Gruden fires defensive coordinator Joe Barry

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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

You're probably right. Personally, I think Gruden and Scot McC may be headed for rough waters. Gruden's comments about "drafting a guard and a guy who didn't play" (paraphrasing) aren't a ringing endorsement of McC. We'll see. Regardless, Gruden needs to get this hire right. Not often you see a HC survive three DC's in four years - I think it highly unlikely he will get an opportunity to choose a fourth.

Agree - Gruden will go into this 4th year of his 5 year coaching contract with all eyes on him. Allen and Snyder will definitely need to see the defense going in the right direction or he won't get an extension and won't be kept as a lame duck. This is a make or break year for Gruden and he knows it.

If he makes a smart hire then he'll be well thought of.

Every time Wade has taken over a defense it has immediately become a top 10 defense. If I'm Gruden, and I'm looking to save my job, I don't really know why it would be any more complicated than that.

He may go through the process and conclude that Manusky is the best man for the job, given aggressive philosophy or whatever. But man if I'm Gruden I don't know why you wouldn't go for the sure thing.

Like if you hire Wade Phillips and the defense somehow didn't perform better, how can anyone question that decision? The narrative will be well Jay made the smart move but surprisingly it didn't work. He'd still get canned, but at least around the NFL he'd carry a reputation for having made a smart decision. He's in a position where he should be going with the chalk.