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In the early-morning hours of Feb. 18, 2002, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sent two first-round draft picks, two second-round picks and $8 million to the Oakland Raiders -- for a head coach. Eleven months and eight days later, Jon Gruden led his Bucs team against those same Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII, and he delivered Tampa's first and only Vince Lombardi Trophy with a 48-21 victory.  Bucs co-chairman Bryan Glazer  Derek Roy Authentic Jersey called it "a trade that shook the NFL," and it is still the biggest deal to acquire a coach in NFL history. It was a steep price to pay for Gruden, who will be inducted into the Buccaneers' Ring of Honor during Monday night's game, but as one of his former players Danielle Hunter Authentic Jersey said, "One Super Bowl is worth 20 years of mediocrity." Here's a look back at how the trade that made Gruden feel pressure went down, the historic "Chucky Bowl" and the aftermath for a franchise that hasn't come close to the top of the NFL mountain http://www.billsfootballofficialprostore.com/Authentic-Micah-Hyde-Jersey since. Raiders wide receiver Tim Brown: "Right after the game in New England, he made a comment in the locker room that basically said ... 'You guys should have won.' And I went up to him after he had finished, and I asked him what did 'you guys' mean? 'Coach, you are a part of us.' And he just sort of walked away from me." Raiders cornerback Charles Woodson: "I can't say that I remember any rumblings about it. ... Nobody thought he was going anywhere. He had come in and the mission was to get that franchise turned around and that had happened. ... Nobody thought he was going anywhere. We just thought he was having issues with negotiations like everybody else does and they'd get it worked out and we'd have our coach." Meanwhile in Tampa, the Bucs were struggling to find a replacement for Dungy. Bill Parcells opted to stay retired. They interviewed Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis, LSU head coach Nick Saban, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey and San Diego Chargers offensive coordinator Norv Turner. Tampa Bay general manager Rich McKay wanted Lewis, but the Glazers believed they had their defense set already with coordinator Monte Kiffin and they wanted an DeForest Buckner Authentic Jersey offense-minded head coach. Brooks: "Up until that point, everybody was kind of scrambling, doing their own thing. But at the end of the day, we were not accomplishing anything because we didn't have a head coach. So for a month, I worked out, I did this, I didn't know if I was doing the right thing, wrong thing in terms of what the head coach wanted, because we didn't have one." Alstott: "We were in limbo. We were really in limbo for a http://www.patriotsnflofficialonline.com/Joe-Thuney-Jersey long time not knowing what to expect and hearing different names, and all of a sudden, here comes Jon Gruden out of nowhere, overnight." Raiders owner Al Davis initially demanded two first-round draft picks, two second-round picks and future Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle Warren Sapp, who had been NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1999, in exchange for Gruden. The Bucs went looking elsewhere. After talks with San Francisco 49ers head coach Steve Mariucci went nowhere, the focus turned back to Gruden. Bucs vice president Joel Glazer called Davis at his home around 10 p.m. on Feb. 17, 2002. The two talked for about 30 minutes, and the Bucs reiterated their interest in Gruden. Jon Gruden: "I had a phone in my house and when that phone rang, there was only one person -- Al Davis. And he'd call at times when you'd expect Al Davis to call -- usually when I was sleeping. So when the phone rang that night, I knew who it was. We had just lost to, I think the Patriots, in the playoffs. I was still bitter about the game. I know he was still upset about the game. I figured we were gonna talk about that." Brown: "I think [Gruden] knew something was coming. I think he had given the Raiders until Thanksgiving to get something done or he was going to leave, so I think everybody knew what was going to happen except the players. ... The players weren't aware of anything of that nature." http://218.94.26.15:90/showtopic-3357272.aspx http://fanclub.bglradio.net/forum/topic/20283 http://club-liga.de/index.php?forum-showposts-2506 http://ekojazda.twoje-zycie.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=90270 http://callforservice.ning.com/profiles/blogs/all-star-jersey-3 |
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