It is difficult to find sympathy for an NFL coach. Every one of them takes the seven figure job knowing that they will inevitably be fired. It comes with the territory, at the bottom of the job posting after “other duties as assigned.” Jon Gruden, upon being fired from the Buccaneers, rented out a space in a Tampa strip mall and started a consulting firm/support group The Fired Football Coaches of America. Now shuttered, it should reopen in the near future, either in Oakland or Las Vegas. No one will pity him.
But later this season, when his brother is eventually fired (or to be technical, does not have his contract renewed), I will feel bad for Jay Gruden.