Gruden Down!

by Justise on Jan 16, 2009 3:12 PM PST Comment 18 comments

According to Pro Football Talk, Jon Gruden has been fired.

Man that sucks, 3 weeks goes by, all the good jobs are taken, then you get your walking papers.

The GM is also gone, so they are looking for a totally new direction, though I never thought they were in that much trouble. If I remember right Derrick Brooks got hurt, then they fell of at the end of the season.

So where do you think he lands?

KC? St Louis? Hawks QB coach?

A place to bury strangers.

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I wish this happened a year ago.

by MFAN on Jan 16, 2009 3:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Think the Buccs will make a run at Tony Dungy?

by ender_dace on Jan 16, 2009 3:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Kind of insane

Holmgren (voluntary), Dungy (voluntary), Shanahan and Gruden all out of their coaching jobs in the span of about a month. That’s pretty crazy. Its a damn shame we have Mora, I’d love to have Chucky here.

by kearly on Jan 16, 2009 4:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Holy crap, I wouldn't.

He’d use Hasselbeck for this season, get rid of him, and proceed to do his Gruden-esque think of cycling through old QBs.

by Fearless Frog on Jan 16, 2009 7:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Thats not a very accurate history of Gruden

’04 – replaced 36 year old Brad Johnson with 29 year old Griese
’05 – Replaced 30 year old Griese with 25 year old Simms
’06 – 26 year old Simms and 29 year old Rattay get hurt, plays 23 year old rookie Gradkowski for 11 games.
’07 – Signs 37 year old Garcia after extremely successful year with Philly. Garcia has been good in Tampa.

by Nate Dogg on Jan 16, 2009 8:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's not a very good eye for talent.

Stay away, Chucky. You only won the Super Bowl because your were using Tony Dungy’s team.

It's great to be a Florida Gator!

by Wayward Llama on Jan 16, 2009 8:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Basically, he changes QBs more than I change my underwear.

Don’t forget how he benched Garcia early this season for no reason, and was heavily pursuing Favre in the offseason. I think he’s crazy and is best just handling Xs and Os. He inherited Dungy’s brainchild and hasn’t done shit since.

by Fearless Frog on Jan 16, 2009 9:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

By that same logic...

If he doesn’t get credit for what he did in Tampa than he has to get credit for what he built in Oakland; either way, he was in the Super Bowl that year.

by Azimeir on Jan 16, 2009 9:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

He does get credit for Oakland but

He wasn’t fully handling the reins or else he likely would have shipped off Gannon early.

by Fearless Frog on Jan 17, 2009 9:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow. He'll get a job before too long, I'm sure.

"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?" - Dr. Venture

by Eegah on Jan 16, 2009 4:59 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Wow

just heard this on the Mort report on the way home. I really wonder what the plan is in Tampa. Unless they feel like they have an in on Shanahan or Cowher, why would they dump Gruden now? I wonder if they fell out over the assistant coaches somehow.

"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin

by dcrockett17 on Jan 16, 2009 5:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I wonder how the Gruden years will be seen in retrospect. He got them a super bowl and the team was successful while he was there, but they already had his super bowl team in place when he got there, they had to give up two firsts and two seconds to get him (jesus Al Davis sucks) and now he’s been fired.

by Nate Dogg on Jan 16, 2009 5:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs