The Facts: The speculation was persistent in the days after Jon Gruden was named Raiders head coach. How would Carr respond the first time Gruden made a point in coarse, unfiltered language delivered with the intensity of a thousand suns? So far, so good. “I think we both found it pretty amusing,” Carr said Tuesday as the Raiders began a second week of non-contact practice sessions. “If they were to sit down in a room and hear us talk and get after it, they would see we’re eerily similar. Obviously just because they haven’t heard me say the `F-word’ before, they assume I can’t handle hearing it.”
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Carr said the two have yet to “clash” but that playing under Gruden requires constant focus and attention to detail. Carr said he and Gruden found the questions about their compatibility based on use of language “amusing.” Carr has played competitive sports for the better part of his life and he's faced tough coaching before. "When (Gruden) gets after me," Carr added, "I probably deserve it, and secondly, I love it because I know he wants to get the best out of me.” There was a thought that perhaps Gruden would mellow after nine years out of coaching, but a kinder, gentler coach has not been in evidence. “He’s training me to think like him, and it’s fun,” Carr said.