Official Jon Gruden Thread XXIV

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Lovesomebigorange said:
Any other school in the country would have fallen over to get a coach like Gruden. He wants to be here and our stupid admin is holding it up?!!!! How is this going to get fixed? This absolutely cannot fall through a second time. We won't get another opportunity like this.
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Honest question, is there any proof whatsoever that he wants to be here, or are you banking on all these rumors?
 
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MIT_Beaver said:
The timing decision is all on the AD’s side which I can only speculate about. I will say this, I am surprised Butch is still the coach with how badly we are bleeding on the recruiting end.
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Thank you for answering.... I am not against you, I am simply trying to understand you.....

I hope we seal this deal and Get Gruden locked up SOON
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
So who is #2 when the Gruden deal falls through?
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From what I understand, there is no number 2. If the utad doesn't accept Gruden, booster money goes away. We probably just keep Butch...which is why we aren't seeing an interim yet. Butch brings in ok attendance, costs less than a big name, and keeps the gpa in good standing for the players. He's great in the minds of the academic dept. However, if they want to continue to see donations, they better get in line...My thing is...will the boosters fold, or the university?

If the university doesn't fold...we are Vandy and football is relatively over for us on Saturdays.
 
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Coastypop said:
During the time that DTO was saying the deal was off, Boro later said someone else made an offer to Gruden and he was talking to them....

When asked by me and others his only response was, he would not say who it was because it would have been to volatile....

I have always believed in my mind that it was the Gators... If true, they may now be in play :cray:
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IF this were true ... ohhh lawd!
There would be the epic of all epic meltdowns. You are good...tip of the hat.
 
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The only thing I have left is hope that we make a splash hire down the line at some point. The UTAD has done everything in their power to diminish that hope, but it’s all I have left
 
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OrngeChkrboardVFL said:
From what I understand, there is no number 2. If the utad doesn't accept Gruden, booster money goes away. We probably just keep Butch...which is why we aren't seeing an interim yet. Butch brings in ok attendance, costs less than a big name, and keeps the gpa in good standing for the players. He's great in the minds of the academic dept. However, if they want to continue to see donations, they better get in line...My thing is...will the boosters fold, or the university?
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I’m definitely convinced butch is here through this season, and starting to feel we’ll have him next year.
 
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Magic8Vol said:
Seems pretty simple. Believe MIT or not an agreement can be in place & be 100% agreed on in principle, until signed things can change. People just need to let it playout. I have been on here since 730 this morning wanting the same thing but im not going to lose faith until the AD gives me a reason to. For now I am just hoping he is working behind the scenes
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This. Not going to jump off a bridge because of speculation. To many moving pieces. I'm not sure relieving Butch from his duties is directly related to the hiring of Gruden. Firing Butch, officially, today doesn't guarantee that Gruden is the next coach of our volunteers. Keeping Butch as our interim coach doesn't mean that Gruden is not the next coach either.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
If he refuses ten million at least we know that were looking for someone that can win now. Money probably would never be a factor with Gruden he would be looking for a challenge and an opportunity to become the best. If he doesn't have that ambition then no amount of money will make a difference when your already rich.
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If the 10 million offer is really true and Gruden turns us down, then I am fine with that. That would show me a lot about the UT AD. Go big or go home.
 
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