Jon Gruden gets in trouble for making a poor football decision.
According to reports, the ex-head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders was accused by Dana White of cancelling a deal which would have seen Tom Brady (the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ quarterback) and Rob Gronkowski (retired NFL tight end) sent to the Raiders for 2020.
White told the story on “UFC 278 with The Gronks,” saying that Brady even went so far as to look for housing near Vegas before Gruden stepped in.
Here’s Dana White telling the story of Jon Gruden blowing up the Tom Brady and Gronk to the Raiders deal at the last minute. https://t.co/lNy2uV6XDG pic.twitter.com/Pje4DFA2ps
— Trey Wallace (@TreyWallace_) August 21, 2022
Gruden appeared in the news last year following emails that he sent using offensive language to the public. Gruden was dismissed shortly afterward.
Naturally, Stephen A. Smith had something to say about this on his show “First Take.” He and Michael Irvin both said that this incident should not be taken as a chance to dance on Gruden’s grave.
“I know that the emails we discovered were reprehensible, but the man worked here at ESPN for years and all of a sudden you’re gonna have people sit up there and say ‘he was a terrible, terrible person,’” Smith said. “No, that’s not what we got when we were working with Jon Gruden. I’m not gonna do that to him.”
“People will look at the Jon Gruden thing and say, ‘hey, that’s another bad decision by a bad person.’ I’m not calling him that,” Irvin said. “I’m just saying what people are going to say.”
Although Stephen A., and Irvin tend to go crazy with their views on sport, this was actually an extremely measured approach.
Gruden should not be used as an excuse by commentators or people in sports. Gruden’s football decisions should be kept separate from his reputation and he should not have to continue with being held responsible for those emails.
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