Jon Gruden Signs Five-Year Extension With ESPN's Monday Night Football

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  1. BigBlueBruiser

    BigBlueBruiser Guest

    Jon Gruden will remain in the ESPN "Monday Night Football" broadcast booth for another five seasons. The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders coach agreed to an exclusive contract with ESPN that begins in September 2012. "Our Monday Night Football crew is special, and to have the opportunity to continue to be a part of this team, working these big-time NFL prime time games every week on ESPN, I'm fired up," Gruden said in a statement. Gruden has earned two Sports Emmy Award nominations for his work in the "Monday Night Football" booth, where he is joined by play-by-play commentator Mike Tirico and analyst Ron Jaworski. The 48-year-old Gruden is the winningest coach in Buccaneers history (60-57) and coached the team to victory in Super Bowl XXXVII, where Tampa Bay defeated the Raiders, his former team. "Jon is a rare individual who has been successful at everything he has done, going from one of the youngest coaches to win a Super Bowl to reinventing himself with this new broadcasting career in his 40s," Gruden's agent, Bob LaMonte, said in the statement.

    Source: ESPN
     
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    BigBlueBruiser, Oct 17, 2011
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  2. Steve12

    Steve12 The night is dark and full of terrors

    He's done with coaching then, or what?
     
    Steve12, Oct 17, 2011
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  3. BigBlueBruiser

    BigBlueBruiser Guest

    Really thought he'd get back into coaching in 2012..........
     
    BigBlueBruiser, Oct 17, 2011
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  4. BigBlueBruiser

    BigBlueBruiser Guest

    I wouldn't rule out Gruden never returning to the sidelines but it seems he's really hooked to the MNF booth.
     
    BigBlueBruiser, Oct 17, 2011
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  5. BigBlueBruiser

    BigBlueBruiser Guest

    Article updated............
     
    BigBlueBruiser, Oct 17, 2011
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  6. Crowned

    Crowned Doesn't give a shit.

    Terrible.
     
    Crowned, Oct 17, 2011
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  7. 86WARD

    86WARD -

    Awful. I'm sure he has an opt out clause to coach. It's not surprising though. These coaches get into the media side of things and like it cause it's a fraction of the difficulty that being a head coach is. Very similar to why Cowher hasn't left the studio for the field.
     
    86WARD, Oct 17, 2011
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  8. kenman923

    kenman923 Rookie

    And the same reason that Jimmy Johnson is not coaching. But hey, twinky Vermeil returned after 15 years in the booth.
     
    kenman923, Oct 17, 2011
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  9. AtlantaBlazer

    AtlantaBlazer Knuckles The Echidna's Brother

    Gruden is only 48, so if he decides to hang up coaching for a few years it's not like he was ever at the end of his rope.
     
    AtlantaBlazer, Oct 17, 2011
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  10. Three7s

    Three7s 1st Stringer

    Gruden seems to enjoy talking about how great all the players are than actually coaching them. I think this is perfect for him.
     
    Three7s, Oct 17, 2011
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  11. Sportsguy

    Sportsguy AKA-Sportsguy9695

    terrible terrible terrible
     
    Sportsguy, Oct 17, 2011
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  12. adammwilson

    adammwilson ?

    Gruden likes broadcasting. He doesn't want to develop players he just enjoys evaluating players.
     
    adammwilson, Oct 17, 2011
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  13. kenman923

    kenman923 Rookie

    He will probably be back on the sideliens with the Miami Dolphins come next year. Stephen Ross will find a way to lure him away from ESPN, even if it means changing the name from Sun LIfe Stadium to ESPN Stadium.
     
    kenman923, Oct 20, 2011
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  14. 86WARD

    86WARD -

    Those "veteran" coaches aren't dumb...lol...
     
    86WARD, Oct 20, 2011
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  15. K Train

    K Train Do You Honeycutt?

    i actually think hes a terrible coach and a less than terrible announcer.

    i HATE his draft evaluations though
     
    K Train, Oct 20, 2011
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