Gruden Fired!

by RoyalChief8569 on Jan 16, 2009 5:04 PM CST

Over at Pro Football Talk:
Posted by Mike Florio on January 16, 2009, 5:56 p.m. EST

The city that will be hosting the Super Bowl in 16 days suddenly is in the market for a new head coach.

According to Adam Schefter of NFLN, the Buccaneers have fired head coach Jon Gruden.

(Maybe, in hindsight, he should have taken the Tennessee job.)

There had been some quiet speculation that something could happen in Tampa, but with nearly three weeks since the last game Gruden had seemed safe.

The timing of the move makes us wonder whether the Bucs quietly have lined up a successor, with speculation sure to center on a guy who took two weeks off after unexpectedly being fired two weeks and three days ago, former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan.

Such a move would violate the Rooney Rule, which requires at least one minority candidate to be interviewed for each head-coaching vacancy. But if everyone involved is appropriately discreet, no one would have to know that someone like Shanahan already was lined up for the job.

It remains to be seen whether G.M. Bruce Allen stays or goes, since he was hired after Gruden arrived.

More to come, undoubtedly.

Would John Gruden be a good HC here? I think he would be great!

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beat me to it

i was just about to post this. Looks like one more of our coaching candidates may be scooped up soon. they better dicide on Herm ASAP

by KCCheeze on Jan 16, 2009 5:05 PM CST reply actions

Not sure about Gruden

He clearly won the Super Bowl with Tony Dungys team and was riding Monty Kiffins defense. His handling of the QB situation there was ridiculous.

by ChiefDJ on Jan 16, 2009 5:06 PM CST reply actions

Gruden

Though I like him, relies too heavily on vets. He may have been a good fit before we tore this team down for youngens, but with our current squad I think he’d try to bring in Griese/Garcia/(insert senior citizen here) and just move us backwards. One thing for sure, he will find work…

by KansasCityShuffle on Jan 16, 2009 5:13 PM CST reply actions

I wonder

if he would take a job with KC if he didn’t have control of personel decisions. I kind of like the idea of Gruden coaching a team that Pioli put together. We would still need a first rate DC to fix our defense though.

Ten sacks in a season! For crying out loud that's what I used to average per game using DT in Techmo Bowl!

by KCporkchop on Jan 16, 2009 7:11 PM CST up reply actions