Thread: Pereira rips 'blowhard' Gruden for commentary on illegal hits

Pereira rips 'blowhard' Gruden for commentary on illegal hits

Mike Pereira won't be ordering that Jon Gruden Fathead any time soon.

Pereira, the NFL's former vice president of officiating who's found a nice little niche for himself as Fox's rules guy on Sundays, came down hard on Gruden in a Wednesday column on FoxSports.com.

"I am not a fan of Gruden's. Not today, not yesterday, not when I worked for the NFL and not when I was working on the field as a side judge," Pereira said of the former coach and current ESPN "Monday Night Football" analyst. "He was a loudmouth as a coach who constantly disrespected officials and he is a blowhard in the broadcast booth who spouts off when he doesn't know what he is talking about."

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d...n-illegal-hits

I like Gruden on MNF!

hardly surprising-- gruden is borderline-legendary for his disdain for officials. . . i remember posting something years ago about him yelling at the refs at a little league game or something. . .

Originally Posted by hoptard

hardly surprising-- gruden is borderline-legendary for his disdain for officials. . . i remember posting something years ago about him yelling at the refs at a little league game or something. . .

He was actually ejected from a game for cursing at officials at his son's football game... as a fan in the stands...

Way to show sportsmanship, coach!

They didn't call him "Chucky" just on looks alone.

Most of what Gruden says about officiating is correct though. The rules are just flat out stupid in some cases and are never applied consistently like they should be.

There is a blow-hard there, but it is the one writing the article and not the subject of it.

Chucky!! I love that guy!!

And I bet Pereira is as my dad loves to call refs:


You over officious jerk.