrap my head around: Al Davis and his interactions with Kiffin over the last year. Kiffin claims there was little to no interaction, particularly face-to-face interaction, in the past few weeks. Good ol’ Al, in all his glory, attempts to refute that claim by mentioning all of twice in which the two men had spoke. Davis, known around the league for being on the field more often than Jerry Jones, wrote a letter to his coach instead of talking to him.

Think about that.

Now think about Steve Bisciotti doing that. It simply wouldn’t happen and no one in this town would stand for it.

It may not seem like much, but in discussing the game last night with some other ExtremeRavens staff, I had a bit of a revelation about this Ravens team. Perhaps it’s obvious, perhaps it’s just plain wrong… perhaps I’m bringing bad karma…

But here is how I see this season and our first three games so far - or rather, here’s what I think we’ve learned and can look forward to - and it can’t help but remind me of a team we saw here not too long ago.

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It’s been two weeks since the Ravens dismissed Brian Billick as Head Coach, an unexpected move that received rave reviews from most fans. But it is fair to say that all has not proceeded swimmingly since then, and while the off-season has hardly even begun, the pressure to settle the issue is mounting.

Perhaps “settle” is a poor choice of words at this point… Read the rest of this entry »