****OFFICIAL Jon Gruden GIFT BASKET Donation Thread : SHIPPED!!!!!! ARRIVES FRIDAY***

[Gustavus Adolphus]

"Coach Gruden,

As you know, good pass rushers are hard to find. We just wanted you to know that we appreciate all the help you gave us in finding the pass rusher that we needed. We look forward to hearing you back in the Monday Night Football booth in 2022.

All The Best!

- chicitysports.com"

 

[xer0h0ur]

I think you can do better on that note. Probably even throw in a "this guy" or "that guy" reference or two in there. Since that was always his go to blathering on TV.

 

[Penny Traitor]

I think you can do better on that note. Probably even throw in a "this guy" or "that guy" reference or two in there. Since that was always his go to blathering on TV.

If you up your donation to $500 you will be able to author the note yourself.

However, I would recommend you just outsource this one to the professionals. It has worked in the past.

 

[Broc]

Seriously though, it does. Although I got to admit that Gus made a great case for it being multiple gift baskets.

Also, since Rush and Zack are much too kind to say anything...I will. The Big Mac idea is just plain terrible. I love a good pun and still find the idea so lame that I almost deleted all posts in this thread suggesting it.

Couldn't disagree more. I'm certainly open to other suggestions but IMO 52 Big Mac's are a FAR better idea than some lame ass generic gift basket.

 

[KittiesKorner]

send him some coronas

 

[xer0h0ur]

If you up your donation to $500 you will be able to author the note yourself.

However, I would recommend you just outsource this one to the professionals. It has worked in the past.

Or instead of trying to troll me maybe just take what I said at face value as a simple suggestion...

 

[oping00@gmail.com]

Looks like bears fans are not the only ones going to send Gruden a gift basket. Looks like he will get alot of Christmas gifts this year.

Jon Gruden blames other guys in past drafts for not taking who he wanted in April


Jason OwensYahoo SportsOct 3, 2018, 10:11 PM

Now that Derwin James is paying off in L.A., Jon Gruden wants you to know that he wanted to draft him in April. (AP)
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Jon Gruden badly wanted to draft Florida State safety Derwin James in April.

When James was available at the 15th pick in the draft, the Oakland Raiders selected UCLA left tackle Kolton Miller instead. James went to the Los Angeles Chargers two picks later.

Blame the guys who drafted before he got there
Why didn’t the Raiders make Gruden’s desired selection in his first draft back with the team?

Because the other guys messed things up before he got there.

Gruden told reporters on Wednesday that the reason the Raiders didn’t select James was because the team spent a second-round pick on safety Obi Melifonwu in 2017 and a first-round pick on safety Karl Joseph in 2016.

Gruden: ‘We wanted to take Derwin James’
“We wanted to take Derwin James. Everybody wanted Derwin James,” Gruden said, per the Athletic. “We had unfortunately drafted a safety in the first round two years ago, and we drafted another safety in the second round [in 2017] … “He’s a dynamite young player, and he’ll be one of the building blocks in L.A. for a long time for the Chargers.”

Gruden then went to his go-to move of talking like an old fuddy-duddy, touting James as an “old-school player” who “can play with high-top cleats like they used to and leather helmets.”



Sam Fortier
✔
@Sam4TR
"We wanted to take Derwin James," Jon Gruden said. "Everybody wanted Derwin James."

The Raiders HC explained why they couldn't take him, and why James reminds him of a famous former Chargers safety. His full thoughts on the rookie:

12:14 PM - Oct 3, 2018



It must be Reggie McKenzie’s fault
This is all, of course, another veiled shot at general manager Reggie McKenzie, who was in charge when those past safety picks were made. It took all of three games for reports to surface that there was a rift between Gruden and McKenzie in their approach to team building.

Now that James is showing flashes of his pre-draft billing, Gruden wants everyone to know that he wanted to take the FSU prodigy.

