Why does NFL coach Tom Cable need an anger management course?
Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable denied reports on Monday that he punched defensive assistant Randy Hanson in the jaw and caused injuries that required treatment at a hospital earlier this month. According to AOL Fanhouse, Cable hit Hanson on August 5 for unknown reasons. A report filed with the Napa Police Department describes an unnamed 41-year-old assistant coach being treated at the Queen of the Valley Hospital for a jaw injury, which the victim alleges was caused by an unidentified member of the Raiders coaching staff. But Cable told ESPN’s Mark Schlereth later Monday that no punches were thrown. That’s backed up by what former NFL scout Daniel Jeremiah told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. Jeremiah’s “reliable source” said that Hanson broke a facial bone when his cheek hit a cabinet in a team meeting room when Cable flipped him out of his chair. Jeremiah also wrote on his Twitter page that Cable reacted when Hanson spoke profanely to defensive coordinator John Marshall. He rebuked Han
Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable punched defensive assistant Randy Hanson in the jaw during an Aug. 5 altercation at the team’s training camp headquarters at the Napa Valley Marriott, multiple sources told FanHouse. National Football Post first reported Monday that Hanson, a third-year assistant who is in his first season with the team under the title “assistant coach-defense,” had been hit by another member of the coaching staff, but did not specify the attacker. Two NFL sources have confirmed to FanHouse that the assailant was 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 a report on F
