Jon Gruden as replacement OC? (1 Viewer)

[PBsWhodat]

Just a random question… would anyone have a problem with it? The Saints have brought people in to “help” then give them a coaching spot later on. Also keep in mind, Pete didn’t want the OC job to begin with.

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

Just a random question… would anyone have a problem with it? The Saints have brought people in to “help” then give them a coaching spot later on. Also keep in mind, Pete didn’t want the OC job to begin with.

I would...I feel like the game has passed him by.

we need to look forward not backwards

 

[football]

Just a random question… would anyone have a problem with it? The Saints have brought people in to “help” then give them a coaching spot later on. Also keep in mind, Pete didn’t want the OC job to begin with.

Even if we did, I don't think he would accept a coordinator job. Big names rarely accept anything lower than their previous job.

 

[Mamba]

I like Jon Gruden a lot in the booth (announcing, not coaching). His offense has gotten stale. He’s not an innovator. Guys who’ve been around like Belichick know his offense inside & out.

 

[MV2]

Nope.

 

[PBsWhodat]

Even if we did, I don't think he would accept a coordinator job. Big names rarely accept anything lower than their previous job.

That was my first thought but with how his exit from the NFL was. I can see him using this position as a way back in. Just like that Miami coach that sued the NFL too(I’m forgetting his name at the moment)

 

[ELLIASJWILLIAMS]

Rumor has it that Pete C was on the fence about being the OC. If Pete enjoys more of the background work and preparation vs the playcalling, and hiring someone like Gruden would allow him to go back to working in the shadows, I'd be for it.

hopefully you'd want to keep the terminology the same and structure of the offense vs having guys learn a new system.

 

[David Robbins]

I still like and believe in Sneaky Pete. Grudens personality would get in the way. Dennis Allen is under a lot of pressure right now. Can you imagine the pressure he would be under with Gruden on the staff.

 

[football]

That was my first thought but with how his exit from the NFL was. I can see him using this position as a way back in. Just like that Miami coach that sued the NFL too(I’m forgetting his name at the moment)

Brian Flores...but he had only 2 years of head coach experience. John had multiple years and a ring on his resume. But don't know his mindset. Never know.

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

Rumor has it that Pete C was on the fence about being the OC. If Pete enjoys more of the background work and preparation vs the playcalling, and hiring someone like Gruden would allow him to go back to working in the shadows, I'd be for it.

Not a rumor...he didn't want to be OC, we interviewed Jay Gruden for the "vacant" job last offseason. Pete wanted to fade back to the backshop and ride out his time:

Report: Saints Interviewed Jay Gruden For Vacant Offensive Coordinator Position

New Orleans conducts an interview with an experienced NFL head coach and assistant for their vacant offensive coordinator job.

www.si.com

 

[texasjefe]

Crazier things have happened, but I think Jon Gruden's place right now and for the next year or more will be to squeeze discovery out of Goodell from the Daniel Snyder investigation.

 

[N8toe]

Not a chance at this point. If they were going to install a new offense, it would have been done already.

I wouldn’t mind it personally, but right now? Wouldn’t be very smart.

 

[Saint Jack]

 

[David Robbins]

I'm so glad we didn't sign Jay Gruden. Never had a top 20 offense.

 

[meily]

Not a rumor...he didn't want to be OC, we interviewed Jay Gruden for the "vacant" job last offseason. Pete wanted to fade back to the backshop and ride out his time:

Report: Saints Interviewed Jay Gruden For Vacant Offensive Coordinator Position

New Orleans conducts an interview with an experienced NFL head coach and assistant for their vacant offensive coordinator job.

www.si.com

And you see how stale the offense was last year, Pete is not an innovative mind and calling the plays designed by one is why he never got the call to coordinate any other team and why when the innovative mind left the building so did the creativity on offense, Gruden is here to inject some ideas and concepts as an unemployed innovative mind to help Pete with play designs and concepts.

I hope he is being blind copied on emails and someone leaves their cell phone on the table during meeting so Gruden can hear and still be involved during the regular season....without being an official employee of the Saints.