Jon Gruden
Jon Gruden
Jon David Grudenis an American former college football player and professional coach. He was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winning Super Bowl XXXVII in his first year with the Buccaneers. At the time, Gruden was the youngest head coach ever to win a Super Bowl at age 39 years, 5 months and 9 days...
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You do have to recognize that young guys doing things for the first time don't sometimes do it as well as they will later on,
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We'll make a tough call here in the next three or four days, ... We have a couple of days to kick the ball on the practice field. We have compiled a lot of statistics and numbers on all their kicks and we'll make that call in the next couple of days.
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We met regarding his comments last year. The whole situation is done and over with,
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We had too many penalties. One nullified a Galloway touchdown. We are not perfect, OK. But we will play hard and make the corrections, and we're going to try to get better next week.
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We're not going to let one defeat or two defeats or a negative road trip set us back from our goals. We realize this is a work in progress, this football team. We have a long way to get where we want to be,
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We're not going to sit here and try to justify what happened two or three years ago and what happened last year,
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We don't have one player or coach on our team who has ever won a Super Bowl. This is the most exciting times of our lives in football.
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We struggled a little bit defensively, giving up some yardage. We let them get out of some holes. They were backed up a few times, and uncharacteristically, they got out of those holes and pinned us back.
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We've added some guys who are not only good players but good leaders. They lead by example. Ike Hilliard's helped us. He's come in here and given us great leadership. Brian Griese's asserting himself with the football team. Chris Hovan's done some great things. Anthony Becht is a leader on the team.
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We're pleased with the progress we're making. We're not saying we're ready for Canton (the Pro Football Hall of Fame) yet or Super Bowl XL or whatever it is. (But) there is an attitude there that is very good. It's what we want, the toughness, effort, the technique, the fundamentals are getting better. We are very physical.
competition game open
To open the game up like that (the muffed return) was a downer, ... We'll open it up to competition this week, for sure.
competition game open
To open the game up like that (the muffed return) was a downer. We'll open it up to competition this week, for sure.
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We've always said Chris is going to get better with opportunities to get better. He's got a pizzazz about him on game day that I'm real comfortable with. He's charismatic and clutch. He's shown great resolve and toughness.
trainer
We're going to do what the trainer says. We're all here to play games.