The Las Vegas Raiders are firing general manager Tom Telesco after all. Las Vegas announced the news Thursday while expressing its appreciation for

The sudden decision to let Telesco go isn't another example of organizational dysfunction under owner Mark Davis.

On Tuesday, the Raiders fired coach Antonio Pierce but not G.M. Tom Telesco. Two days into their coaching search, the Raiders fired Telesco. Conventional wisdom in NFL circles is that Telesco was fired to clear a path for the next head coach to hire his own personnel executive.