Fall Of The House of Gruden

Jon Gruden not only sinned, but sinned in the worse possible way; by having his transgressions documented with a paper trail.

Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden observes players during practice at their training facility in Napa Valley, Calif., August 7, 2018. The Raiders invited Travis Air Force Base Airmen to attend camp and were treated to a scrimmage between the Raiders and Detroit Lions and a meet and greet autograph session with players and coaches from both teams. (U.S. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese)

Jon Gruden has had many descriptors in his long association with the National Football League. In 2001, he was named to People Magazine’s “Most Beautiful People” list. He was, at one point, the youngest coach in the NFL with the then Oakland Raiders. He has been a Super Bowl champion coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In 2018, Gruden signed the richest coaching contract in the NFL to helm the Raiders for a second time during their transition to Las Vegas.

And now he can add disgraced former NFL head coach to the ledger, as reported here by CBS Sports:

Jon Gruden is out as the Raiders’ head coach. Gruden has informed his staff he is resigning from his position in the wake of leaked emails in which he repeatedly used insensitive language, as NFL Media first reported, and CBS Sports’ Jason La Canfora confirmed.

Already under investigation by the NFL for a 2011 email in which he used a racial trope…