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Art Shell goes from coach to office intern
Posted on January 5, 2007 4:30 PM
Whoever coaches the number one pick in the upcoming NFL draft (cue Brady Quinn's incessant weeping) for the Raiders will have Art Shell looking over his shoulder, and probably offering to take his empty Gatorade cup for him as well.
The Raiders mercifully relieved their Hall of Fame lineman and two-time head coach of the unbearable horror of coaching a football team run by a gaunt revenant of greatness past, who clings to football reality by the most tenuous of grips.
Al Davis may have lost a step, but unlike the bird-brained Bidwell running the Arizona Cardinals who's paying Denny Green to sit around the house and get his weight back up to 320, Smiling Al will make Art earn the second year of his contract's payout, the wits at Deadspin say...
Not that there's anything funny about a guy losing his job, but what amused us about the sacking of Art Shell on Thursday was that Al Davis is going to make him stick around and do office work during the final year of his contract next season, when Shell is due to earn $2 million.What a treat for the Raiders front office personnel. They can watch Smiling Al toddle through the office acting out the role of King Lear while a sullen Art delivers interoffice mail and "accidentally" bumps Al's walker with the mail cart. Four times.
"While Art will no longer serve as head coach, he and Mr. Davis have discussed and will continue to discuss opportunities for Art to remain a valued member of the Raider organization," read a Raiders press release.
In other words, um Art, could you sweep up any broken glass or other loose debris you see around the Raiders organization?
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