BUFFALO (WIVB) - Jon Gruden as the Bills new head coach? If Ralph Wilson had his way, it would have happened. Sources tell News 4 Sports that Gruden was the top choice of the Bills to replace Dick Jauron.
Those sources say the team "went after him hard," including a face-to-face meeting, but could not convince Gruden to leave his job as analyst on ESPN's Monday Night Football.
Monday, Gruden agreed to a contract extension with the network. That has dampened some of the talk about his return to coaching in either the NFL or college football.
As coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Gruden won Super Bowl XXXVII. He also coached the Oakland Raiders.
Along with reports of interest in Mike Shanahan, it appears that the Bills are aiming high in their coaching search. Gruden and Shanahan are two of the six Super Bowl-winning coaches that are not currently working.
News 4 Sports reported Thursday that the Bills offered Jauron the chance to remain as the head coach for the rest of the season. He declined. The benefit for the Bills is that they can now openly pursue other coaching candidates.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Buffalo Bills already talked to Gruden?
According to WIVB channel 4 the Bills and Gruden had a sit down but nothing materialized. And Jauron lied..
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No idea what round he's projected, but this is the only QB I want us drafting... http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=170586
ReplyDeleteLeFevour completed 25-of-28 passes for 344 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 59 yards and another touchdown against Ball State Wednesday. (Nov 18)
ReplyDeleteIf the Bills want to draft a QB after the 1st rd they mine as well just trust the job to an udfa QB.
ReplyDeleteIn all fairness to LeFevour he did tear up the highly touted Ball St team.
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