Comments on: Vermeil touts Jon Gruden to Philly

By: BringBackTheFlex

BringBackTheFlex — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:38:20 +0000

Great. Please do this as it will doom the Eagles to mediocrity for YEARS. This guy has no idea how assemble a football team and no concept of drafting or developing a QB.

This is a great day for the rest of the NFC East.

By: mail2bency

mail2bency — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:58:39 +0000

When did “Helluva” become a real word?

By: skoodsports

skoodsports — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:35:44 +0000

I like Gruden. But, Philly sports radio acts like he’s the end all-be all of coaching. The guy’s last playoff win was 10 years ago.

By: ijahru

ijahru — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:31:15 +0000

If the Eagles are serious about Gruden they should first hire Tony Dungy to build the team then bring in Gruden. Gruden is completely overrated

By: rg3sus

rg3sus — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:15:09 +0000

As long as he isn’t given too much power over personnel management he will be a great coach. I always thought Gruden was a great game day coach. I also look around the league and see that coaching itself is a full time gig. Adding player management takes away from time needed to coach. Get Gruden a good GM he can work with and he will be a great asset to any team

By: noring4youstill

noring4youstill — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:13:23 +0000

What’s he getting out of this? A finders fee?

By: paulsmith107

paulsmith107 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:57:41 +0000

Gruden won a title with dungy’s players but as time went on and gruden put his stamp on Tampa they got worse and worse

By: alaricsrevenge

alaricsrevenge — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:56:57 +0000

HC: John Gruden

DC: Romeo Crenel

OC: Norv Turner

Thoughts?

By: eaglesfanalways

eaglesfanalways — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:53:31 +0000

I think Gruden would be a perfect fit for the Eagle’s fans and media – he’s energetic, personable and outspoken, traits that clearly were not evident with Big Red. But, just because he won the Super Bowl with the Bucs against his former team (although he severely out-coached Reid in the Championship game) doesn’t make him the best HC choice. I always remember Vermeil saying that you should never let the fans pick your QB…but, hey, we still love you, Dick!

By: markcycy

markcycy — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:42:55 +0000

I don’t see Gruden answering to a weasel like Roseman.

By: sicklnick121

sicklnick121 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:36:10 +0000

Gruden: We are moving to Philidelphia where fans will curse you out, throw stuff at you and tell you Im a loser if I dont win there.

Wife: They gonna pay you more then ESPN?

Gruden: About half what Im makin now.

Wife: Have fun with the solo move to Philly

Gruden to everyone: I love the booth, I love ESPN.

By: randy8123

randy8123 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:32:20 +0000

What is with the love for Gruden all of a sudden? He built a solid team in Oakland – 12 years ago. After winning the SB with Dungy’s team (no one can argue that he did a good job that year, but no one can argue that he was the architect of that SB team, either), he went 45-51 over his last six seasons. Six years is a pretty large sample size, and a more than generous opportunity to stake your claim as a high quality NFL coach. Gruden had a .469 winning percentage in that span. Maybe if he had gone back to OC and honed his skills, but he’s now been out of the game for five years. No thanks.

By: hor2012

hor2012 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:20:37 +0000

There’s has to be something that we don’t know. If no team has even offered a interview to the man. The only thing I could think of is that there was something in they was he’s handled himself in the past that’s turned teams off. Because; I would have bet my house that he would have gotten one of those jobs. That being said, by me being a Saints fan I got to see his teams up close. And, to be honest with you I didn’t come away the impressed. It may be that it wasn’t the best fit in Tampa.

By: eatitfanboy

eatitfanboy — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:50:56 +0000

Jon Gruden: 95-81, .540 winning percentage

Brian Billick: 80-64, .556 winning percentage

One Super Bowl victory each.

Gruden: Mentioned for just about EVERY single opening that ever comes up…

Billick: Never mentioned or interviewed for ANY opening that comes up…

Discuss.

By: mungman69

mungman69 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:37:01 +0000

Well, Washington Redskins will be in the basement next year without RG3 and the Giants have shot their load and Dallas sucks. So the Eagles should hire Jon Grudon cause he can turn them around in a short period of time. Yes, the Eagles can go from worst to first.

By: NoDecaf

NoDecaf — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:25:27 +0000

You think there may be a reason his phone isn’t ringing?

