T0mShane Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Butterfield said: Again, Gruden is gone bc he failed an iq test. No matter what you think, don’t put it in writing. If you ever find yourself in a group email chain with the CEO of Hooters, you should probably go ahead and put a lawyer on retainer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfield Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, Atlantajet333 said: Easy for one to assume Gruden takes the hit to deflect what's been a continuing trend with principle billionaire owners who can side with each other and the commish controlling what stays hidden (covered up) and who goes or doesn't get to play again in the league. Out of over 650 K messages no one else is incriminated? C'mon man! Its still early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 1 hour ago, KRL said: Selective cancel culture And now on to the Super Bowl halftime show, here’s Eminem performing the Marshall Mathers LP! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustInFudge Posted October 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2021 The league is a joke. Cancel Kaep but lets also, fire Gruden. Did you know, Incognito was on the Raiders, with an openly gay man and Gruden as the coach? Riley Cooper continued playing in the NFL aftering being filmed hurling the N word. Ray Lewis, Donte Stallworth, Leonard Little - legit, killed someone while playing in the NFL Now I get it's got to do with the position vs. a player, yet BB is allowed to cheat for 20 years? So dumb. **** the NFL. It's a joke. Unwatchable sh*t product too. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 58 minutes ago, Ben Had said: I know most don't like a fish fan like me on this forum...but this thread is one of the reasons I come here. JetNation has some of the best posters/personalities on NFL forums. Fins up! Damn, didnt know you're a fins fan. The double doozy? FSU and Fins. And I've been nice too you? That changes, now! Well, actually, I feel bad for you. lol Tough year! Chins up! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 47 minutes ago, Anthony Jet said: Agreed on Chappelle and it helps that Netflix is standing behind him, but in today’s world I’m not so sure they would stand behind him if he was a different race Comedian vs. a leader of men who was a public figure and the voice of MNF while the NFL is trying to attract a larger audience. Not defending it but I see the difference in this comparison. edit; Bill Burr is edgy, they stand behind him too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggs Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 1 hour ago, DetroitRed said: People think I'm joking when I say the growing number of effeminate men is going to be real problem in society It's a normal over reaction to women rejecting "real men" because they can't get them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bugg Posted October 12, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2021 Selective morality; 5 minutes ago Goodell wrote to the state of Delaware saying that gambling on the NFL was a scourge that would damage the integrity of the sport .3 minutes ago, HUGE MONEY, and every other ad during an NFL game is an NFL approved on line bookie throwing a chunk to Goodell. Sent from my iPhone using JetNation.com mobile app 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Bugg said: Selective morality; 5 minutes ago Goodell wrote to the state of Delaware saying that gambling on the NFL was a scourge that would damage the integrity of the sport .3 minutes ago, HUGE MONEY, and every other ad during an NFL game is an NFL approved on line bookie throwing a chunk to Goodell. Sent from my iPhone using JetNation.com mobile app I mean Gruden is the fall guy for something…not sure what it is yet but seems connected to the Washington thing. Snyder went from never changing the name to changing it overnight two years ago…the NFL embraces being a hypocrite no different than all of society these days, but they basically have unlimited power and don’t care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Nicco Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 really disappointed in the raiders bit standing behind Gruden. Would have been the perfect raider FU to the NFL i wonder is this happens has the raided beat the chargers and bears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playtowinthegame Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 7 hours ago, T0mShane said: Apparently, they have over 650,000 emails from that cache, but the only ones to leak were Gruden’s. Definitely some major deal-making, CYA-sh*t going on with this. Any Woody Johnson emails coming out soon? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post docdhc Posted October 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2021 4 hours ago, Greenbloodblitz said: I thought what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!? Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me? I really don't care what John Gruden said about anybody or anything behind closed doors, it's none of my business. The guy's a goddamn Football Coach!!! He was doing Corona commercials remember!? The last time I checked Gruden wasn't a priest, and he wasn't an advocate for transgender bathrooms either. What's the male version of a Karen!? Hmmm... This country and society has become totally pussified!!! Honestly I have had enough of this kind of crap. I can't wait till this ridiculous, petty, politically correct culture blows outta here like a big Broccoli Fart!!! The sooner the better! Seriously grow some thicker skin, and get a sense of humor! Those were the days.. Btw... I'd love to know what Donald Trump, George Carlin, John Lennon, Mike Ditka, Dennis Miller and Stephen A. Smith have to say on the subject? I don't think any of those guys would be too worried about hurting your feelings. With all due respect, this isn't about whether you care about this or are offended by it. He has majority black players and he is on written record making fun of the black players association president's big lips. He has an openly gay player and he is on record calling the commissioner a homophobic slur. He sent topless pics of NFL cheerleaders and the Raiders have cheerleaders working for them. He derided women officials and has to deal with women officials during games. All this undermines his position with his players and the league and makes him have to go. I understand he is collateral damage from a league investigation and that may me unfair, but once they came to light there was no choice in my opinion. