Tony Dungy Would Hire A Gruden... Just Not The One Named Jon

by Brad Wells on Dec 14, 2011 11:47 AM EST in 2011 Colts News

Former Colts head coach Tony Dungy is now working for NBC Sports, and can be seen every Sunday night of the NFL season recapping games with Dan Patrick and Rodney Harrison. He's also still associated with the group All Pro Dad, and he often posts videos on the site with him talking about a variety of football-related topics.

In his most recent video on All Pro Dad's website (tip to ninpojames), Dungy discussed three coaches he would recommend for head coaching vacancies that either have already opened up (such as in Miami, Jacksonville, and KC) or will open up (like, say, in Indianapolis).

At the top of Dungy's list is some dude named 'Gruden.' No, not Jon. It's his little brother, Jay:

Dungy also thinks the man who is currently coaching his son in college should get some head coaching offers in the NFL. Not sure I buy Chip Kelly as an NFL coach. Seen him make way too many mistakes with clock management and overall strategy. You can't 'out speed' teams in the NFL the way Oregon does in Pac-50, or whatever they are called now.

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When it comes to coaching changes, no team should listen to Dungy. He was right only once, recommending Tomlin.

by Ty46 on Dec 14, 2011 11:56 AM EST reply actions

Ain't that the truth...

by Indefatigable on Dec 14, 2011 7:44 PM EST up reply actions

dungy

Tomlin vs. Blindwell…..hummmmm!

by sundaywager on Dec 14, 2011 12:14 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Well, let's see, Dungy and coaching recommendations...

Didn’t Dungy recommend our current cardboard cut-out?

by Ayrshire on Dec 14, 2011 12:20 PM EST reply actions

true

by sundaywager on Dec 14, 2011 12:23 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Seriously guys

Enough is enough! Tell Peyton to stop playing with Voodoo dolls down in New Orleans! Now he’s after our coaching staff!

by SubCrim on Dec 14, 2011 12:41 PM EST reply actions

i agree with everyone else. I would take it more seriously if he had not recommended Caldwell.

by Straight Out The Burbs on Dec 14, 2011 3:12 PM EST reply actions

who cares

dungy thought caldwell was a good coach

by omahacolt on Dec 14, 2011 8:20 PM EST reply actions

Correct me if I'm wrong.........

But I didn’t hear a lot of bitching about Caldwell’s hiring on Dungy’s recommendation. There were a lot of guys who weren’t sure, but other than that I heard no hollering. One reason the choice made sense to me at the time, was that Caldwell had spent 10 years as Peyton’s QB coach. As it turned out, Caldwell does pretty much suck, but I don’t blame Dungy. If Caldwell had a sack, he would have told Polian to back off and let him run the damned team. I am not anywhere near Caldwell financially, but every time I have been offered a position as a manager or foreman, I have always made it a condition that if I am to run something, then I run it, unless whoever I report to says I am not doing the job. It’s worked for me for 35 years. In my mind, Caldwell should have insisted on field and personnel control, or quit. Just sayin.

by tim55 on Dec 15, 2011 3:24 PM EST reply actions