Warning: Political Takes Jon Gruden FIRED for decade-old emails

[NVGator]

Jon Gruden has resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after reports of homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails - CNN

Says he resigned

 

[oxrageous]

Jon Gruden has resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after reports of homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails - CNN

Says he resigned

“Resigned”. That’s funny.

It was either resign or be fired for cause.

 

[NVGator]

“Resigned”. That’s funny.

It was either resign or be fired for cause.

He had a 10 year $100M guaranteed contract. How does that work out now?

 

[Swamp Donkey]

He had a 10 year $100M guaranteed contract. How does that work out now?

 

[gator1946]

Not only will they kill his coaching career, he’ll also never be able to return to the booth. In other words, his working life is now over because he said the word “queer” in an email.

He's done. I've read the e-mails. 10 years old or not, in this environment, he's finished.

I guess I'm a pussy. Oh hell I just said that word...it was a typo. I've always, even years ago, been very careful what I put into writing.

 

[gator1946]

He had a 10 year $100M guaranteed contract. How does that work out now?

He resigned. I think the gravy train is over

 

[G. Gordon Gator]

Maybe just to get it out in the open, we should do like they did in South Africa and have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission right here on GatorChatter.

One at a time, everybody can come forward and confess the racist and sexist jokes, cracks, remarks, etc., that they've made. Then everyone else can rate them, and we can give prizes for the best ones. I think we'll all feel better afterward. Especially the winners.

 

[oxrageous]

He had a 10 year $100M guaranteed contract. How does that work out now?

Nothing is guaranteed when you violate the terms of the deal.

 

[oxrageous]

Here’s what I know:

-He called Goodell and Biden ‘pussies’
-He called Michael Sam a ‘queer’
-He said De Smith had big lips
-He hated the idea of female referees

So he hates gays, women, and blacks. String him up!

 

[soflagator]

Not only will they kill his coaching career, he’ll also never be able to return to the booth. In other words, his working life is now over because he said the word “queer” in an email.

Or maybe worse. I think far too often in these cases there such a rush to judgement, so I won’t follow suit. I know no more than anyone else. But history shows most of these situations are ridiculous.

This is also why all those long winded apologies and pledges to learn about things or take a class we’re s dangerous precedent. Like always, that’s no longer enough. Now, he has to be fired and gave his career terminated. That’s why I say sooner or later someone is going to have to not go quietly into the night to stop this. The people at halftime are crushing this guy like he’s Aaron Hernandez. Are we really to believe neither of those guys have ever said or written something they shouldn’t have and regret? Do we really think these players with kids scattered all over the US with different women aren’t misogynists? Again, total joke.

 

[soflagator]

Here’s what I know:

-He called Goodell and Biden ‘pussies’
-He called Michael Sam a ‘queer’
-He said De Smith had big lips
-He hated the idea of female referees

String him up!

-No issue.
-Isn’t that the Q?
-Really dumb, insulting and probably death blow.
-Opinion.

 

[oxrageous]

Or maybe worse. I think far too often in these cases there such a rush to judgement, so I won’t follow suit. I know no more than anyone else. But history shows most of these situations are ridiculous.

This is also why all those long winded apologies and pledges to learn about things or take a class we’re s dangerous precedent. Like always, that’s no longer enough. Now, he has to be fired and gave his career terminated. That’s why I say sooner or later someone is going to have to not go quietly into the night to stop this. The people at halftime are crushing this guy like he’s Aaron Hernandez. Are we really to believe neither of those guys have ever said or written something they shouldn’t have and regret? Do we really think these players with kids scattered all over the US with different women aren’t misogynists? Again, total joke.

Your point about Antonio Brown still in the league scoring TD’s says it all. The guy has abused women for years.

 

[NVGator]

Here’s what I know:

-He called Goodell and Biden ‘pussies’
-He called Michael Sam a ‘queer’
-He said De Smith had big lips
-He hated the idea of female referees

So he hates gays, women, and blacks. String him up!

What part of any of that is untrue?

 

[G. Gordon Gator]

Here’s what I know:

-He called Goodell and Biden ‘pussies’
-He called Michael Sam a ‘queer’
-He said De Smith had big lips
-He hated the idea of female referees

So he hates gays, women, and blacks. String him up!

There's nothing hateful in any of those comments. It's four statements of purely objective fact. I don't understand how you get fired for that. What happened to, "truth is an absolute defense"?

 

[G. Gordon Gator]

This photo alone substantiates two of the statements.

 

[G. Gordon Gator]

-No issue.
-Isn’t that the Q?
-Really dumb, insulting and probably death blow.
-Opinion.

"Opinion"? Please note, he didn't say he hated female referees. That would be opinion. He said he hated the idea of female referees, which is simply a way of saying it's a bad idea. Certainly no one disputes that.

 

[Brooks]

Here’s what I know:

-He called Goodell and Biden ‘pussies’
-He called Michael Sam a ‘queer’
-He said De Smith had big lips
-He hated the idea of female referees

So he hates gays, women, and blacks. String him up!

I mean I'm a left leaning guy but this sh*t is getting ridiculous. People gotta toughen the F up. I get it if it's hate speach or stuff he said out in the open in public. But this is email that he thought nobody would see. None of it was even that offensive I thought.

 

[TheDouglas78]

This was emails over a 7 year period, if it was one or two he skates.. but 7 years of putting this down on email on NFL servers... Should be fired for stupidity. The worse as sofla stated was statements about the head of the NFLPA. Can't be that dumb regardless of it's true.

 

[t-gator]

At some point someone's gonna have to fight for conservative Americans rights.

 

[G. Gordon Gator]

I mean I'm a left leaning guy...