Official Jon Gruden Thread XXVI

[Lovesomebigorange]

Can someone screenshot his timeline? His account is protected.

What is he saying? He was just on here not that long ago.. it appeared like things were good per the meeting updates????

 

[InVOLuntary]

Yeah, if Gruden is 100% done why does he feel the need to to call out Currie all of the sudden. Guessing the Beav wasn't happy after today's meeting.

MIT has always indicated it was done on the Gruden/Booster side. He always said it was deal that no sane person would turn down. It would be almost impossible to turn down. That indicates that it could be turned down, at least to me.

 

[KB5252]

Been interviewing today, unable to drop in. Sounds like there was a little action. Still at work, any kind soul care to give a briefing of what went down?

 

[jpope9]

What is he saying? He was just on here not that long ago.. it appeared like things were good per the meeting updates????

scroll up a couple of posts.

 

[VEKZY]

Can someone please let us know what Beav is tweeting? How the hell can Haslam win this hand?

Haslam wins always. At least throughout recent history of the program.

 

[rtb1983]

Been interviewing today, unable to drop in. Sounds like there was a little action. Still at work, any kind soul care to give a briefing of what went down?

Insiders said things and people got happy. Then insiders said more things and people got unhappy. Then more things were said and we aren’t sure right now.

It’s a vicious cycle.

 

[SmokeyLives]

So there is this teezer.....

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[BJWeeks]

What is he saying? He was just on here not that long ago.. it appeared like things were good per the meeting updates????

here it is

 

[Coastypop]

He seems upset

WOW! :lolabove:

 

[TnColt8]

Seem confirmation that this is a showdown between Haslam (the old guard) and Ergen and his 85% coalition ... That battle was fought once in 2012 and Haslam won out...

Then Atlanta Vol posted that the AD had contacted a coach (Not Gruden) to see if he had interest in Tennessee
(would not name him)...

These two things together made me lower my percentage to 40% chance we land Gruden

I am following you and don't disagree with any of your points.

I will say, the comment Currie made about the big time fundraising that went on to make the renovations happen is sticking with me. Wouldn't someone who knew that a large portion of the money pledged was no longer available choose different words or at least act a little more somber in his remarks?

Playing devils advocate of course. I, like you, am up in the air about what to conclude about this whole thing.

 

[G8rh8r]

Why would Haslam sabotage the university like that? To me, hiring Gruden and getting VC funding is a no brainer.

 

[Coastypop]

Haslam wins always. At least throughout recent history of the program.

I don't know how, but yes he does

 

[BJWeeks]

WOW! :lolabove:

what?

 

[patrick]

The tweet was an hour ago so maybe it is to draw attention

what is mit twitter handle

 

[Godfatha]

Haslam wins always. At least throughout recent history of the program.

Haslam wins, we all lose

 

[revjayp]

what is mit twitter handle

It’s private and he approves his followers. I follow him.

 

[Vols_Life]

here it is

Maybe not related to Gruden, but trying to turn up the pressure to get rid of Butch ASAP!

 

[ER Vol]

Can you do some sleuthing? In light of Atlanta Vol's and other posts earlier today, I've heard that Spurrier reached out to Stoops yesterday about the Florida job and that Stoops has not returned his call?

The only 3 "wow" hires I could think of were: Gruden, Stoops, or Kelly.... and Kelly as the show cause issue.

I actually got to meet Coach Stoops a couple of months ago at a charity dinner party. Very nice man and seems to be very smart. From the way he was talking, he didn't sound like he wanted to coach again and that he was very happy in his decision to spend more time with his family. He had thought he missed too much time of his kids growing up and didn't want to miss anymore.
Of course I don't know him personally, but he seemed pretty content to me.

 

[Coastypop]

I am following you and don't disagree with any of your points.

I will say, the comment Currie made about the big time fundraising that went on to make the renovations happen is sticking with me. Wouldn't someone who knew that a large portion of the money pledged was no longer available choose different words or at least act a little more somber in his remarks?

Playing devils advocate of course. I, like you, am up in the air about what to conclude about this whole thing.

Interesting observance .... let me just say .... The plot thickens

 

[BubbaWms]

Been interviewing today, unable to drop in. Sounds like there was a little action. Still at work, any kind soul care to give a briefing of what went down?

Heavyweight bout....Ergen vs Haslam....some round, don't have TKO news as of now !

 

[vol4eva]

We have arguably the most dysfunctional AD in the country. If we hire another mid major nobody, I won't spend a dime on Tenn.

I'm sick of it, and I'm sure most of the fan base is as well.

 

[Sstterry]

I thought the donor meeting want until tonight?

 

[Coastypop]

Maybe not related to Gruden, but trying to turn up the pressure to get rid of Butch ASAP!

Ha Ha ... How is hiring a JV coach Not Gruden related ?

 

[joevol33]

MIT has always indicated it was done on the Gruden/Booster side. He always said it was deal that no sane person would turn down. It would be almost impossible to turn down. That indicates that it could be turned down, at least to me.

He also said it was done to the point he would be back to see those who doubted, and those who were behind it all never missed. He posted several times that there was zero chance of this falling through. I’ve doubted him from the beginning, and made myself a bad guy for daring to do such a thing.

 

[knucklehead_vol]

Why would Haslam sabotage the university like that? To me, hiring Gruden and getting VC funding is a no brainer.

It's called who has the bigger d%^k.