If Jon Gruden had forgotten the unseemly side of being an NFL head coach, he was reminded Thursday after the Raiders selected offensive tackle Kolton Miller in the NFL draft — thereby igniting a firestorm on Twitter.
A reminder: For 16 years, Raiders fans invested desperately in the fantasy of Gruden returning to Oakland to coach the Raiders. In January the fantasy unaccountably came true when team owner Mark Davis signed Gruden to a 10-year, $100 million contract. All was right in Raiderland … for approximately 111 days. Then Gruden spent the 15th pick in the draft on a guy who most so-called experts — you remember so-called experts, right Jon?