LOL if we already didn't have enough players transfer out cause they couldn't handle a tough hard nosed foul mouth mainlander.
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none of gruden's former or current players complained about him being a"tough hard nosed foul mouth". most of his current players said they realized that the email leaked was more than ten or eleven years old and that people change. his current players say gruden is not racist. none of his former players have said anything derogatory about gruden either.
graham's current players complained, some transferred. just an insightful difference between the coaching styles of graham and gruden.
it's important to realize that it wasn't his players or his team that smeared gruden as being racist. it was a calculated tactic by the washington redskins to release gruden's email to distract the public's attention away from the redskin's controversial use of the name "redskins" and the fact that washington's upper management were trading nude photos of cheerleaders surreptitiously taken while they were changing outfits during a calendar shoot. note that washington redskins management has not addressed the nude photo swaps or released any of their own emails discussing the union leaders.
i see gruden as sincerely shamed by the release of the email, yet, supported by his current and former players who say gruden is not racist. i see gruden as willing to redeem himself and as such he might be open to coaching at hawaii.
i see gruden as possibly willing to work for pennies at hawaii, improving hawaii football and rehabilitating his own image at the same time. i also see him staying at hawaii for several years and not using hawaii as a stepping stone as there is nowhere for him to go right now.