By: habsfanatic

habsfanatic — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:22:58 +0000

Jon Gruden had mentioned in the past as well that he would love to coach the Eagles and I think he was waiting and hoping for a job like this – and then to not get a sniff probably made him panic a bit. I’m not sure if he’d be a good fit or not, but he’d certainly be entertaining!

By: mojosmagic

mojosmagic — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:15:14 +0000

Maybe Gruden is conflicted about returning to the grind of coaching in the NFL when he has a pretty sweet gig going for him. The worst thing a team can do is hire a guy who isn’t 100% committed to the task.

By: ripster65

ripster65 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:08:25 +0000

Why are these guys trying to shove him into Philly?

By: thingamajig

thingamajig — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:02:01 +0000

Vermeil is just tired of watching MNF on mute like the rest of us.

By: ill42

ill42 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:57:17 +0000

This is not happening. ESPN has cleared out the booth to make Gruden the star and payed him a buttload of money. He will back in the booth again this year and nowhere near the sidelines. The guy works one day a week making almost the same money he would coaching. Chucky stays right where he is

By: 25cuts

25cuts — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:57:02 +0000

Gruden would be successful in Philly. Hire him please.

By: drbob117

drbob117 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:56:47 +0000

Gruden has a mind, his own opinions and if he feels you’re wrong , he’ll tell you so. That doesn’t work with Lurie, Roseman and the Eagles organizational paradigm; anyone that doesn’t agree is fired.

By: gavriloprincip33

gavriloprincip33 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:50:15 +0000

I think that Gruden is too smart to leave the safety of a television set….

By: thesmedman

thesmedman — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:45:44 +0000

Love Coach Vermeil for all he did for the Eagles.

Respect Jaworski (I wonder why he hasn’t sought to become coach) for his football knowledge.

However, Gruden, Jon, and Gruden, Jay would both be bad moves, and further, the Eagles already know that. The Eagles are a reclamation project that will need at least two years to rebuild. Neither Gruden has a history with developing young talent. Further, Jon Gruden’s personality would actually NOT play well in Philadelphia because, frankly, Philadelphia fans see through the shiny veneer of folks – players, coaches and “front office”.

There aren’t a lot of great options out there right now. Unless they can settle on a coach with experience — NFL experience, ideally — as a HC or significant coordinator experience — I would go with Lovie Smith, Jim Haslett or Bruce Arians. Two days ago, I was pro Arians (I did attend Temple), but upon some thinking feel that Smith is probably the best option left out there and I’d like top prevent him from going to Dallas. Haslett was a favourite for the Eagles job when they hired Reid, actually, and he has done fine work in his career. Arians, because of age, likely, and that he has not been a HC at the NFL level, is probably not a perfect fit.

The real issue is that the Eagles really need to hire a true football GM, not to retain the numbers guy that has that title. That is very likely the real reason why significant, experienced coaches have not pursued the Philadelphia job, and the Eagles need to get real about that.

Vermeil’s comments were likely just his way of backing up his former QB.

By: adm350

adm350 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:45:04 +0000

Hire him Jeff Lurie. What do you have to lose? Only up side to our 4-12 year with all that young talent. Chuckie!

By: torturedraiderfan

torturedraiderfan — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:40:17 +0000

I liked Gruden when he coached the Raiders. I know he won a SB with the BUCs, but I think he pissed off a lot of players and wore out his welcome. I don’t know if he can re-capture the magic if the Eagles hire him, but I agree with aaronmushrush. Why don’t the Eagles just hire Bruce Arians. He knows how to develop OBS and look what he did this year for the Colts filling in as HC. Crazy that no one already hired him. Go to whatever hospital he’s in and have him sign a contract.

By: thefirstsmilergrogan

thefirstsmilergrogan — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:39:17 +0000

nfc: weeb ewbank won the nfl title and then the super bowl w 2 clubs (colts,jets). first was prior to sb era.

raider: brown is a power back. mccoy is charley garner except better. and the birds have the salary cap room and better management to allow him some room to add on to the talent already there.

By: polapea

polapea — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:31:09 +0000

Don’t really want him. He lost his team in TB after 3 years because of he constantly talked out of both sides of his mouth.
He is VERY hard on QB’s and doesn’t like to develop young ones. Look at the constant changes he made in TB at the position.

All that said, he’d still be better than Reid.

Also if Gruden is going to be in the mix, why not Brian Billick. He got the most out of Randall Cunningham and Trent Dilfer.

By: cali49er707

cali49er707 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:28:47 +0000

Has anybody seen or heard from Ray Rhodes???