Official Jon Gruden Thread XXIV

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All good points. That list is almost as impossible for Gruden as a Super Bowl win.

Oh wait....


johnboyhunter said:
John Gruden appears like a mastermind of football because his only job is watching, analyzing, and commenting on football. Literally, that's all he gets paid to do. When you are a head coach you have to 1. Recruit 2. Deal with media 3. Manage your staff 4. COACH 5. Deal with administration 6. Mentor these young athletes. 6. And a bunch of other stuff

John Gruden is the "shiny" new thing in folks minds. Magical thinking . Let's hire this guy because all these things will fall in place just because of his persona.

High risk hire. He doesn't need the money. He hasn't coached college in decades. Fired from last coaching job as he didn't develop talent. Had strained relationships with players. Will this guy actually be hungry to do the work it takes? 70-80 hour weeks.
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I dont think UT admin. has enough sense to get out of their own way. They just keep trotting Butch out there on Saturdays knowing he is done. I blame UT more than I do Butch , they are embarrassing the University more than Butch is. Fla talks about firing shark boy and they dont waste any time but UT, they just keep on looking incompetent.
They need to put Butch on the road like 4 weeks ago and try to pretend that they have a clue on what they are doing. If Butch is on the sideline next Saturday, I hope the stadium is empty.

Bring Gruden Home
 
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johnboyhunter said:
John Gruden appears like a mastermind of football because his only job is watching, analyzing, and commenting on football. Literally, that's all he gets paid to do. When you are a head coach you have to 1. Recruit 2. Deal with media 3. Manage your staff 4. COACH 5. Deal with administration 6. Mentor these young athletes. 6. And a bunch of other stuff

John Gruden is the "shiny" new thing in folks minds. Magical thinking . Let's hire this guy because all these things will fall in place just because of his persona.

High risk hire. He doesn't need the money. He hasn't coached college in decades. Fired from last coaching job as he didn't develop talent. Had strained relationships with players. Will this guy actually be hungry to do the work it takes? 70-80 hour weeks.
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Assume the position.....
 
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Vol_sanity said:
I don't think MIT ever got into the specifics of the firing timeline...
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He’s been pretty accurate so far maybe he can shed light on what’s happening tonight? An hour ago he was on here acting like the firing was going to be announced and just Gruden was just a matter of hours
 
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ChiefTKE said:
Man this article should give our administration a sunburn:

Tennessee football: Vols accept loser status as Florida fires Jim McElwain
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Rich pull quote
"The Vols constantly roll over at the expense of everybody involved with the program.

And they’re doing it again. It’s beyond ridiculous.

By the way, don’t give me the excuse that John Currie just doesn’t want to fire Butch Jones midseason. He had no reservations about Tennessee football firing Phillip Fulmer back in 2008 during the middle of the season."
 
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revjayp said:
Bcarter mentioned the media had been informed already.
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Was shopping with the family then carving pumpkins when I got a text from a media member saying they have been put on alert for news coming soon out of the AD. called another friend in the media that corroborated. I think it means he is gone, what else would the media be out on alert for on a Sunday night? Neither said they were told what they were waiting to come but there are not too many things it could be. Both off record said they expected to have already gotten the call.
 
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Power T-Rev said:
Is it weird that I’m afraid to leave this thread in fear of missing out on something?
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Not at all. My page refresh timed out earlier and I mumbled to myself "it happened". And had a brief panic attack that I was missing it.
 
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I don’t swear (except in my head on the golf course) but I laugh out loud every time some unexpecting goob comes in here with one of those old, tired arguments against Gruden and the inevitable “GTFO” happens to them about 3-4 times in a row. One of the highlights of this thread. Lol.
 
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tnvols72 said:
I dont think UT admin. has enough sense to get out of their own way. They just keep trotting Butch out there on Saturdays knowing he is done. I blame UT more than I do Butch , they are embarrassing the University more than Butch is. Fla talks about firing shark boy and they dont waste any time but UT, they just keep on looking incompetent.
They need to put Butch on the road like 4 weeks ago and try to pretend that they have a clue on what they are doing. If Butch is on the sideline next Saturday, I hope the stadium is empty.

Bring Gruden Home
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Florida is a better run program top to bottom than Tennessee is.
 
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bcartervol98 said:
Was shopping with the family then carving pumpkins when I got a text from a media member saying they have been put on alert for news coming soon out of the AD. called another friend in the media that corroborated. I think it means he is gone, what else would the media be out on alert for on a Sunday night? Neither said they were told what they were waiting to come but there are not too many things it could be. Both off record said they expected to have already gotten the call.
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I guess we shall see then.
 
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