tom-cable-idiotTom Cable, coach of the Oakland Raiders, attacked one of his assistants, Randy Hanson. Cable threatened to kill him, and in the process, left Hanson with a “fractured upper left jawbone, two cracked teeth, a bruised knee and a bruised back.” If the police have been involved, what is taking Roger Goodell so long to discipline him? Hanson told his side of the story to Yahoo’s Mike Silver. It is just what the Raiders need surfacing on gameday.

“From my blindside, Tom Cable threw me from my chair and into a piece of furniture that a lamp sat upon,” Hanson told Yahoo! Sports Friday during an extensive interview at a Bay Area restaurant. “He was screaming, ‘I’ll f——- kill you! I’ll f——- kill you!’ And I have no reason to believe he wouldn’t have killed me if they hadn’t pulled him away.

At that point, Hanson continued, “I said, ‘John, I’m so disappointed. That’s a lie.’ From the side I heard Tom scream, ‘That’s bulls—-,’ and before I knew it Tom had blindsided me.”

Hanson said he lay on the floor, dazed, as Cable told him to “Get the f—- up.” Marshall helped him back into his chair, at which point Cable said, “I’m not gonna let you ruin my football team. If you want to be on my team, you are gonna be off the field, and you’re gonna do all the quality-control work, but you’re not to be around those f——- players. Do you accept the position?”

We’re going to guess that when Goodell does render a decision, he’ll go with a two game suspension. Maybe it’d only be one if Cable hadn’t gone and denied anything had happened. More than a two touchdown underdog against arguably the best team in the league today, anyone think the Raiders rally behind their embattled coach and spring the upset?

Hanson: My life was threatened by Cable (Yahoo Sports)