MNF with Chucky

[southcakalac]

Just heard on the radio that Gruden will take over the third spot on MNF footballs games.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4174469

[faultlessjoint]

I fully support this move. I think Gruden will be excellent and hopefully put Jaws in his place, something Tony was never able to do.

[Fireball77]

I can't wait to see how he handles the TB games. He seemed a bit awkward talking about TB on the NFLN draft coverage.

[Darth Biscuit]

I haven't made up my mind what I think about this... I guess I'll have to wait and see him in action... wonder what Kornheiser did to get booted? I'm no fan of Kornhole, but I don't know about Gruden.

[Kyle82]

I think it's great to have a former coach in the booth...Kornhole was about as exciting as Dennis Miller...Gruden will add some zest to MNF.

[Jangler]

I bet he sucks.

[pstall]

Gruden is pretty quotable.

I say he does this for one year and goes back to coaching.

In fact, ESPN should rotate a third person EACH year for freshness sake.

[faultlessjoint]

I haven't made up my mind what I think about this... I guess I'll have to wait and see him in action... wonder what Kornheiser did to get booted? I'm no fan of Kornhole, but I don't know about Gruden.

He didn't get fired. He quit. Too scared of airplanes and the MNF schedule wasn't very tour-bus friendly this year. Seriously:

"I am totally grateful for the MNF opportunity that I truly enjoyed the last three seasons," he said. "I feel we got better each year. My fear of planes is legendary and sadly true. When I looked at the upcoming schedule it was the perfect storm that would've frequently moved me from the bus to the air. I kept looking at the schedule the past month and wanted to find a way to quietly extricate myself."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4174469

[Darth Biscuit]

Yeah, I saw that on PFT earlier... I wonder if that's just a cover for them asking him to leave though? Who knows?

[17+89=6]

I like Tony. Too bad he is leaving. I do not like Gruden. Opinionated fool, I think.

[1BucDeal]

I think Gruden will be an exciting addition to MNF. He is never boring. I still love him.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Gruden did surprisingly well on the NFLN draft coverage. This should be interesting at the very least.

[Mattiekrome]

SADDEST DAY IN MODERN NFL HISTORY

:frown5: :frown2:

Dont you guys see, Tony K was teh FUTURE!

[RockyTopVol]

Do you remember in 2007 when Bucs QB Bruce Gradkowski was being mentioned in the Toledo points-shaving scandal? Here's what Jon Gruden had to say then, "I don't watch ESPN. I don't believe half the [bleeping] people on the channel, personally. No disrespect, but if Bruce Gradkowski is throwing games in Toledo, how in the hell does he lead the NCAA in passing percentages? That is a crock. You know, these reports make me sick. Really. I don't believe there is any truth to it, and I'll go to my grave believing that. I hope ESPN 3 or 4 has real sources behind this story, because it has nothing to do with the kid. He's a great kid. He wants to be great. This is very uncharacteristic, in my opinion, of 'professional' journalism."

Nice! This also makes it possible that Gruden has never even seen Monday Night Football. I can't wait for that first game. Buffalo @ New England, September 14th.

http://thefalconssuck.blogspot.com/2009/05/gruden-replaces-kornheiser-at-mnf.html