Official Jon Gruden Thread XXVI

[UTVolinExile]

Take some Aleve. Those 4 day benders are tough to come out of...

Guys, I'm telling you, it was supermodels. In the Caymans. Check my stats!

 

[DuckRiverVol]

Who does Currie want?

Obviously not Gruden.

If he is like Hart...
ANYONE but Gruden.

 

[InVOLuntary]

The boosters have offered to pay the buyout...
Currie doesn't want Gruden, doesn't want to relinquish power, exactly like Hart.
This is all playing out exactly like it did in 2012.
Except this time the boosters have had time to cover all of their bases.
The boosters have everything covered, including the academic side.

The 20 million dollar question in my mind is this...
WHO is backing Currie? WHO hired Currie?

Many boosters wanted another candidate for AD, one of which most of them played for.

This is too easy.

 

[UTVolinExile]

Welcome back Exile. It's awfully rough in the Caymans, but somebody has to do it. :crazy:

THANK YOU, someone who understands the struggle!

 

[tastycar]

Guys, I'm telling you, it was supermodels. In the Caymans. Check my stats!

Supermodels-4's AT BEST
Caymans- Tybee Island

J/K, J/K

 

[SmokeyLives]

Have y’all seen this?

Neyland Stadium renovation: $340 million project to start in summer 2018

Edit: my apologies for the redundancy since it has already been mentioned.

Big time booster leverage! Think about it. Somebody wants to have big things happen at the best college football venue in the nation! He has to be part of the long term plan and, in my opinion, your needed rock star to fill that baby up is......SOON!

 

[ChiefTKE]

How do we know that Haslam is in the group of boosters that want to hire Gruden?

I am of the opinion that he is not. That being said, no one has ever said directly to me "Haslam isn't for Gruden." It would just be reading between lines.

 

[DuckRiverVol]

The article discusses some of the revisions, such as shifting the order of construction. Apparently the revisions upped the cost of some phases of construction, but resulted in a net savings of about $10mill. from the original plans. I was looking for any hint of involvement of boosters but didn't see any.

Anything involving money...
Especially of this scope and involving athletics, involves boosters.

 

[FacelessArya]

Morning vol fans!
Hoping today is the day.
I really fee Currie’s hand has been forced.

Morning!

Don’t know if today’s the day for Gruden, but tonight is the night for Call of Duty: WWIII!!

PS4 is ready for download at the witching hour. 😊

 

[UTVolinExile]

Anything involving money...
Especially of this scope and involving athletics, involves boosters.

No doubt. Was just looking for mention of contractors or specific donations. Naturally boosters would be a part, I just didn't see mention in the article.

 

[DuckRiverVol]

I am of the opinion that he is not. JMO from what I have been told. That being said, no one has ever said directly to me "Haslam isn't for Gruden." It would just be reading between lines.

Agreed.

Neither have I.


What I do know is nothing has happened at UT in the last 20 years that he didn't approve of.

And we know that the boosters tried and failed in 2012. They are trying again with resistance from somewhere...
Currie is a puppet. He has a title, and he stands at the podium.

WHO is pulling the strings?

 

[RagingOrange]

Maybe in instead of #EmptyNeyland we should start #FIREBUTCHFILLNEYLAND

Oddly enough the reno is to make LESS seats...to make room for MORE bigwig butts...

Let that sink in

 

[FacelessArya]

Morning.

MIT-It seems you and others are implying that the Boosters have gained a stronger hand in the deal, but what about Gruden? Does anything going on-potential lawsuits, additional players leaving the team, Davis resigning, etc, affect Gruden’s desire to take over the program?

Imma quote my own post, but seriously doesn’t anyone worry that our issues might keep Gruden away?

 

[tastycar]

Imma quote my own post, but seriously doesn’t anyone worry that our issues might keep Gruden away?

Issues? What issues?:thud:

 

[VolFan32]

Imma quote my own post, but seriously doesn’t anyone worry that our issues might keep Gruden away?

The only thing giving me hope on this is if everything is having to go according to Gruden's timeline. If that's the case, he's essentially holding everything hostage.

 

[SobeVol]

Does anyone know why Haslam would be against a Gruden hire?
Why is he always playing the cog in the wheel?

 

[Nationdom]

I'm all for improving the appearance of the stadium but they better not take away seats to add more comfortable seats. And they need to add 10-15 more.

 

[mrmax86]

Besides all the well-publicized family ties, and the ESPN stuff, here's why I think he would want to come here:

He is a driven man. A self-described egomaniac. He looks out on the college football landscape and tries to figure out who can beat Saban. Who can beat Saban? Who can bring Alabama and Saban down a notch?

and he thinks........"I alone can beat Saban. I alone can save Tennessee."

And that's why he comes here.

The challenge of it all.

Bumping this awesome night shift post.

 

[ChiefTKE]

I like you guys, but I was not staying up last night lol

The good news is that you have a short summary to write. It can say, and last night....everyone finally got some sleep.

 

[Vol_atile]

The only thing giving me hope on this is if everything is having to go according to Gruden's timeline. If that's the case, he's essentially holding everything hostage.

I was thinking that too. Jon Gruden knows exactly what's going to happen and when. As a matter of fact he's probably the only one that truly does.

 

[crparker21]

GUYS! Please with the politics already! We get it. Some of you hate Trump. Some of you love Trump.

It doesn't interest me at all to know which person you support/supported.

This... let us have one place to go and not hear politics.

 

[DuckRiverVol]

Imma quote my own post, but seriously doesn’t anyone worry that our issues might keep Gruden away?

The boosters have lined everything up.
Everything coming out in the news his week is coming from them.
I wouldn't worry about Gruden until someone else is holding a press conference.

 

[DD4ME]

If Currie (+ influencer) was lobbying for more time for his counteroffer, he would have to account for the loss of funding for the academic side. Based on the scope of the academic $ rumored to be in play as part of the original deal, an alternative deal seems implausible, but not completely unlikely with the right backing. Especially if there are players who don't take kindly to the loss of control (ie Haslam) who are scrambling to put something together that can come close.

MIT is the one that tossed out BATNA, and seems to represent a new unified booster faction. While he has indicated they want Gruden he has never expressed that they were completely non-negotiable. IF Currie magically procured a great option like John Harbaugh, as a hypothetical example I could see Currie getting booster support. Does not mean I believe it would happen.

 

[FacelessArya]

The only thing giving me hope on this is if everything is having to go according to Gruden's timeline. If that's the case, he's essentially holding everything hostage.

I just worry that with everything that’s going, he might just say “F it. You guys are too much trouble and you have too many problems.”

 

[ChiefTKE]

People with power never want to relinquish it.
You get used to always having your way and enjoy others bowing to you.
Human nature.

People keep power until they die or someone else takes it from them.

That sounds like something the Beav would say....is that you Beaver? lol. I think you and I are on the same line of thought. I think that what is actually going on (and it may line up with Beav, I've just never asked him)... but I think if there is a big group of boosters getting together to make this hire, one of their motives is to finally step in front of one of their colleagues that keeps doing things differently than they would.