Official Jon Gruden Thread XXVI

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VFLnSFD said:
I did. Then I woke up at 1:30 unable to sleep because of this stupid thread. So I got up for an hour to catch up before going back to bed.

Good catch!
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Take a step back! This is fun, but not worth losing sleep over. We had a terrorist attack yesterday. While we are all Vol Fans, we have to keep things in perspective.

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VFLnSFD said:
I did. Then I woke up at 1:30 unable to sleep because of this stupid thread. So I got up for an hour to catch up before going back to bed.

Good catch!
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Sstterry said:
Take a step back! This is fun, but not worth losing sleep over. We had a terrorist attack yesterday. While we are all Vol Fans, we have to keep things in perspective.

Soon
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I get that. I'm fine. I am semi-randomly OCD. It tends to be about things that have a finite time frame, and it doesn't happen too often. This too shall pass. Luckily, my husband understans it too. We can have occasional bouts, or constant. We pick occasional.

And I'm relatively certain that the world news was a big thing that caused me to slip down this rabbit hole. I think this is my coping mechanism.
 
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VFLnSFD said:
I get that. I'm fine. I am semi-randomly OCD. It tends to be about things that have a finite time frame, and it doesn't happen too often. This too shall pass. Luckily, my husband gets it too. We can have occasional bouts, or constant. We pick occasional.

And I'm relatively certain that the world news was a big thing that caused me to slip down this rabbit hole. I think this is my coping mechanism.
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I get it, I am in a fairly high-stress profession. Sunday night after constantly refreshing the thread and starting to make dinner, I thought to myself, I have just spent an hour not worrying about anything other than Jon Gruden and Tennessee football. It was a welcome break. :dance2:
 
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VFLnSFD said:
I get that. I'm fine. I am semi-randomly OCD. It tends to be about things that have a finite time frame, and it doesn't happen too often. This too shall pass. Luckily, my husband gets it too. We can have occasional bouts, or constant. We pick occasional.

And I'm relatively certain that the world news was a big thing that caused me to slip down this rabbit hole. I think this is my coping mechanism.
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We're going to have to get you another mystery/riddle/3,000 moving part situation to focus on after this.

Maybe UF is in a power struggle and they have a Princeton_Groundhog.

You have a nose for this.
 
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SFD, it just occurred to me that your poor kids won't be able to get away with anything. 😁

Their wool is see-through with you around.
 
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Hawkpilot said:
I was typing as you were..that's what I'm thinking too. Another poster kept saying needs and wants and identify them. If this falls through it could only be because of one individual not a collective group, ie academia vs athletics. I am amazed how well they have the perimeter secured. IMO
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Good morning! I wanted to quote something you wrote, but not your dissertation. Here are my thoughts on that:
-obviously, good, meticulous work. I'd expect no less.
-as I've said many times now. There are wildcards, but Gruden's not one of them. I can immediately dismiss any report about "He said no." It simply isn't true.
- talking about the war between boosters and admin. I don't think it is an accident that we get bad news at the same time each day. The admin side is attempting to do what the boosters have done with Bubba and MIT, except the admin is using people in the office with other stuff to do. MIT and bubba are watching everything we say. I believe they are hired professionals, in some way.
- the Haslam stuff reminds me why I don't want to be in politics. I don't want to need to scratch anyone's back. Ever.
-perhaps you are right that he caught wind of bev's decision on outsourcing. I'm hoping that yesterday evening's flurry of activity demonstrates that it is simply the first chip to be cashed in. I'm convinced that hubbs tweeted that because he was told to. I believe it really may have been the white smoke from the chimney.
- I know that the Haslams and the corkers are connected politically and personally, but I'm not sure that corker's presidential bid is a factor here. I just think the Haslam name can't be drug through the mud because of anyone's future in politics.
-PM adds value in so many ways. He is an instant unifier in any contentious negotiations. Plus, he is able to provide sweat equity that is of greater value than his monetary donations might be. Add to it that he is a scarabbean and his clout grows immeasurably.


-last night's message from the Beav really was a gift to me. I said yesterday that the Beav speaks to those that are here for hope, and bubba speaks to those that are here for the problem solving. But the Beav spoke to the problem solvers last night. What he was saying, really, is that the boosters have pocket aces for each hand of poker they are playing/each primary stakeholder. The AA cannot walk away from a deal that includes a VC firm in silicon valley funneling research to a school that aims to be a top 30 public research university. As a graduate from the college of engineering, I appreciate that the boosters brought in this piece.

The boosters have quite literally thought of everything. This is why they are billionaires today.
 
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It has been fascinating watching everything unfold.

I am not one for details. I never read instructions. 99% of the time, I'll wing it and hope for the best. That's just who I am.

Thanks SFD, Hawk, and all the rest for decoding.
 
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tastycar said:
It has been fascinating watching everything unfold.

I am not one for details. I never read instructions. 99% of the time, I'll wing it and hope for the best. That's just who I am.

Thanks SFD, Hawk, and all the rest for decoding.
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I'm still catching up in the other thread overnight, but, what if the hold up is and has been that we are switching back to the athletic department being autonomous and independent of the chancellor (as condition for Gruden to accept)? Thus, waiting on BOD meetings to do so?
 
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tastycar said:
It has been fascinating watching everything unfold.

I am not one for details. I never read instructions. 99% of the time, I'll wing it and hope for the best. That's just who I am.

Thanks SFD, Hawk, and all the rest for decoding.
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My pleasure. And, for ther record, I kind of like talking people back from the ledge, so you've brought something to the table for me too.
 
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tennvols77 said:
I'm still catching up in the other thread overnight, but, what if the hold up is and has been that we are switching back to the athletic department being autonomous and independent of the chancellor (as condition for Gruden to accept)? Thus, waiting on BOD meetings to do so?
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I think this is a very real possibility, and this week's events will show us.
 
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VFLnSFD said:
My pleasure. And, for ther record, I kind of like talking people back from the ledge, so you've brought something to the table for me too.
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Then I was a TREMENDOUS help because I found myself at that ledge more times than I can count.
 
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Being a single father its hard to keep up here so I learned whose post to read and whose to skip not easy being daddy and mamma too
 
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