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I really like Gruden and I hope he's our long term answer.  

Ditto.

 

He had me when he called 4 straight rushes on the Goal Line in the (Pre-Season) Cleveland game.

 

Sure have been waiting a looooong time for a Head Coach of ours to be committed to Physical Football(besides Daddy Joe, of course!).  That sequence proved that he was gonna put his money where his mouth is.

 

I'm convinced that he's the right man for this job.  This is gonna be a fun season. 

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Out of all of the things in that video that Gruden said, the most important that stood out to me was "go have some fun." I think for too long we've had a team that has forgotten that while it's a lot of hard work they shouldn't forget their childhood football roots. You could see that RGIII, before he was injured, was relaxed in and outside of the pocket. It didn't seem like he was trying to force anything; he was seemingly beginning to remember that it's as much fun as it is work.

 

I think Jay Gruden is a great fit for this team. Hope he is here for a very long time. :)

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Can't.Stop.Watching. It's hilarious how he has someone else hang on to the challenge flag. Like its 'the button'. Or a drunk guy looking for his car keys. His relationship with Kirk seems a bit awkward, surprisingly. Gotta love how he engages each player, especially the defense. Early returns say this guy can call plays and coach the whole team.I think Jim Haslett was in awe, and so am I.  

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Who is the guy Gruden's talking to at the very beginning?

I'm not 100% certain, but I'd guess Jedd Fisch, the Jag's OC.  Gus Bradley (Jags HC) and Gruden worked together in Tampa from 2006-2008 but it's not him, and DB coach Mike Rutenberg worked for Gibbs as an assistant during the Gibbs 2 era, but it doesn't seem like he and Gruden have any connections.

 

Fisch was an Arena League coach for 1 season (WR coach for New Jersey Red Dogs) while Gruden was HC of the Orlando Predators, so there's a slim chance they met there and just keep up the "Former Arena league guys who made it in the NFL" brotherhood.

 

That's my best guess, and here's a picture of Fisch:

 

CoachCard_ActionShot_Fisch_Jedd.jpg

 

He also apparently has a super-man crush on Jay's brother Jon:

 

He has Jon's resume taped to his bathroom mirror and reads it every morning.  Also, he's never played football in his life (not even in high school), "or even in Pop Warner".

 

http://jacksonville.com/sports/football/jaguars/2013-02-07/story/young-jedd-fisch-has-great-grasp-game

 

According to the article he is the type of guy to be pro-active in asking people for coaching advice.  He put flyers on Steve Spurrier's car windshield over and over again while at University of Florida as a student, telling Spurrier he was willing to do anything to get on the staff as a student assistant. 

 

Since Gruden was in the process of winning an Arena league championship as a first year HC, while Fisch was coaching with New Jersey at the same time.

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I'm not 100% certain, but I'd guess Jedd Fisch, the Jag's OC.  Gus Bradley (Jags HC) and Gruden worked together in Tampa from 2006-2008 but it's not him, and DB coach Mike Rutenberg worked for Gibbs as an assistant during the Gibbs 2 era, but it doesn't seem like he and Gruden have any connections.

 

Fisch was an Arena League coach for 1 season (WR coach for New Jersey Red Dogs) while Gruden was HC of the Orlando Predators, so there's a slim chance they met there and just keep up the "Former Arena league guys who made it in the NFL" brotherhood.

 

That's my best guess, and here's a picture of Fisch:

 

 

He also apparently has a super-man crush on Jay's brother Jon:

 

He has Jon's resume taped to his bathroom mirror and reads it every morning.  Also, he's never played football in his life (not even in high school), "or even in Pop Warner".

 

http://jacksonville.com/sports/football/jaguars/2013-02-07/story/young-jedd-fisch-has-great-grasp-game

 

According to the article he is the type of guy to be pro-active in asking people for coaching advice.  He put flyers on Steve Spurrier's car windshield over and over again while at University of Florida as a student, telling Spurrier he was willing to do anything to get on the staff as a student assistant. 

 

Since Gruden was in the process of winning an Arena league championship as a first year HC, while Fisch was coaching with New Jersey at the same time.

 

You're right.  I was working and saw the team the night before, that's definitely who that was. 

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That said, Shanny had him in the box so who really knows.

 

He was in the box because of shoulder surgery it turns out.

 

But ES likes the narrative of Haslett running away from the villainous Mike, so I don't want to step on anyone's toes or anything.  ;)

 

That was really fun to watch, though. I hope we get to watch a lot more of those happy Sound FX videos from Gruden. 

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yeah i liked that video. it seems like the redskins are never on Sound FX at all during the season (the only times i've seen the team on sound fx is Jim Zorns first couple of games, Mike Shanahans first couple of games, and then now Jay Grudens first couple of games. that might be because we sucked for most of jim and mikes years in DC.

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Can't.Stop.Watching. It's hilarious how he has someone else hang on to the challenge flag. Like its 'the button'. Or a drunk guy looking for his car keys. His relationship with Kirk seems a bit awkward, surprisingly. Gotta love how he engages each player, especially the defense. Early returns say this guy can call plays and coach the whole team.I think Jim Haslett was in awe, and so am I.  

 

I agree completely on the Cousins thing. After the first touchdown it was like he couldn't get past Kirk fast enough to get to Young and congratulate him lol. 

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I wasn't really happy about the Shanahan hire. I wasn't happy with how Zorn was hired. I wasn't sure about the Gruden hire but I have been cautiously optimistic (except for keeping Haslett). This was good to watch, I like how he interacts with the players and his energy level. Feeling better and better about the hire. And I can't believe I'm about to say this....but if Haslett's D continues to play like it has the last 2 weeks, I'll give Gruden credit for keeping him instead of going after say, Wade Phillips (whom I wanted). I also noticed how big Robert was smiling in the locker room, injury and all. For all the press about him being a supposed "me" guy, that certainly doesn't jive with it. Nice too see that too. :)

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I wasn't really happy about the Shanahan hire. I wasn't happy with how Zorn was hired. I wasn't sure about the Gruden hire but I have been cautiously optimistic (except for keeping Haslett). This was good to watch, I like how he interacts with the players and his energy level. Feeling better and better about the hire. And I can't believe I'm about to say this....but if Haslett's D continues to play like it has the last 2 weeks, I'll give Gruden credit for keeping him instead of going after say, Wade Phillips (whom I wanted). I also noticed how big Robert was smiling in the locker room, injury and all. For all the press about him being a supposed "me" guy, that certainly doesn't jive with it. Nice too see that too. :)

I don't buy it...griffin is just happy because he will have the team back to himself after the bye week. Total RGME type of a thing to do...can't believe him.

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I can understand. Kirk's kinda dorky.

He's straight out of "Leave it to Beaver" or something. 

I agree completely on the Cousins thing. After the first touchdown it was like he couldn't get past Kirk fast enough to get to Young and congratulate him lol. 

Almost missed that. I wonder if he has a Parcells type approach to QB's or just doesn't know Kirk that well yet.    

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