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Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Jeff Garcia is long time veteran in the NFL and is usually pretty respectful when it comes to his coaches, but he has created a bit of a storm after making critical remarks towards his former head coach, Jon Gruden.

Apparently, Garcia felt that Gruden simply rubbed too many players the wrong way, and that was what led to his eventual dismissal as the team’s head coach. Gruden is known for his abrasive and controlling personality, but Garcia is one of the first players to speak openly about it since his departure last week from Tampa Bay.

From the St. Petersburg Times:

“I know for me personally, going through that with him was a very difficult time, disappointing time. But the one thing that I always tried to look back on or reflect on was that I wasn’t the first and I won’t be the last. If it continues to be this way with players, it is going to get to a point where somebody who is above or in control will say ‘Enough is enough.’ I think that’s what it got to. There are players who were here in the past before I got here who had their own experiences of how they were treated or how they were misled. For the two years that I was here, I enjoyed my experiences on the field with coach Gruden but there were some things that obviously rubbed me wrong and I’m sure they were not easy to deal with. But I’m just one guy. Whatever the reason was that they made the change, they felt it was time to make the change.”

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