Jay Gruden Becomes A Free Man
And another chapter of Washington dysfunction closes. Farewell Jay Gruden. Called it!
I think Jay Gruden is a good coach who got stuck in hell. I think that’s why he lasted as long as he did. He was hired in 2014! It feels remarkable that a Washington coach lasted that long. He was a dead man walking this season and in the long run he’ll be fine. I think he’s a good offensive coordinator and will likely get another HC gig some years down the road. It says something about a coach when he gets fired early in the season and players are actively breaking down and mourning his loss. You rarely see that happen for a coach fired like this. Nobody was crying about Ben McAdoo leaving. Gruden was clearly liked by his guys even when the team was complete shit. He never lost the locker room. So even if it probably was time for Gruden to go (past time, honestly), I respect Jay Gruden.
But I have no respect for the Skins organization. At this point I’m not even sure if any Skins fans still do. Nobody should. If there was ever a team that feels deserving of a fan boycott it is the Skins.
What else can I even say at this point? What hasn’t been said about Dan Snyder or Bruce Allen by now? Every single thing you hear about Dan Snyder makes him seem angrier, pettier, and dumber. He pimps out his cheerleaders. He uses the death of former players for profit. He sues old ladies who can no longer afford season tickets. He parades Native Americans out onto the field to pretend he’s honoring native history in a cheap exploitative move. He undermines the authority of his coaches and hires yes men to run the front office. Dan Snyder is a piece of shit of the highest order. Apparently he doesn’t even allow players to look at him. Fuck Dan Snyder.
I don’t think many of my readers liked this comic because it’s pretty gross but I still think it’s the best piece on the Skins I ever made.
It sounded like the final backbreak came this offseason when Gruden apparently didn’t want Dwayne Haskins but Snyder did. I think the common logic is that Gruden wanted Jones (which gives some credence to the draft rumors about why Gettleman picked him at 6) but Snyder wanted Haskins, and Snyder gets what Snyder wants. So now Gruden has to work with a player he didn’t want who wasn’t the fit for his team and the player was obviously aware of this, and everything fell apart. Sound familiar? RG3 was just one coaching regime ago. What a joke. So normally when a coach gets fired like this, the fanbase is happy. The Skins fanbase was not happy. Skins fans knew that this firing didn’t solve the problem. Bruce Allen and especially Dan Snyder are still there.
Until they leave, this is just going to keep happening. At least Gruden can now be free.
Hey dave, did you know Jay Gruden coached and played in the Arena league, as if I haven’t already told you 10 times. Also, first.
Fancy seeing you here, TT
I’ll be honest: I loved the Aristoskins comic. Both a good homage to a classic joke and an accurate depiction of the Redskins under Snyder.
The Redskins are the team I hate the second-most, and it’s entirely due to Snyder. Without him, I still wouldn’t like them, but that would be more because I’m not a fan of D.C. than because of the team itself. I just wanna see Snyder fail, and fail, and fail, because of what a complete…SNYDER the guy is. (I can’t even come up with an insult stronger than “Snyder”, which pretty much explains itself.
Only thing I’m surprised at is that you didn’t do a “MAMA I’M FREE” reference.
As always, love the comic.
I heard that they called him in at 5 in the morning, just to fire him. That’s brutal.
Now that it is as obvious as it’s ever been that Washington’s coaching staff didn’t want none of that Haskins mystery meat, Bruce Allen should revisit his “I’m almost positive Dave has no clue what our draft board would be.” comment. I don’t think *YOU* knew, either, Brucey Baby.
I will admit, I’m very very appreciative for the NY Jets and Washington. Whenever the Jints are down in the dumps, you can always rely on Washington and the Jets to take lumps for the team and look even stupider. Those guys are true friends.
Snyder did somehow managed to make Bill Belichick smile more than he did during his last few Superbowls this past weekend because the stands were mostly Pats fans.
Ah yes, Classic AristoSkins. Good times. Might still be a better on field product than what they’ve put together this year. Also, Jay Gruden going to New England or even Alabama (because Saban has something for picking up coaches he doesn’t need) then winning a championship of some sort seems like the way this could end up for him.
My favorite Snyder story is from the last game ever at Three Rivers Stadium. Myron Cope kept calling them the “Wash Redfaces” and the dude actually had the nerve to send someone to the Steelers press box to tell him to stop. Cole’s response was to say over the air “if that boy billionaire thinks he can get me to stop he can go stick his head in a can of paint.”
The only disgusting thing about that comic is its accuracy.
Plus he’s short.
Is this a good place to drop the best Redskins comic ever? http://www.thedrawplay.com/too-much-mustard/hr3te8z/