New Orleans Saints head coach Dennis Allen said he was not concerned about any potential “backlash” he might face after inviting former Los Angeles Raiders coach Jon Gruden to attend practices last week, more than a year and a half after an email leak forced Gruden out of the league.
Following Tuesday’s OTA session, Allen said Gruden was among several coaches who have visited the team, adding the motivation behind the invitation was Gruden’s connection with quarterback Derek Carr.
“Obviously, Jon’s a guy that has a lot of experience with Derek, and Derek has had his most success under Jon Gruden,” Allen said.
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“And, so, we felt like bringing him in, having a chance to sit down and visit with him as an offensive staff, with the quarterbacks and just getting some new thoughts and ideas of things we might be able to implement.”
Allen said the visit from Gruden likely won’t result in any major overhaul of the team’s offensive strategy.
“I would say, offensively, for a long time that I’ve been here, we’ve been pretty effective offensively. So, I don’t see us putting in a whole new offense or doing something dramatic. But if there’s a few ideas that we could take from that, we felt like that would be beneficial.”
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When pressed further on if he was “worried” about any potential “backlash,” Allen dismissed the notion.
“No, look, you ask everybody that was involved, and they thought it was really beneficial for our football team,” he said. “And, look, we’re going to look at any avenue that we can to try to improve. So that was one area we thought, just bringing him in and having the opportunity to sit down and visit with him would help us.”
Gruden resigned from the Raiders in 2021 after an investigation into Washington’s workplace misconduct found that he sent emails containing racist, misogynistic and homophobic language over the course of a 10-year period.
He later apologized and said he was “ashamed” of it.
Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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