Gruden not bitter over firing: 'I didn't get it done'

Jay Gruden doesn't hold any ill will toward the Washington Redskins, who fired him Monday morning after an 0-5 start to his sixth season as head coach.

"This is a production-based business, and I didn't get it done," Gruden told Les Carpenter of The Washington Post.

He became the first coaching casualty of the 2019 season at 5 a.m. when he met Redskins owner Dan Snyder and president Bruce Allen.

Gruden, who said he isn't bitter about his ouster, noted the difficulties of working with a roster depleted by injuries and the holdout of star left tackle Trent Williams.

"I just wish I could have had all of our offensive players," he said. "We never got to flex our offensive muscle."

The former Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator went 35-49-1 with Washington and was 0-1 in the playoffs. He worked under a Redskins front office long regarded as one of the most dysfunctional in the NFL.

Washington named Bill Callahan, who was previously working with the offensive line, its interim head coach.

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