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Island Leprechaun Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 2 hours ago, jgb said: He also spent a whole season referring to Terry Glenn as "she." If this happened today, there would be Twitter outrage calling for him to be cancelled for misgendering. Then Bill would hire a crisis manager who would blame PTSD suffered as a result of the body-shaming nickname "Tuna" (which was a reference to his dad body). We all have the responsibility as members of a society to treat others with dignity and respect. This does not mean we cannot have opinions or even criticisms of others and their believes/choices/lifestyles but we must not deny anyone's humanity when we do so. This also includes recognizing that people can and will make mistakes, especially when the standards of today are retroactively applied to words shared 10 or more years ago. This is not a defense of what Gruden said but rather an indictment of weaponized faux outrage. As usual the useful idiots in the media and on Twitter are playing right into the NFL's hands to distract from likely darker and more disturbing revelations contained in those tens of thousands of emails. My analogy with social evolution is similar to the expanding knowledge of science. Denigrating someone from the past for being a piece of trash human being based on today's standards is like calling Isaac Newton an idiot because he had less knowledge about physics than Stephen Hawking. (This last paragraph is a general comment, not specific to Gruden). Your analogy is silly. Social beliefs are not equivalent to scientific advancement. And there's a big difference between the gap between 1687 and 2015 and, in Gruden's case, 2010 and 2021. His comments were, by any social measure in 2010, completely unacceptable and would have been an obvious cause for termination in virtually every corporate setting in America. And I should add, for those who keep raising Bill Parcells as an example of supposedly okay behavior, that he was a totally arrogant a**hole whose hostile act was tolerated because he was successful. Doesn't make him right or okay, or an example anyone would want to follow. P.S. While I happen to agree that retroactive punishment for behaviors that were tolerated in an early era is unfair, Gruden's case does not fit the paradigm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRL Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 34 minutes ago, Matt39 said: And now on to the Super Bowl halftime show, here’s Eminem performing the Marshall Mathers LP! But his lyrics are respectful of all people ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KRL Posted October 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2021 Let's not forget the rest of the SB Halftime show lineup: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2022-halftime-show-snoop-dogg-dr-dre-eminem-mary-j-blige-kendrick-lamar-will-headline/ Totally respectful artists WHO HAVE NEVER SAID ANYTHING inappropriate 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantajet333 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 40 minutes ago, Butterfield said: Its still early. Not for those who have been found to do or say incriminating things. Nothing has been reportedly done to the Jets owner for his alleged comments. It is subjective to the position of the said person. Owners in this league are typically untouchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claymation Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 I never understood why people and news organizations put the word "gate" as the last part of a compound word to describe a conspiracy/coverup. It always came across as lazy writing. Watergate was the name of the hotel. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Jet Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 37 minutes ago, JiFapono said: Comedian vs. a leader of men who was a public figure and the voice of MNF while the NFL is trying to attract a larger audience. Not defending it but I see the difference in this comparison. edit; Bill Burr is edgy, they stand behind him too Wasn’t comparing Chappell to Gruden. just commenting on Chapelle There are plenty of stories out based on comedians and scared to go anywhere near the proverbial line. Everyone will have there own opinion but the “Woke” mob comes after all, the ones that get canceled is a different story Would like to see the ref call it fair that is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Wang Doodle Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 8 hours ago, jetscanes331 said: Dude, really? Definitely the pussy part at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdhc Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 46 minutes ago, JiFapono said: The league is a joke. Cancel Kaep but lets also, fire Gruden. Did you know, Incognito was on the Raiders, with an openly gay man and Gruden as the coach? Riley Cooper continued playing in the NFL aftering being filmed hurling the N word. Ray Lewis, Donte Stallworth, Leonard Little - legit, killed someone while playing in the NFL Now I get it's got to do with the position vs. a player, yet BB is allowed to cheat for 20 years? So dumb. **** the NFL. It's a joke. Unwatchable sh*t product too. There is a lot of injustice in the world that never gets addressed and the NFL has certainly been inconsistent and hypocritical in the way it handles punishment. That being said, in this case, Gruden deserves to be fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgb Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Long Island Leprechaun said: Your analogy is silly. Social beliefs are not equivalent to scientific advancement. And there's a big difference between the gap between 1687 and 2015 and, in Gruden's case, 2010 and 2021. His comments