Thoughts on Jon Gruden

I've been reading a good bit about the drama with Greg Schiano and the Buccaneers. Obviously, the players don't respect the man, and he's been made out to be a real jerk-off, according to former and current players, as well as others who have been around him. Obviously if the Bucs' season continues like it has, he's not going to be in Tampa much longer, so the "Who's going to be the new coach in Tampa?" questions will start to arise.

And my thought process is, why not bring back Jon Gruden? Sure, Gruden has plenty of detractors. They say he won a Super Bowl with a team that Tony Dungy built. To me, the fact that he was able to win a Super Bowl period shouldn't be tarnished, it's hard as hell to win a Super Bowl, and the man deserves credit for that. Sure, his years in Tampa after that Super Bowl season were mediocre, the Bucs won the NFC South twice between 2003-2008, but failed to win any playoff games.

So, to me, given his overall track record, why not bring Gruden back to Tampa? To me, he's wasting his talent as a coach by being a broadcaster, nothing against his broadcasting skills, he knows the game of football and provides good commentary, but to me, the man was born to be a coach. Has Tampa improved since Gruden left? Nope, they haven't even made the playoffs once since he left. As far as I know, the players respected Gruden probably a lot more than they respect Schiano, and the Buccaneers in general had much more success with Gruden than they have had with Raheem Morris and Schiano. So to me, I would give Gruden another shot if he were up to it. Now, that's not to say I would root for the Bucs if he came back, I'm still a die-hard Saints fan and I definitely would not want the Bucs to do well, especially since they're in the Saints' division. But to me, Bucs' fans should be hoping for Gruden, I would think he could turn that team around and possibly have more lasting, continual success than his first go-round.