It was another bad day for Jay Gruden on Sunday as he watched his team barely show up in a 24-0 loss to the Rams.
The loss dropped the Redskins to 3-10 on the season and it came after a report in the Washington Post that Gruden could wind up being ousted after one year on the sideline. At issue was Gruden’s apparent feelings that quarterback Robert Griffin III isn’t the right player to lead the offense, which may be at odds with those signing the checks in the organization.
After the loss, Gruden was asked if he thought he was coaching for his job over the final weeks of the regular season and he said that he wasn’t going to change the way he coaches despite the dismal results in the first 13 games of the season.
“We took over this football team and did the best we could in the offseason, tried to get some holes filled, and working hard to try to get some wins here, but it hasn’t worked out very well,” Gruden said, via the Post. “Obviously we’re 3-10 and as a coach you’re judged on wins and losses and you know that going in. You know that whenever you sign a contract; you’re judged on wins and losses. And all you can do is do what you believe in and try to motivate the guys and try to find out ways to get victories in the NFL, and if you don’t, you’re always subject to owners making a change. That’s their right. They have that right. But I’m just going to keep coaching the way I know how and not worry about it and do the best I can.”
Things are in such disarray with the team right now that it’s hard to believe any coach could find a way to cobble together a positive end to the season. Whether that makes a difference for Gruden may come down to the quarterback question, but it seems that it will take more than a coaching change to change fortunes in Washington.
