Heights Sports Corner

ESPN announced Former Tampa Bay Bucs coach Jon Gruden will be joining the Monday Night Football crew, with  Mike Tirico and analyst Ron Jaworski this fall, replacing Tony ‘the cornball’  Kornheiser. Excellent move in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong, Tony was a breath of fresh air compared to Dennis Miller in the booth and does at least have some knowledge of the game,  however Tony did have a tendency to go overboard with some of his slapstick humor at times. Tony, stick with PTI is suites you better.

Moving from the sidelines to the booth is not an easy adjustment I imagine for Gruden having to hold back the F-bombs other expletives. However, after watching this past NFL draft coverage with Gruden, I loved his commentary, and  I feel he’s done an awesome job so far. Great addition to the elite Monday Night Football crew.  On the other end of the spectrum …. Coaching? Gruden has plenty of years in him left to pace the sidelines of one of these franchises in the league, and I expect his name to be among one of the  front runners along with Bill Cower for the next available vacancy, but not without a hefty price tag. I mean look at his resume and not to mention being one the youngest to achieve the acclamades he’s already reached. Till then he’ll be doing play-by-play and ESPN couldn’t have picked a better person for the job.