Gruden sure does cling to that "tough guy" persona like a goddamn lifeline when he coaches. He never shuts it the fuck off. When he's giving a direction, it's tough guy. When he's correcting mistakes, it's tough guy. When he's installing, it's tough guy. When he's trying to motivate, it's tough guy.
You have to be a real fucking person. That's not saying you're not allowed to cuss and get pissed when things go wrong, but he has no other coaching mode. It's fucking stupid, and it's pretty obvious whatever respect he's earned from players is there IN SPITE of his fake scream-o act, not because of it.
Unless the Donks find a way to bottom out, the Raiders are gonna be last in the division for as long as that moron is the coach. [Reply]
The thing is I think Abram could be a productive NFL player......the problem is he was very over drafted for what I think his best role is.
I think he could be pretty solid as a nickel LB, big safety type. Basically a better Dan Sorensen yet as a 1st round pick he has to be so much more than that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider:
Y'all are watching a scripted reality show.
Let that sink in.
Y'all are watching a scripted reality show, and you think you are getting something real?
LOL
Yeah. And instead of the normal reality show participants, ie aspiring actors who can give life to the script, this one is populated with knuckleheads. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider:
Y'all are watching a scripted reality show.
Let that sink in.
Y'all are watching a scripted reality show, and you think you are getting something real?
LOL
That's not what hardknocks is. There is no way they can script a football team entirely. They might put them in situations etc, or ask them to repeat things they say - but they certainly don't script beyond that. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by lewdog:
Great reminder of how shitty a roster they have.
And how shitty Gruden is as a coach. He couldn't motivate me to do anything!
Wow! Just watched and I agree. It reminds me of why I decided to be my own boss. If I were a player and Gruden talked to me like that he'd be in the hospital. Fuck him. when he was giving that one player shit for the way he was dressed all he was doing was demeaning him. That's not motivating AT ALL!
No way this team ever becomes legit no matter how good they draft. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
Gruden sure does cling to that "tough guy" persona like a goddamn lifeline when he coaches. He never shuts it the **** off. When he's giving a direction, it's tough guy. When he's correcting mistakes, it's tough guy. When he's installing, it's tough guy. When he's trying to motivate, it's tough guy.
You have to be a real ****ing person. That's not saying you're not allowed to cuss and get pissed when things go wrong, but he has no other coaching mode. It's ****ing stupid, and it's pretty obvious whatever respect he's earned from players is there IN SPITE of his fake scream-o act, not because of it.
Unless the Donks find a way to bottom out, the Raiders are gonna be last in the division for as long as that moron is the coach.
To be completely honest if I was equally as good as Gruden at doing a Kurt Russell impression I'd be doing the same exact thing. Kurt Russell is a god. [Reply]
Originally Posted by New World Order:
Jeff Fisher (who did Hard Knocks in '16) said everything on the field was real; everything off the field was scripted.