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Says Gruden could be UT's next coach by next year and that he wants to learn the spread offense.
Also talks about him wanted to run the spread in the NFL with Tebow as his QB. The love he gives Tebow is unreal.
Check it out:
Whenever we mention over at PFT the possibility of former Bucs coach Jon Gruden becoming a college coach, various commenters argue that the chronically-impatient Gruden would never be able to work with quarterbacks so young and inexperienced.
But there are signs that Gruden might be plotting a return to the sport at the college level.
According to Chris Harry of the Orlando Sentinel, Gruden has an office at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, and he reports for work every day to break down film.
“I want to learn the spread offense,” Gruden told Harry. “This is exciting for me.”
The spread offense widely is regarded as something that won’t work at the NFL level as a base offense. It requires athletic quarterbacks and, more importantly, it exposes them to lots of hits.
At the pro level, it would require having ten quarterbacks on the depth chart, given the certain outbreak of injuries. (Of course, given Gruden’s affinity for collecting quarterbacks, ten would be only a couple more than he usually carries.)
At the college level, the spread offense can be downright unstoppable.
“I’m going to learn a lot about the spread offense,” Gruden said, “and about college football.”
Though the rumors of Gruden heading to South Bend after signing day have died down considerably, Gruden could indeed be laying the foundation for a jump to the college game in 2010.
One school to watch closely, in our view, is Tennessee.
With Lane Kiffin getting off to an embarrassing start in Knoxville, his margin for error likely will be fairly small. With a losing season, he could face a storm of demands for his head — especially with Gruden lurking.
Whether it’s Notre Dame or Tennessee or Pitt (where Gruden once worked) or somewhere else, Gruden’s sudden interest in the spread offense is a sign that he’s at least considering the possibility of becoming a college coach.
That said, Gruden denies for now that he’s interested in the college game.
“It means I want to learn more football,” he said. “I’m going to pick out two or three cool colleges that I think have great offenses. Great places. I want to go to Oregon. I want my son to go to Oregon football camp, and I want to learn what the Oregon Ducks are doing on offense. . . . I want to go in there and try to be a guest coach. I want to go to Al Groh’s camp in Virginia. I love the way Al Groh coaches that football team. I want to learn a little bit about Coach [Jim] Leavitt. I want to learn about the USF team. I think he has done a hell of a job, building it from scratch. I think that’s one of the great stories in football, what he’s done in 12 years there at USF.”
It’s also possible that Gruden will be the first coach to use the spread offense at the pro level.
“The hard part is, you have to isolate the option,” Gruden said. “That’s why [Florida quarterback] Tim Tebow is so interesting to me. He’s like Brandon Jacobs playing quarterback. He’s 250 pounds. He’s the strongest human being who’s ever played the position. Ever.
“He will kick the living sh-t out of a defensive lineman. He’ll fight anybody. He is rare. Tebow is the kind of guy who could revolutionize the game. He’s the ‘wildcat’ who can throw. Most of the teams that have the wildcat back there, it’s Ronnie Brown, it’s Jerious Norwood, it’s whoever you want to say it is. This guy here is 250 pounds of concrete cyanide, man. And he can throw. He throws well enough at any level to play quarterback.”
The gushing about Tebow didn’t end there.
“He can play quarterback in the NFL,” Gruden said. “When he was a high school senior, they played Armwood in the state championship game. I have tape. He has an 80-yard touchdown run that put them in the lead. When it flipped around, and Armwood had the ball, what position do you think Tebow was playing? He was playing nose guard — and he disrupted about 10 plays. This guy is totally different. He’s got Rich Gannon, Drew Brees, that kind of makeup as a team guy. What he said after the Ole Miss game, I said ‘That’s my favorite football player I’ve ever seen in my whole life.’ I said, ‘I want Florida to win every game that kid plays from now on.’”
Though we still think it’s possible that Gruden will entertain opportunities at the college level, his comments about Tebow could position Gruden nicely to become the new head coach of the team that “earns” the first overall pick in 2010. By hiring Gruden, that team would have a coach in place who’ll presumably be prepared to try to make Tebow into a star at the NFL level.
With guys like Bill Cowher and Mike Holmgren and Mike Shanahan also in the mix for next year’s NFL vacancies, this might be precisely the kind of edge that Gruden needs to secure a seat in the looming game of musical chairs.
