Jon Gruden

Jon Gruden
Jon David Grudenis an American former college football player and professional coach. He was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winning Super Bowl XXXVII in his first year with the Buccaneers. At the time, Gruden was the youngest head coach ever to win a Super Bowl at age 39 years, 5 months and 9 days...
bay call raiders tampa
Raiders East? ... We'll call them the Raiders West. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, man.
call far good
Will has done some good things. That's a real competitive call for us, as far as who is going to be the starter.
allen call counting far good guy opportunity start valuable
Will has done some good things, ... That's a real competitive call for us as far as who is going to be the starter. It was a valuable opportunity for Will Allen to get to the start and play extensively. He's another young guy we're counting on.
allen call consistent dexter difficult good guy second year
I still think Dexter is a very good player, ... But Will Allen is a guy who, in his second year here, has made a lot of progress. He's got to become a more consistent player, but that should come in time, so that's going to be a very difficult call for us.
agree call composed
I didn't agree with the call and I got out of character. I'm usually very composed on the sidelines. I was out of sorts.
blocking calling obviously running
Obviously we are not blocking well enough, ... We're not calling the right plays. . . . We're just not getting it done right now running the football.
ball call couple days four kick kicks next numbers practice statistics three tough
We'll make a tough call here in the next three or four days, ... We have a couple of days to kick the ball on the practice field. We have compiled a lot of statistics and numbers on all their kicks and we'll make that call in the next couple of days.
call gets morning sunday
We'll see how he is at wake-up call on Sunday morning and we'll see how he is when he gets to the stadium. We'll see how he is and we'll let you know. I just can't come out and say he's not going to play. I can't come out and say he's going to play, and if he does play how many plays.
bay call green heard outcome ruled sideline sort trying
I was just trying to get some interpretation. I'm just a coach. I just want to know what call was made. I had to take a timeout to sort that out. The Green Bay sideline was right there, they heard it, they got the outcome of why it was ruled why it was, and I didn't.
call coach course damn guy hard plays please
If you call plays as a coach in the NFL, it's damn hard to please anybody. If a guy comes in and says, 'You're not working hard enough to get me the damn ball,' of course I'm going to show him that we are.
calls good heart homework instinct matter worry
You can't worry about instinct. You have to do what you feel is right at the time, do your homework and make the calls. You have to live with the calls you make and if your heart is in it, at least you feel good at the end of the night, no matter what happens.
ask bigger excited loves thrives tim tried
We tried to get him and Tim involved, because the bigger the game, the bigger he plays. He was excited and thrives in this atmosphere. He loves the big games. The more you ask of him, the more he relishes.
ball beat expect intercept line month pay played week
We just played them a month ago. We beat them 10-3 and we had to intercept the ball on the 1-yard line to do it. If there's a letdown this week then we'll pay for it. I don't expect that to happen.
glimpse guys
We got our first glimpse of what these guys can do wire-to-wire.