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<\/p>\nThe video was posted on Twitter, Instagram on TikTok on Thursday [May 28] morning while the Lions prepared for their final training camp practise in Kamloops.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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By Friday morning, it had eclipsed 500,000 views on those social media platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey got this flying motion, where the receiver can start back here and then he comes full speed at you, man!\u201d Gruden said of the waggle, noting his appreciation for the CFL\u2019s prolific passing, deeper end zones and bigger field.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI love Canadian football. You know, when I was a young coach, I interviewed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Among the names Chucky dropped: Hugh Campbell, Buck Pierce, Nathan Rourke, Joe Kapp, Condredge Holloway, Damon Allen, Lui Passaglia, Mathieu Betts, Brent Johnson, Jonah Tavai, James Butler, Keon Hatcher, Justin McInnis, Willie (The Wisp) Fleming, Geroy Simon, Jim Mills, Al (Dirt) Wilson, Darnell Sankey, Robert Carter Jr., TJ Lee, Ronald Kent Jr. and Jackson Findlay.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Butler and Hatcher played under Gruden for the Oakland Raiders prior to heading north to the CFL.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFootball Guru,\u201d Hatcher said. \u201cHe\u2019s been around the game for a long time. He\u2019s seen a lot. Yeah, he\u2019s one of the best, man. It feels great to be mentioned and remembered by him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Added Butler: \u201cA personality like Jon Gruden is one of the biggest in football. He\u2019s on the Mount Rushmore of coaches. I think it will only help grow the game.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Jon Gruden Bump \u2013 certainly not a bad thing for Lions\u2019 merchandise and ticket sales \u2013 arrived just in time for the CFL regular season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s go, Nathan Rourke!\u201d Gruden said. \u201cLet\u2019s freakin\u2019 have your best year. If you\u2019re out there in B.C., get a ticket, go support the Lions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The video was posted on Twitter, Instagram on TikTok on Thursday [May 28] morning while the Lions prepared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-702961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}