Gruden 10 years-100 million dollars. Yep, no joke.

[t96]

18 minutes ago, AceBoogie said:

So much for the Rooney rule

Is it unreasonable for a team to have their eye set on one particular head coach who used to be with the team and won a super bowl since leaving and has been very sought after the past 10 years? And they did interview minority candidates. Don't see the problem here.

[tondi]

I see this in the corporate world.  People get removed from the front lines of operations and suddenly become experts on everything and have all the answers to problems they never solved when they were actually in charge of doing so.  They become legends in their own minds and, over time, manage to convince the softer headed morons around them of this fact when the reality is far different. 

[TheRed]

29 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

Is it unreasonable for a team to have their eye set on one particular head coach who used to be with the team and won a super bowl since leaving and has been very sought after the past 10 years? And they did interview minority candidates. Don't see the problem here.

[Mr. Scot]

51 minutes ago, rayzor said:

i think we also found out that mark davis is pretty much as crazy as his dad ever was.

He's worse.

Dad at least knew football till he got old.

This guy?  Ugh.

[LA_Panther]

So we're just gonna pretend Mark Davis's haircut is normal? ok

[Jeremy Igo]

Took Dungy's Superbowl team to the basement in record time. 

 

Good lord. 

[gorillamilitia13]

Am I the only one that thinks Gruden was a crappy coach?

[rayzor]

3 minutes ago, gorillamilitia13 said:

Am I the only one that thinks Gruden was a crappy coach?

did you read the thread?

[Mr. Scot]

16 minutes ago, gorillamilitia13 said:

Am I the only one that thinks Gruden was a crappy coach?

Far from it.

[TheSpecialJuan]

great deal

[BIGH2001]

Ridiculous contract in such a parity driven league.  You can be a damn good coach and lose 8 games a year due to bad luck, bad scouts, bad owners, injuries, etc.  This isn't college football and he isn't nick saban.

[Daddy_Uncle]

that's a ridiculous deal but I am confident that he is going to turn Oakland into a power house

[Fox007]

Meh, you're worth what someone is willing to pay you, not what a bunch a no bodies at ESPN and especially not on the HUDDLE say you are.

HIs style stopped working because that was the same time everyone went into bitch mode and cried when someone yelled at them. He was(dunno how he will be now) the yelling disciplinarian type of coach of old and definitely started to wear thin with the new age little bitches that got ribbons for showing up to anything and everything. I will say he was pretty condescending in a lot of those micced up clips so he can't bring that to the table and expect to last but we'll see.

[Mr. Scot]

56 minutes ago, Fox007 said:

Meh, you're worth what someone is willing to pay you, not what a bunch a no bodies at ESPN and especially not on the HUDDLE say you are.

HIs style stopped working because that was the same time everyone went into bitch mode and cried when someone yelled at them. He was(dunno how he will be now) the yelling disciplinarian type of coach of old and definitely started to wear thin with the new age little bitches that got ribbons for showing up to anything and everything. I will say he was pretty condescending in a lot of those micced up clips so he can't bring that to the table and expect to last but we'll see.

It wasn't just that.

He's been hyped as a quarterback guru, but what quarterback did he ever develop? Chris Simms is the closest he could call to a student of his, and Simms never actually turned into an NFL level QB.

When Gruden was winning as a coach, he had quarterbacks that someone else trained (Rich Gannon, Brad Johnson). After Johnson retired, Gruden began continuously shuffling starters.  He never stuck with anyone long enough for them to really establish themselves and no one ever developed anything resembling chemistry with their offensive teammates.

Now he goes and takes over for Derek Carr after Carr has already been trained by someone else, but there's word Carr may not get along with him.  If he does, I'm sure Gruden will take all the credit.  Lord knows he's done plenty to rehab his image after taking over a Super Bowl quality team and running them into the ground.

It's cool that the Raiders think he's their guy, but the guy the Raiders are paying for doesn't really exist.