Sources: Gruden the front runner

If we lose against the Chiefs, I say there's greater than a 50% chance that Gruden has called his last MNF game and he'll be on the on the sidelines the following Monday.Well, he may not be on the sidelines the next Monday, but he'll definately be at the game.

If I recall we lost to them in the play-offs once and beat them before losing to Seatle?

My bad.

I thought we beat Tampa then lost to Seattle in 2005/2006

And we lost to Seattle in 2007/2008

I thought we beat Tampa then lost to Seattle in 2005/2006

And we lost to Seattle in 2007/2008

This is correct.

Correction:

2005 also marked a return to the playoffs, as the Bucs' posted a surprising 11–5 record, despite the loss of starting quarterback Brian Griese and some controversial coaching decisions, including a two-point conversion in the final seconds to defeat the Washington Redskins, who would later return to Tampa and eliminate the Bucs from the wild-card round of the playoffs.

Head coaching record
Team Year Regular Season Post Season
Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
OAK 1998 8 8 0 .500 3rd in AFC West - - - -
OAK 1999 8 8 0 .500 4th in AFC West - - - -
OAK 2000 12 4 0 .750 1st in AFC West 1 1 .500 Lost to Baltimore Ravens in AFC Championship Game.
OAK 2001 10 6 0 .625 1st in AFC West 1 1 .500 Lost to New England Patriots in AFC Divisional Game.
OAK Total 38 26 0 .594 2 2 .500
TAM 2002 12 4 0 .750 1st in NFC South 3 0 1.000 Won Super Bowl XXXVII
TAM 2003 7 9 0 .438 3rd in NFC South - - - -
TAM 2004 5 11 0 .312 4th in NFC South - - - -
TAM 2005 11 5 0 .688 1st in NFC South 0 1 .000 Lost to Washington Redskins in NFC Wild-Card Game.
TAM 2006 4 12 0 .250 4th in NFC South - - - -
TAM 2007 9 7 0 .563 1st in NFC South 0 1 .000 Lost to New York Giants in NFC Wild-Card Game.
TAM 2008 9 7 0 .563 3rd in NFC South - - - -
TAM Total 57 55 0 .509 3 2 .600
Total[7] 95 81 0 .540 5 4 .556

980 also said Fassel and Mariucci were done deal so take that for what it's worth.

Anyhow, my personal top notch Gruden source has now gone from Gruden's "not interested" to he "obviously would like to get back into coaching, just wants to make sure it's the right fit wherever he goes"

Again, I'd like for Gruden to bring Bruce Allen with him.

I would be good with this deal IF we could get a decent GM in with him. I'm good with Bruce, AND when Dan askes me, I'll tell him so! Either way it will be an upgrade as JZ is just......over his head

I thought we beat Tampa then lost to Seattle in 2005/2006

And we lost to Seattle in 2007/2008

We lost the play off game to Tampa in 1999. I know that has nothing to do with Chucky. My arguement was based off the regular season.

Well, he may not be on the sidelines the next Monday, but he'll definately be at the game.
Oh. I see what you did there...

I said this in a previous thread, but if the Chiefs win on Sunday, Zorn and Sherman Smith will be out, Sherm Lewis will be O-Coord and someone in house (Gray or Danny Smith are the 2 names linked) will be interim coach. I don't see them bringing an outside guy in until after the season's done.

Oh. I see what you did there...

I said this in a previous thread, but if the Chiefs win on Sunday, Zorn and Sherman Smith will be out, Sherm Lewis will be O-Coord and someone in house (Gray or Danny Smith are the 2 names linked) will be interim coach. I don't see them bringing an outside guy in until after the season's done.

Wouldn't it be something if suddenly things just start to click with Smith or Gray as head coach? Snyder is going to be like "Uh oh. I wasn't expecting this"

Wouldn't it be something if suddenly things just start to click with Smith or Gray as head coach? Snyder is going to be like "Uh oh. I wasn't expecting this"

The chances of that happening are slim to none. Short of winning the superbowl, i cant see him giving the job to Smith or Gray. I actually hope its Gray. He certainly deserves the shot to be HC and it would look great on his resume. Maybe he'll finally get a real HC job after having 9 games of HC experience instead of just being the #1 guy on the annual rooney rule rotation.