were, by any social measure in 2010, completely unacceptable and would have been an obvious cause for termination in virtually every corporate setting in America. And I should add, for those who keep raising Bill Parcells as an example of supposedly okay behavior, that he was a totally arrogant a**hole whose hostile act was tolerated because he was successful. Doesn't make him right or okay, or an example anyone would want to follow. P.S. While I happen to agree that retroactive punishment for behaviors that were tolerated in an early era is unfair, Gruden's case does not fit the paradigm. You have offended me by calling my analogy silly and I demand a suitable public shaming ritual. I posit they are exactly the same by the way. Both advance step by step, building on what has been learned before. It would be as impossible to imagine the ancient Babylonians spontaneously deciding to grant trans-gender rights as inventing the Saturn V rocket. Those who dismiss past peoples and cultures as being hopelessly irredeemable have no understanding of cultural and societal impact on human development. They also forget: we came from them. Just as Stephen Hawking owes his greatest scientific achievements to that first caveman who learned to bang two rocks together to make a spark, the SJWs of today owe their "enlightenment" to the first caveman who thought, "You know, maybe I won't club women over the head today." This is where the famous quote about how scientists "stand on the shoulders of giants" (i.e. they have the benefit of humanity's accumulated knowledge) comes from. Same is true in social enlightenment. It's unbelievably simplistic and arrogant to say "Well why couldn't the American colonists just acknowledge homosexuality is a legitimate and totally acceptable lifestyle choice? Bigots!." I wonder what will be said about us 100 years from now. Spoiler: we'll be condemned for not recognizing a "right" that no one even contemplates at the moment. I recently read an article by a respected academic that argued that Abraham Lincoln deserves history's scorn for not freeing the slaves until "forced" by military expedience. Talk about no good deed goes unpunished. It utterly ignores the environment at the time, the military, political, and personal risk in taking such an action. He really should've risked the country's collapse by declaring the slaves free the moment he was sworn in? What a recklessly uninformed take. Our own leaders -- including some considered extremely progressive for their time -- waffled and wavered over the much less hazardous issues of gay marriage and gays in the military. People like to believe they'd be the same person if they were born 200 years ago and would just know and feel the way they do now. No. No, you would not. It's a useless take (in that it offers absolutely nothing instructive or interesting) to tut-tut:, "They easily could've treated all races the same/accepted LBGT individuals/given equal opportunity to women/etc, etc, etc." People should and must be judged in the context of their times lest history's true villains be lost in an endless sea of the fallible and unremarkable. No one should ever seek to appease the mob. You cannot appease those whose entire belief system is founded on the principle that you are the enemy responsible for their continued "oppression" and every petty slight thrown at them by life. You can't argue with feelings and those are currently crushing facts in level of importance in our society. And again in the anticipation of a specific refutation to a generalized observation -- we have strayed far from Gruden's specific case into societal commentary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgb Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, docdhc said: There is a lot of injustice in the world that never gets addressed and the NFL has certainly been inconsistent and hypocritical in the way it handles punishment. That being said, in this case, Gruden deserves to be fired. Why though? For things he did before he was even hired? Did he lie on a background check or something? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Nut Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 8 hours ago, 92ShaunEllis92 said: Just said in ESPN: Pretty much saying NFL did a hit job by releasing more emails to pressure Mark Davis to fire Gruden. League was upset he was allowed to coach Sunday. Thought action should have been taken much earlier by Davis seems this was a revenge hit for what he said about the nfl as an ESPN EMPLOYEE that was leaked via the Discovery of the WFT investigation. Says very unlikely that Gruden willfully walks away from $60M left in his contract. It started with a Times investigation into the Washington Redskins and they discovered the emails from Gruden to someone there. They compiled a ton of emails which obviously were turned over to the league who also were starting their investigation. Gruden retired, the money is dead, he quit and isnt getting paid the remaining $60 million on the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Listen, it’s simple: 1. FUrSt aMeNdMinT B. oLd eMiLLs dOnt maTteR #tHirD: loCk hUr UP 4. ??? 5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 25 minutes ago, docdhc said: There is a lot of injustice in the world that never gets addressed and the NFL has certainly been inconsistent and hypocritical in the way it handles punishment. That being said, in this case, Gruden deserves to be fired. I 100% agree, I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy and the joke that is the NFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggs Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 36 minutes ago, Long Island Leprechaun said: Your analogy is silly. Social beliefs are not equivalent to scientific advancement. And there's a big difference between the gap between 1687 and 2015 and, in Gruden's case, 2010 and 2021. His comments were, by any social measure in 2010, completely unacceptable and would have been an obvious cause for termination in virtually every corporate setting in America. And I should add, for those who keep raising Bill Parcells as an example of supposedly okay behavior, that he was a totally arrogant a**hole whose