James off to great NFL start with Chargers
James, a surefire top-10 prospect before a knee injury at FSU caused his stock to drop, drew comparisons to Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro Eric Berry in college. Now that he’s logged 20 tackles, three sacks, six passes defended and an interception through four games, James looks like the real deal. And Gruden wants you to know that he knew that.

But he still passed on him. And that’s McKenzie’s fault, of course. Never mind that the Raiders ended up cutting Obi Melifonwu and could have certainly figured out a way to make James work.


More of the same in Oakland
It’s just the next laugh in the comedy show that is the new era of Gruden with the Raiders. An era that’s four games into a 10-year, $100 million contract, a deal that fans of the team are surely sick of hearing about.

It’s too bad for them. Because they’re stuck with it.


https://www.yahoo.com/sports/jon-gruden-blames-guys-not-taking-wanted-aprils-draft-051114022.html

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Looks like bears fans are not the only ones going to send Gruden a gift basket. Looks like he will get alot of Christmas gifts this year.

Jon Gruden blames other guys in past drafts for not taking who he wanted in April


Jason OwensYahoo SportsOct 3, 2018, 10:11 PM

Now that Derwin James is paying off in L.A., Jon Gruden wants you to know that he wanted to draft him in April. (AP)
More
Jon Gruden badly wanted to draft Florida State safety Derwin James in April.

When James was available at the 15th pick in the draft, the Oakland Raiders selected UCLA left tackle Kolton Miller instead. James went to the Los Angeles Chargers two picks later.

Blame the guys who drafted before he got there
Why didn’t the Raiders make Gruden’s desired selection in his first draft back with the team?

Because the other guys messed things up before he got there.

Gruden told reporters on Wednesday that the reason the Raiders didn’t select James was because the team spent a second-round pick on safety Obi Melifonwu in 2017 and a first-round pick on safety Karl Joseph in 2016.

Gruden: ‘We wanted to take Derwin James’
“We wanted to take Derwin James. Everybody wanted Derwin James,” Gruden said, per the Athletic. “We had unfortunately drafted a safety in the first round two years ago, and we drafted another safety in the second round [in 2017] … “He’s a dynamite young player, and he’ll be one of the building blocks in L.A. for a long time for the Chargers.”

Gruden then went to his go-to move of talking like an old fuddy-duddy, touting James as an “old-school player” who “can play with high-top cleats like they used to and leather helmets.”



Sam Fortier
✔
@Sam4TR
"We wanted to take Derwin James," Jon Gruden said. "Everybody wanted Derwin James."

The Raiders HC explained why they couldn't take him, and why James reminds him of a famous former Chargers safety. His full thoughts on the rookie:

12:14 PM - Oct 3, 2018



It must be Reggie McKenzie’s fault
This is all, of course, another veiled shot at general manager Reggie McKenzie, who was in charge when those past safety picks were made. It took all of three games for reports to surface that there was a rift between Gruden and McKenzie in their approach to team building.

Now that James is showing flashes of his pre-draft billing, Gruden wants everyone to know that he wanted to take the FSU prodigy.

James off to great NFL start with Chargers
James, a surefire top-10 prospect before a knee injury at FSU caused his stock to drop, drew comparisons to Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro Eric Berry in college. Now that he’s logged 20 tackles, three sacks, six passes defended and an interception through four games, James looks like the real deal. And Gruden wants you to know that he knew that.

But he still passed on him. And that’s McKenzie’s fault, of course. Never mind that the Raiders ended up cutting Obi Melifonwu and could have certainly figured out a way to make James work.


More of the same in Oakland
It’s just the next laugh in the comedy show that is the new era of Gruden with the Raiders. An era that’s four games into a 10-year, $100 million contract, a deal that fans of the team are surely sick of hearing about.

It’s too bad for them. Because they’re stuck with it.


https://www.yahoo.com/sports/jon-gruden-blames-guys-not-taking-wanted-aprils-draft-051114022.html

Great 33rd post. I anxiously await #34!

