Jon Gruden is ready to coach football again, and don’t be surprised if he’s back on the sidelines sooner than later.

The Bucs’ season ended horribly, and though Gruden’s firing was a surprise, it wasn’t as seemingly idiotic as when Marty Schottenheimer was fired after the Chargers went 14-2 a couple years back. Gruden will regroup, will learn from the good times and the bad times in Tampa Bay, and will coach another NFL team. He’s a Super Bowl-winning coach, and they don’t tend to stay unemployed for too long. Mike Shanahan will be hired again someday, too, because even though he and Gruden left their teams after struggling, they still know how to win, which is better than a good chunk of new coaches out there (Mike Tomlin and Ken Whisenhunt notwithstanding). It’s just a matter of time.