Official Jon Gruden Thread XXVI

[5FingerVolPunch]

Or he put it out there like look Big Jim you could be the hero and get all the accolades if you help make UT football great again...

That's not how I read it. It's pretty cut and dry.

 

[Smokeyshowl66]

Replacing Fulmer - conceivable boosters would fight over control...
Replacing Kiffyboy - conceivable boosters would still be fighting over control after Fulmer...
Replacing Dooley - conceivable boosters would fight over control...
Replacing Jones - there's nothing left to fight over - they just need to get on the same page

 

[DuckinVol]

Is he still winning?

My source has been in meetings since 2:00

 

[BubbaWms]

Jumping back on here for just a minute. To see what's up. The first and only time I will ask. Is it SOON or is the cheese off the taco. I need an update

GTFO

no post so far that indicates who won the pi$$ing contest !

 

[billcox0625]

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[MaTaLa]

Or maybe this is a smear campaign against the Haslams initiated by Ergen with Beaver being a paid PR "pusher". :question:

 

[AMBAVol07]

And Bev passing on the plan earlier this week was her picking sides.

AD works for her. Currie may decide to support his boss and not commit career suicide if his billionaire side is seen as losing the urinary olympics.

 

[VFLnSFD]

I just want to remind everyone that Bubba's first post ever on this board was a reply to me. TIFWIW but does that make me an insider?

It makes you totally awesome!

 

[aredfox28]

Lol

Here is Wendy Peffercorn today...

I gotta corncob she can play with... sorry freak, dont ban me.. too much going on right now..

 

[Coastypop]

I can't believe you went from 70 to 40. I've been and 50 and see no reason to move it.

Atlanta VOl was part of it along with confirming this is a Haslam vs Ergen fight

 

[volfan1631]

I am closer to the MBB consulting type than PHD persona. With that said, I am well studied in human behavior dynamics.

I have a degree in psychology and in public administration. It is amazing how you use psychology to get to the end goal in whatever you are pursuing.

 

[allvol]

I don't find the information hard to swallow, I believe it to be true.... What I do find hard to swallow is that Ergen and Company will be able to pull it off.... I am taking a wait and see on that!

40% chance they do

Haslam net worth estimated $3.6 billion. Ergen net worth at $14.6 billion...

 

[VFLnSFD]

Nope.

Are you his best friend and career advisor?

 

[Nash_Vol97]

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[Dallasbowlin]

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The stuff people come up with.

 

[InVOLuntary]

You can believe it or not, but people I trust implicitly say it's true.

It's far more silly to me to think that a family that has donated 9 figures to UT and loves the football program, wants to sabotage it.

I truly believe this time there are two possibilities, we hire Gruden or he turned us down. Not that he wants it and is getting blocked.

People that I know and trust tell me that Big Jim won't get out of the way. I know they are big boosters. I've been over there with them on multiple occasions. I don't however think that they are sabotaging the school or the football program. I honestly think that they think anything they do is in the best interest of the university. I'm just not sure their decisions are always wise ones.

I don't have intel that they are sabotaging this. I do think he's holding up the "official" firing of Butch. I'm not sure why. I don't think Butch's presence has any direct influence on the Gruden deal.

 

[tvolsfan]

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If this doesn’t work out, there will be some extremely unhappy former players.

 

[VolsFanJC]

I done told you to GTFO.

I’m about to make a house call to you, but it won’t be managing your catheter, i’m bringing my enema kit.

Hey Arya, we'll just intubate and sedate him then drop in a Foley, a flex-a-seal, and give him an IO for his IV access...lol

Oh and schedule him for a colonoscopy since, obviously, he is FOS...

 

[VFLnSFD]

Haslam net worth estimated $3.6 billion. Ergen net worth at $14.6 billion...

I'm really glad you are witnessing this with me.

 

[G8rh8r]

Dropping from two percent.

No reason to think Haslam won’t win again if that’s the case.

While we all have beaten Vol syndrome, this time Ergen has something they didn't have last time....academic leverage with the funding. It's genius. He's got Currie's boss in his pocket. If this falls through, we lose Gruden, we lose Ergen's donations, and we lose academic funding. He's got the bases stacked and loaded. I'd hate to be Currie right now if this is true.

 

[UTVolinExile]

You're my kind of....person. I don't know if you are male or female but you are fantastic. Is this why you opened your VN account?

Oh no, she's gone over to the dark side...

 

[tvolsfan]

While we all have beaten Vol syndrome, this time Ergen has something they didn't have last time....academic leverage with the funding. It's genius. He's got Currie's boss in his pocket. If this falls through, we lose Gruden, we lose Ergen's donations, and we lose academic funding. He's got the bases stacked and loaded. I'd hate to be Currie right now if this is true.

Yeah, we’ll see how that goes.

 

[Lovesomebigorange]

AD works for her. Currie may decide to support his boss and not commit career suicide if his billionaire side is seen as losing the urinary olympics.

So Bev is one of the good guys so to speak?

 

[VFLnSFD]

Oh no, she's gone over to the dark side...

I'm excited because it is confirmed that he/she is an actual professional.

Ergen. Won't. Lose.

 

[SmokeyLives]

It won’t be part of the minutes, but for anyone who watched Currie’s presentation, at the end of the q&a, one of the trustees mentioned that they’ve implemented new and different ways of funding for the university, which was met with some head bobbing, a few chuckles, a few sneers, and some under the breath mumbling. It was really noteworthy and pretty interesting, thinking it could relate to the VC funding mentioned by Beaver.