Official Jon Gruden Thread XXV

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Behr said:
What makes you sure its been cleared on the academic side? I'm not implying its not, just asking.
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Another poster on here that has been locked out of his account because he tried to change his email address, UTVolinExile, stated the other day that his friend on the inside told him that the path on the academic end had been cleared. This is not a poster that jumps to conclusions or shoots off at the hip.
 
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VFLnSFD said:
It isn't the academic side. The path has been cleared there. I'm starting to believe that Haslam may be balking.
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Haslem screwing something up? Imagine that....his company is in trouble with the federal government and his football team is the joke of the NFL.....never saw it coming that he would mess something up.
 
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DynaLo said:
I have NEVER been a negavol, but I posted this in December 2012.


After watching the Jones press conference, my deja vu feeling of nausea at the coach speak sent me out surfing multiple Bearcat boards and I found common themes concerning the new head coach.

Micro manager
Weak x's and o's guy
Paranoid
Bad late game management
No 2nd half adjustment
On field loyalty to less talented players
Big ego
Corny Butchisms
Unwillingness to adjust his way to current roster skill set
Fans more upset over loss of assistant coaches than head coach

The bammer and gator have gifted the Vols with Dooley 2.0 for a long term stretch. The only good things I could find were he works really, really hard and appears to be a recruiting upgrade over Doolz.

I avoided the obviously butthurt fans in reading statements concerning Jones, but most Bearcat fans think he is way out of his league in trying to coach in the SEC.

Ugh!!!!! Do I think Jones can win the SEC and a NC? No, but I hope I'm wrong.
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Spot on. A lot of UT fans were hoping he would be the one and many bought his cornball antics and slogans.
 
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One other observation. The academic elitists might try to marginalize football, but they sure like dipping their hands into the revenue stream. So, there is a dilemma. Do they burn it down and kill the goose? Or help it lay even more golden eggs?

Seems like a no brainer to me. But, on the other hand, these academic types really aren't anywhere close to as smart as they think.
 
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Coastypop said:
The more I read, both positive and Negative... I tend to believe that this has a good possibility of happening!

I believe that Gruden HAS said yes to a Boosters ONLY offer, I believe that the AD has not fully gotten on board yet.. much of his reluctance depends upon what Haslam does or says and I also believe the Admissions and Academic side are not fully on board yet. I believe thus the reason for both Beaver and Bubba to try and put pressure on the naysayers..............

The one hope I have is the Boosters learned a hard lesson from the failed 2012 campaign and should be better at doing what they do............


My percentage holds now at 70% that it could happen
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Sadly, for us wanting instant results and action, I finally really believe the longer this goes and the quieter Currie is, the better chance this has of happening. Nothing else makes sense now.
 
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willinhf said:
I heard all that, but I never heard “pro team”. Of course, I’m bed-ridden with the flu and that could have passed right by me, but I noticed also how he talked a lot about younger players, and also about a specific play, where he said “here is a play that every college tram runs at least once a game”. I found that interesting that he comments on how he is studying the college game and their play patterns.
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I heard the entire thing, HE NEVER SAID PRO TEAM with his comment on missing coaching. HE DID NOT! SOON!!!!
 
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DocVol said:
Sadly, for us wanting instant results and action, I finally really believe the longer this goes and the quieter Currie is, the better chance this has of happening. Nothing else makes sense now.
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Have you spoken with your family member? Any idea what happened sunday night? It's obvious to me that Butch was finished then but something happened. I think you're our best shot at knowing what.
 
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DocVol said:
Sadly, for us wanting instant results and action, I finally really believe the longer this goes and the quieter Currie is, the better chance this has of happening. Nothing else makes sense now.
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I don't know if there is a better chance of it happening, but it better happen after the way Currie has handled this. Anything less than Gruden at this point is going to be a disappointment to everyone.
 
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Boca Vol said:
Exactly. The ignore feature is for thin-skinned snowflakes that need coloring books, puppies to pet, and playdough when someone disagrees with them.
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People have just as much right to put someone on ignore as just like they have the right to talk stupid, people have the right to say stupid stuff but people also have the right not to listen. SOON!!!! GBO!!!!
 
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