I suppose there is an alternative universe in which, over the course of the next 9 years, 13 weeks, 1 day, 23 hours, 45 minutes, and 45 seconds, Jon Gruden manages to right a renegade ship that slowly but surely started sinking as soon as he got on board. Much like the straight-forward web designer of IsGrudenGoneYet.com, I'm the furthest thing from confident that he will. In fact, the only reason I even mention it as a slight possibility is to give just a little bit of hope to Raiders' fans that are already prepping to resign themselves to the purgatory of football fandom. What we're witnessing in Oakland (and eventually Las Vegas) is basically the sports' equivalent of a marriage pact come to fruition, except it's not between two lifelong friends, but rather between long-lost exes with unresolved issues and drastic differences in opinion that have drifted even further apart over time. Much like almost every relationship retread, Jon Gruden's return to the Raiders was never, ever going to work, but it's still pretty damn shocking how quickly the honeymoon period went to hell in a hand basket. Of course, it makes quite a bit of sense when you consider that his first act was foolishly trading away the most disruptive defensive force in the league for future considerations when the only future that his aging roster was considering is retirement. Nonetheless, to have your tenure grow so tiresome in six weeks time that a fan of your team has already taken the steps necessary to help his peers count down every single tick of 9+ years is incompetence at it's most impressive. $92 million and change left to be paid out, and the brutes of The Black Hole are already ready to throw the man who is due it down it. You could undergo three separate rebuilds in 9 years time, as it's an eternity by NFL standards, so it's not entirely fair to consider Jon Gruden's contract a lost cause. Unfortunately, if literally anything he has said and/or done since taking the job is any indication, it's a cause that's holding the damn map upside down.
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