Tom Cable: Oakland Raider Owner Al Davis Had a Choice To Make

The Oakland Raiders have finished with a .500 record for the first time since 2002. They are a much more exciting team to watch as the culture has truly changed in Raider Nation.

So why is Cable not being brought back for next year?

Should he be?

It depends on how you look at it.

There's always a case either way when a team doesn't make the playoffs.

I believe that Jackson was a part of a two man race for the head coaching job in Oakland. He may have been the head coach in waiting since Davis hired him this past off season.

Was the alleged rift between the two real?

Does that rift have to do with the choice Davis made?

Turn the page to sort it all out.

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