Gruden is an assclown. No, make that an assclown with anger management issues.
He took a team that was primed for the Super Bowl without him and played against the very same team he coached. To give him the credit is a disservice to what the organization, prior coaches and management had put in place. The cost to get him to the Bucs cost them dearly with high draft picks and a boatload of cash. Tampa is just now out of his blight.
The man couldn't draft talent for SQUAT! He felt the compelling need to have 5 QB's on his squads and would tear down locker room leaders, fan favorites or media darlings because they were casting a shadow on HIS ego! He preferred older veterans that were hobbling into the stretch and drained the salary cap for younger players.
There's no mystery why no team in the NFL isn't ringing his door asking for his service. He's completely torn apart locker rooms with animosity. Talk to ANYONE that's ever played organized ball and you'll find that you can't have a team divided. His mythical playbook was some convoluted beast that nobody could wrap their heads around. Even Jeff Garcia (one of THE best West Coast QB's schooled by Bill Walsh!) couldn't grasp this 6 inch monstrosity of long drawn out patterns that really resided between Gruden's ears.
I couldn't tell you how he's doing on MNF with the play calling. Why? I watch a football game with the sound off and music playing. I don't need to hear about who had a baby, what a player's favorite food is or how they did a better job of doing something 10 years ago. There are only a few play callers that I can stomach to listen to and they're no longer with us. I can't stand one sided or favoritism in the booth.
No, the game is doing quite fine without that angry little Napolean scowling on the sidelines with his headphones and visor. I'm not a big fan of the coach Tampa has right now either. To me he's intern material for a much bigger profile coach. Maybe he can turn it around, but it looks like management doesn't fully trust the guy with the keys to the car because during the off season...they didn't do squat. They decided to go back to the draft to better their team and any Bucs fan will tell you that it pays off, but it takes about 3-4 years. We'll see, but you can look around on the internets and dial in to Tampa sports radio...we don't miss Chucky on damn bit.