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

I'm sure that makes Kolton Miller feel great.

 

[Penny Traitor]

Couldn't disagree more. I'm certainly open to other suggestions but IMO 52 Big Mac's are a FAR better idea than some lame ass generic gift basket.

I would love to hear the breakdown on why it is a far better idea.

My thought process is simple. That generic gift basket has a very good chance to make it all the way to Gruden's desk. No one in their right mind is accepting a delivery for 52 Big Macs and even if they did...it just turns into a promo stunt for McDonald's instead of the sick burn it was meant to be.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Beyond nobody accepting 52 Big Macs, how are you going to get those delivered? You really going to set up an Uber delivery? That driver won't even make it past the gate, and now we've done something shitty to the Uber driver and the McDonalds. Something delivered by UPS or FedEx is a hell of a lot more likely to get through the front door.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

Beyond nobody accepting 52 Big Macs, how are you going to get those delivered? You really going to set up an Uber delivery? That driver won't even make it past the gate, and now we've done something shitty to the Uber driver and the McDonalds. Something delivered by UPS or FedEx is a hell of a lot more likely to get through the front door.

You could do Grub hub or Door dash, but your point still stands. 52 Big Macs is a terrible idea.

 

[xer0h0ur]

For the above reasons I too have to vote for the gift basket approach over the Big Macs.

 

[zack54attack]

PM me if you've sent in a donation.

 

[Broc]

I would love to hear the breakdown on why it is a far better idea.

My thought process is simple. That generic gift basket has a very good chance to make it all the way to Gruden's desk. No one in their right mind is accepting a delivery for 52 Big Macs and even if they did...it just turns into a promo stunt for McDonald's instead of the sick burn it was meant to be.

Sure. My thought process is equally simple. I don't think anything we send is actually making it all the way to Gruden's desk regardless of what it is, so that shouldn't be the deciding factor as to what we send. In my opinion I think we should be shooting for what is likely to generate a bigger reaction or buzz from their staff and hopefully causes such a reaction that it gets picked up by the media.

IMO, sending some generic gift basket is boring and easily forgettable. There isn't going to be any drama created from that at the Raiders headquarters when they receive a random gift basket, the receptionist will just set it aside and forget about it until the custodian staff throws it away.

Where as if you get a delivery of 52 Big Macs you're going to have people talking easy. I work for a huge corporate software company and when any sort of food items show up at the office word spreads like wildfire and EVERYONE and their kid sister knows about it and comes running to grab a piece of whatever it is before its all gone.

Once word gets out that 52 Big Macs just showed up you're going to have everyone in that office running to that front desk trying to get a burger, finding out who sent it, and then blabbing about it to everyone else in the office.

So to me, we either have to send:

1) a comically large item so big it literally can not be ignored

or

2) 52 small items (Big Mac's make sense due to the name association but I'm certainly open to any other suggestions)

 

[Broc]

Beyond nobody accepting 52 Big Macs, how are you going to get those delivered?

Here in south FL we have a company called Delivery Dudes that let's you order off the menu at any of the restaurants in their area and will go pick it up and deliver it to you. Surely California has similar types of companies.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Here in south FL we have a company called Delivery Dudes that let's you order off the menu at any of the restaurants in their area and will go pick it up and deliver it to you. Surely California has similar types of companies.

That's not my concern. My concern is that I imagine to get into their complex you have to pass through a gate. Some guy in his Toyota Camry delivering 52 Big Macs is going to have to give a name on the order. My guess is that he's not getting inside the gate and to the front desk. Whereas, someone delivering for UPS or FedEx would surely be able to get in.

 

[Wild_x_Card]

PM me if you've sent in a donation.

Pm sent.

 

[gpphat]

Just have a Mack Truck pull up the the Raiders front office and deliver 52 big macs with a rose attached to each one. Problem solved

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

ISO Truck Driver for Secret Mission.
Must love Bears.