hostile act was tolerated because he was successful. Doesn't make him right or okay, or an example anyone would want to follow. P.S. While I happen to agree that retroactive punishment for behaviors that were tolerated in an early era is unfair, Gruden's case does not fit the paradigm. Good post but in 2010 most people didn't realize their private e-mails even ones on company servers would be used against them in a wok environment that didn't exist in 2010. One of the things that we have lost is any right to our private conversations being private. People do change over 10 year periods. The culture changes but so do we as individuals. Why hold a view of Gruden based on something he said in 2010 in a private e-mail to 2021 standards of privacy? Most criminals are subject to a statute of limitations that's less than 10 years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Nicco Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 10 years is also 10 years removed from 2000, when the “F” word was a commonly used insult equivalent to a$$hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdhc Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 24 minutes ago, jgb said: Why though? For things he did before he was even hired? Did he lie on a background check or something? It's because he can no longer be effective at his job. He has majority black players and he's on record making fun of the "big lips" of the black players association president. He has an openly gay player and he's on record using homophobic slurs. Doesn't that undermine his authority with those men? Every press conference will be inundated with questions regarding this, all his players and staff will be hounded. Won't this be a distraction to the team? Your focusing on should the act of saying inappropriate things in private get you fired but I'm saying that he can no longer perform his duties because of the ensuing uproar. Whether it's fair or not is another matter, but I just don't think he can be good at his job because of it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitRed Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 1 hour ago, JiFapono said: Comedian vs. a leader of men who was a public figure and the voice of MNF while the NFL is trying to attract a larger audience. Not defending it but I see the difference in this comparison. edit; Bill Burr is edgy, they stand behind him too Both are public figures, Who cares? And we can all tell jokes, comedian or not. Dangerous people want to restrict speech because they are offended. On top of the fact that there are clear double standards, which someone else pointed out earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry McCockinner Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 I'm interested in how the financial aspect of this plays out. I see now that he's resigning, which I assume has an impact on how the contract works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Just now, DetroitRed said: Both are public figures, Who cares? And we can all tell jokes, comedian or not. Dangerous people want to restrict speech because they are offended. On top of the fact that there are clear double standards, which someone else pointed out earlier One guys jobs is to make jokes, the other is to be face of franchise and lead a diverse group of people in a league who is trying to attract a diverse audience while being outward proponents of equality. I would assume, those people care. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 8 hours ago, PS17 said: The lede is getting buried in all this. The Redskins were essentially pimping out their cheerleaders. Gruden gets fired for being an idiot good old boy. But Snyder still owns a team? Aren’t they getting investigated right now ? The trainer quit or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, JiFapono said: One guys jobs is to make jokes, the other is to be face of franchise and lead a diverse group of people in a league who is trying to attract a diverse audience while being outward proponents of equality. I would assume, those people care. Know your audience and never whip your junk out at a hot dog eating contest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdhc Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 18 minutes ago, Biggs said: Good post but in 2010 most people didn't realize their private e-mails even ones on company servers would be used against them in a wok environment that didn't exist in 2010. One of the things that we have lost is any right to our private conversations being private. People do change over 10 year periods. The culture changes but so do we as individuals. Why hold a view of Gruden based on something he said in 2010 in a private e-mail to 2021 standards of privacy? Most criminals are subject to a statute of limitations that's less than 10 years. Gruden may or may not have become more enlightened in the last 10 years and no one is suggesting he be criminally charged. Practically speaking, though, how can he continue to lead an organization with mostly black players, and an openly gay player after they see what he wrote, and how can the team not be distracted by the ensuing media frenzy and public relations nightmare? That's why I think he can no longer be the head coach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgb Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 10 minutes ago, docdhc said: It's because he can no longer be effective at his job. He has majority black players and he's on record making fun of the "big lips" of the black players association president. He has an openly gay player and he's on record using homophobic slurs. Doesn't that undermine his authority with those men? Every press conference will be inundated with questions regarding this, all his players and staff will be hounded. Won't this be a distraction to the team? Your focusing on should the act of saying inappropriate things in private get you fired but I'm saying that he can no longer perform his duties because of the ensuing uproar. Whether it's fair or not is another matter, but I just don't think he can be good at his job because of it. I don't know you'd have to ask them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts