Former NFL head coach Jon Gruden took issue with the state of the universal sport on Thursday.
Gruden, the former head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, appeared on OutKick’s “Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich” and lamented the lack of relationships being built between college athletes and coaches.
He said that kind of relationship cannot be built in a short time.
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Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden on the sideline against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second quarter at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh on Sept. 19, 2021. (Charles LeClaire/USA Today Sports)
“Repetition is the mother of learning,” Gruden said. “Right now you just see a bunch of rental clubs. Have you ever played golf and got a set of rental clubs? It’s like, ‘I don’t know how to hit this club. I’ve never putted with this putter.” You make a lot of excuses.
“That’s what I see in college sports right now. Everyone looks to the transfer portal and how much NIL money we deserve. It’s actually pretty sick.”
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Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden walks onto the field before the start of a game against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on August 29, 2021. (Cary Edmondson/USA Today Sports)
The era of name, image and likeness combined with the transfer portal grinds some coaches in college football.
Duke men’s basketball coaching legend Mike Krzyzewski acknowledged to Pakinomist Digital in October that he didn’t have an answer for how to tame the NIL era despite believing in the good that comes with it.
Former Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban during a basketball game between Alabama and the Texas A&M Aggies at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Feb. 17, 2024. (Gary Cosby Jr./USA Today Sports)
Former Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban tore up the NIL in February.
