You ain t going to never hear me say that Jon Gruden is a bad person - Stephen A Smith defends former Raiders HC who was fired over homophobic and misogynistic comments × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout NFL News You ain t going to never hear me say that Jon Gruden is a bad person - Stephen A Smith defends former Raiders HC who was fired over homophobic and misogynistic comments By Ian Van Roy Modified 24 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith and fomer Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden Heading into 2021, Jon Gruden was earning respect for what many thought he was on the doorstep of getting the Raiders to the playoffs. However, it all fell to pieces in the middle of the season when emails from his account were leaked that revealed homophobic and misogynistic remarks. The emails led to his firing. Almost a year later, the head coach is still making headlines over the emails. Stephen A. Smith, during a conversation about the Raiders on First Take, defended the character of the former ESPN analyst. He went as far as to claim that he will never rake his character over the coals. Here's how he put it: "We work in an industry. We work in a business where obviously we talk about the importance of second chances. I'm not talking about a second chance for him as a job or anything like that, but you ain't gonna never hear me say that Jon Gruden is a bad person." Pat McAfee@PatMcAfeeShowDana White broke the news that Brady & Gronk were on their way to the Raiders until Jon Gruden blew the deal up#PMSLive41649Dana White broke the news that Brady & Gronk were on their way to the Raiders until Jon Gruden blew the deal up#PMSLive https://t.co/DeWvxCZV13 He went on to say that the emails were wrong, but refused to question the quality of his character: "I don't know that. I know that the emails that we discovered were reprehensible and stuff like that, but the man worked at ESPN for years and all of a sudden you're going to have people saying that he's a terrible, terrible person. No, that's not what we got when we were working with Jon." Maurice Moton@MoeMoton#Raiders collapsed under Jon Gruden in back-to-back years and lost consecutive games before he resigned.After he was gone, players said he wore on them late in the season, and Rich Bisaccia’s approach worked in their favor. They didn’t collapse and went to playoffs WITH Carr. twitter.com/dazedh_n/statu…Henry@dazedh_n@MoeMoton Raiders started 6-3 and collapsed with Dereks play down the stretch27421@MoeMoton Raiders started 6-3 and collapsed with Dereks play down the stretch#Raiders collapsed under Jon Gruden in back-to-back years and lost consecutive games before he resigned.After he was gone, players said he wore on them late in the season, and Rich Bisaccia’s approach worked in their favor. They didn’t collapse and went to playoffs WITH Carr. twitter.com/dazedh_n/statu… The Raiders and Jon Gruden Seattle Seahawks v Las Vegas Raiders Jon Gruden was talked out of the Monday Night Football booth to become the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders around the end of the 2017 season. The head coach was added to head a long-term rebuild of the organization. In his first year, the team went 4-12. In 2019, they went 7-9 and in 2020, they went 8-8. Heading into 2021 with a change to 17 games and no more room to improve without finishing over .500, the season was seen by many as a make-or-break moment. Most expected the team to either finally break through to the winning side or implode under the pressure and return to a well-under .500 team. It turns out that the head coach broke while the Raiders made the playoffs. Not only did they finish over .500, but they also made the playoffs without their head coach. Rich Bisaccia took over as interim head coach and helped get them to the postseason. Now, as the team heads into 2022 with Josh McDaniels at the helm, expectations are as high as they've ever been. With Davante Adams now also on the squad, many expect to see them alive in January. Will the Raiders break through in their first full season without Gruden? If any of the above quotes are used, please credit First Take and H/T Sportskeeda. 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