Commanders Post at The Warpath - View Single Post - Bucs fire Coach Jon Gruden and GM Bruce Allen

SmootSmack · 01-20-2009, 10:28 AM

Not to defend Gruden, but he was in a pretty bad spot to begin with. The salary cap situation when Gruden got to Tampa was on the verge of disaster when he got there (I think that was the main reason Parcells backed out of a verbal agreement to take over as coach before they brought in Gruden, and in order to get Gruden Tampa sacrificed a lot to the Raiders-around $10 million in cash, two first round picks, and two second round picks.

01-20-2009, 10:28 AM	#76
SmootSmack Uncle Phil Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 45,256	Re: Bucs fire Coach Jon Gruden and GM Bruce Allen Not to defend Gruden, but he was in a pretty bad spot to begin with. The salary cap situation when Gruden got to Tampa was on the verge of disaster when he got there (I think that was the main reason Parcells backed out of a verbal agreement to take over as coach before they brought in Gruden, and in order to get Gruden Tampa sacrificed a lot to the Raiders-around $10 million in cash, two first round picks, and two second round picks. __________________ You're So Vain...You Probably Think This Sig Is About You