Personally I honestly don't care whether he yawned or not. LOL I didn't even notice it when watching the broadcast even though it was pointed out. (It was late, I was probably yawning myself to be honest!
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All I was doing was pointing out that it's an involuntary thing he probably wasn't even aware of doing.
I agree that if I saw a pilot or a heart surgeon yawning then I'd be worried if I was a passenger or going under the knife.... but then both those profession have a responsibility to be rested and able to perform the task. I don't want a surgeon burning the midnight oil prior to sticking me with a scalpel. Nor do I want a pilot who's on his 8th back to back flight.
Gruden isn't in a job that relies on him getting a solid 8hrs every night. From what I know about Coaching (which is little to be honest) Coaches frequently put in long hours, burn the midnight oil and sleep on couches in their offices. I'd honestly be more pissed if Gruden was just rolling in a 9am and going home at 5pm and switching off.
Gruden also isn't presenting to anyone, so it's really pretty irrelevant from that point to. I'm a software consultant and trainer by profession so I know yawning infront of a class or a presentation is a no-no, but Gruden's not presenting to anyone at that point. He's probably not even aware of the camera being on him, he's busy trying to shore up a decimated team and find groups of players that can be put together on the field to accomplish something. Honestly I'm not sure what I'd have done when 6 of my 8 offensive linemen are off the field nursing injuries. The fact that we were even a little bit competitive I think speaks volumes.
It was an odd feeling on Sunday. I hate losses as much as the next man, but on Sunday as our players were dropping like flies I honestly was thinking it through and couldn't figure out what I'd do. With no o-line we couldn't run or pass protect, the Cowboys seemed to be in our backfield before the ball was snapped sometimes.
I honestly got to the end of the game and shrugged. We put up way more of a competitive showing that I honestly expected and hence I actually didn't feel that bad. I felt much worse after that Kansas City loss or the Eagles loss where we could have had wins. But this week I really couldn't see a way around the attrition for us. Alas I feel that's going to be the case for the next couple of weeks till we start getting healthy again.... hopefully.
That said I'm not defending Gruden, just the action.
I have issues with Gru, mostly based around 2nd half adjustments really, which even before we had been decimated were suspect. I don't like his play calling sometimes and I have a real issue at times with his RedZone calls.
On the flip side I think he'd grown since his first year and learns. This team is leagues better across the board than it was a few years ago and I like that they have the right spirit and don't give up.
I'd LOVE to have seen what we could have done this season if Little Miss Fate hadn't beaten us to death with the injury stick.
Sometimes as fans I think we get too close to our team and we magnify the issues we see. But all teams have these issues. (Except maybe the Patriots...)
Everytime we see Kirk throw an interception we call him boneheaded... but every QB throws interceptions and they are ALL boneheaded plays. For example both media darling Carson Wentz (5) and Cam Newton (11) have thrown more interceptions, and Rodgers is only 1 less in half the games.
We'll regularly rake Gruden over the coals for bad clock management or a bad call... but I guarantee every fan base in the league says the same thing about their coach on their version of BGO.
That's just football. There's only one Belli and only one Brady. Everyone else is flawed, there are no perfect teams.
Went off on a tangent there. Lunchtime rambling, strap on your hiking boots and join me.
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