Art Shell is Angry

Art Shell has accused a member of the Oakland Raiders of trying to undermine the coaching staff, and rooting against the team. Shell would not name who he was talking about, but did say it's not a coach or a player.

He went on to say that the unnamed person is calling members of the media and complaining about the coaching staff.

"I'm a fighter. I sit back and I watch things happen and then it gets to the point where you cross the line. That line has been crossed and I won't sit back and allow it to happen anymore. When you root against me, you're rooting against the Raiders. When you root against Tom Walsh, you're rooting against the Raiders. And for someone to do that is unconscionable. It's unconscionable. It's detestable and I think it's an outrage."

-Art Shell

Shell also went on to say that the attacks have been directed at owner Al Davis too, and started when he was hired for the job back in February. It's the same type of thing that happened to him in his first stint as Raiders coach, when Shell felt that his assistant Mike White was trying to undermine him.

White would replace Shell after his firing in 1994.