Says Gruden could be UT's next coach by next year and that he wants to learn the spread offense.
Also talks about him wanted to run the spread in the NFL with Tebow as his QB. The love he gives Tebow is unreal.
Check it out:
Whenever we mention over at PFT the possibility of former Bucs coach Jon Gruden becoming a college coach, various commenters argue that the chronically-impatient Gruden would never be able to work with quarterbacks so young and inexperienced.
But there are signs that Gruden might be plotting a return to the sport at the college level.
According to Chris Harry of the Orlando Sentinel, Gruden has an office at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, and he reports for work every day to break down film.
“I want to learn the spread offense,” Gruden told Harry. “This is exciting for me.”
The spread offense widely is regarded as something that won’t work at the NFL level as a base offense. It requires athletic quarterbacks and, more importantly, it exposes them to lots of hits.
At the pro level, it would require having ten quarterbacks on the depth chart, given the certain outbreak of injuries. (Of course, given Gruden’s affinity for collecting quarterbacks, ten would be only a couple more than he usually carries.)
At the college level, the spread offense can be downright unstoppable.
“I’m going to learn a lot about the spread offense,” Gruden said, “and about college football.”
Though the rumors of Gruden heading to South Bend after signing day have died down considerably, Gruden could indeed be laying the foundation for a jump to the college game in 2010.
One school to watch closely, in our view, is Tennessee.
With Lane Kiffin getting off to an embarrassing start in Knoxville, his margin for error likely will be fairly small. With a losing season, he could face a storm of demands for his head — especially with Gruden lurking.
Whether it’s Notre Dame or Tennessee or Pitt (where Gruden once worked) or somewhere else, Gruden’s sudden interest in the spread offense is a sign that he’s at least considering the possibility of becoming a college coach.
That said, Gruden denies for now that he’s interested in the college game.
“It means I want to learn more football,” he said. “I’m going to pick out two or three cool colleges that I think have great offenses. Great places. I want to go to Oregon. I want my son to go to Oregon football camp, and I want to learn what the Oregon Ducks are doing on offense. . . . I want to go in there and try to be a guest coach. I want to go to Al Groh’s camp in Virginia. I love the way Al Groh coaches that football team. I want to learn a little bit about Coach [Jim] Leavitt. I want to learn about the USF team. I think he has done a hell of a job, building it from scratch. I think that’s one of the great stories in football, what he’s done in 12 years there at USF.”
It’s also possible that Gruden will be the first coach to use the spread offense at the pro level.
“The hard part is, you have to isolate the option,” Gruden said. “That’s why [Florida quarterback] Tim Tebow is so interesting to me. He’s like Brandon Jacobs playing quarterback. He’s 250 pounds. He’s the strongest human being who’s ever played the position. Ever.
“He will kick the living sh-t out of a defensive lineman. He’ll fight anybody. He is rare. Tebow is the kind of guy who could revolutionize the game. He’s the ‘wildcat’ who can throw. Most of the teams that have the wildcat back there, it’s Ronnie Brown, it’s Jerious Norwood, it’s whoever you want to say it is. This guy here is 250 pounds of concrete cyanide, man. And he can throw. He throws well enough at any level to play quarterback.”
The gushing about Tebow didn’t end there.
“He can play quarterback in the NFL,” Gruden said. “When he was a high school senior, they played Armwood in the state championship game. I have tape. He has an 80-yard touchdown run that put them in the lead. When it flipped around, and Armwood had the ball, what position do you think Tebow was playing? He was playing nose guard — and he disrupted about 10 plays. This guy is totally different. He’s got Rich Gannon, Drew Brees, that kind of makeup as a team guy. What he said after the Ole Miss game, I said ‘That’s my favorite football player I’ve ever seen in my whole life.’ I said, ‘I want Florida to win every game that kid plays from now on.’”
Though we still think it’s possible that Gruden will entertain opportunities at the college level, his comments about Tebow could position Gruden nicely to become the new head coach of the team that “earns” the first overall pick in 2010. By hiring Gruden, that team would have a coach in place who’ll presumably be prepared to try to make Tebow into a star at the NFL level.
With guys like Bill Cowher and Mike Holmgren and Mike Shanahan also in the mix for next year’s NFL vacancies, this might be precisely the kind of edge that Gruden needs to secure a seat in the looming game of musical chairs.
