Its been no secret over the last three seasons that Tony Kornheiser's move to the booth has been a struggle. Today, it was announced that Jon Gruden will fill that spot as Kornheiser has opted to step down. Mike Tirico and Ron Jaworski will fill out the other two positions in the booth. Kornheiser sights his fear of flying as his main reason for stepping down, which is unfortunate if it is as true as he says it is.
There is no question Gruden is qualified enough to be in the booth. Gruden has won a Super Bowl and coached in the league for several seasons. He also coached in Oakland so you have to figure he can shed some light on what kind of clown owner Al Davis is when he goes nuts again by week 6. My only question is why they are going with a guy who wants to get back into coaching...and soon. Maybe Gruden is keeping the seat warm until Brett Favre decides hes really really retired, and moves to the press box.
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Overall, as a viewer I'm satisfied with the moves ESPN made to their staff this offseason. Getting rid of Emmitt Smith was a good start. Emmitt struggled with simple pronunciations of names and really never came off very football intelligent even though he is the leagues all-time leading rusher. Really he was just someone I enjoyed making fun of each week, and because of that I will miss him.
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