Recruiting Forum Football Talk XLII

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Nash_Vol97 said:
Think about that last LWS nugget. According to him Gruden doesn’t want to have leaks in the program. Currie has shown in the past month or so that not only can he make deals behinds the scene, he can keep it for the most part quiet. Currie is the man that can bring Gruden. If Gruden doesn’t come it won’t be at fault of Currie or the boosters.
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So basically we get to hear the local Knox media cry like babies if it happens...maybe they will learn how to protect a program like Bama, UGA and FL do theirs
 
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Jesus, this might actually happen. Im gonna have a lot of crow to eat if so...but Ill gladly eat it, by god.
 
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Gruden has talked about Jim Bob Cooter like they’ve got a future together or something
 
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Face said:
Temper your gruden expectations with this thread. Way more realistic in here.

Today has probably been the biggest day, IMO because of thenstuff price, hubbs, and LWS said
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Trust me, I was around for the first installment of "As the Grumors Turn". I learned my lesson back then.
 
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Could the media going “soft” on butch be somewhat of a precursor to Gruden having control over the media?
 
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Chief Vol 13 said:
Behind in what? Tennessee can compete with just about anyone from a resources standpoint. If you don't already realize that Mullen is a really good coach there's not a lot I can say to convince you. His record speaks for itself. He's about to win 8 or more games for the 5th time at MSU. This will be the 8th time he's taken them to a bowl and he led them to their first ever #1 ranking. It's almost common sense to see that with the resources he would have at Tennessee he would most likely do very well IMO
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Great QB developer, got MSU to #1, would get the most out of our young talent and he would represent the university well, too! I wonder what PM and PF think about him?

GO VOLS!!!
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
So basically we get to hear the local Knox media cry like babies if it happens...maybe they will learn how to protect a program like Bama, UGA and FL do theirs
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Would be such a welcome change. Media wouldn’t dare try to twist Grudens words like they do Butch. They would be cut off so quick.
 
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Just checking VN this morning...

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It’s one thing to hear rumors from TOS and VolNation’s finest, but for Hubbs and Price to finally warm up to the idea is significant IMO. I just got an alert from my weather app for a dense fog warning, but I think it’s smoke.
 
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VOLinCO said:
On a related note, the speculation about ESPN having some financial challenges seems rather odd considering that their parent company, Disney, is supposedly considering buying most of 21st Century Fox’s assets (studios, library, international distribution channels minus the sports and news divisions).

There again, maybe the tightening of belts at ESPN is a product of Disney’s attempts to expand in other areas.
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We're going through a phase of media consolidation and the strategy for those who wish to survive for a bit longer is to increase pipelines and content. Fox is waving the white flag in this respect and is downsizing. The continued success of netflix and other disrupters are a existential threat to the mega-media conglomerates. AT&T's move on Time Warner is another example of this desperation. While the broader market has been on a tear setting record high after record high month after month Disney's stock peaked in late 2015 and hasn't been able to muster any strength even in a broader market that has risen 30% above where it was when Disney was at it's peak in 2015. Meanwhile in the same time window Netflix stock has almost doubled and they aren't the only threat to Big Media. The new guys are winning and the old guys are losing. The pressure on Disney to reduce costs will not abate. They are up against a group of lean mean innovative entrepreneurs who their fat asses have little hope of keeping up with in the marketplace unless they become a lot more efficient and competitive on cost. jmo.

Since its peak in late 2015 Disney's stock is down from $120 to $100 while the broader market (S&P 500) has rallied from around 2,000 at the same time up to almost 2,600 now. In this whole time the broader market was rocketing upward every rally attempt by Disney stock has fallen well short of its 2015 price peak and then retreated. Insider ownership has reached alarming lows. By consolidating with other industry assets they'll look for opportunities to cut costs and have a higher output - i.e., cut 10,000's of jobs as they mold the newly acquried assets into their existing portfolio. jmo.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
We're going through a phase of media consolidation and the strategy for those who wish to survive for a bit longer is to increase pipelines and content. Fox is waving the white flag in this respect and is downsizing. The continued success of netflix and other disrupters are a existential threat to the mega-media conglomerates. AT&T's move on Time Warner is another example of this desperation. While the broader market has been on a tear setting record high after record high month after month Disney's stock peaked in late 2015 and hasn't been able to muster any strength even in a broader market that has risen 30% above where it was when Disney was at it's peak in 2015. Meanwhile in the same time window Netflix stock has almost doubled and they aren't the only threat to Big Media. The new guys are winning and the old guys are losing. The pressure on Disney to reduce costs will not abate. They are up against a group of lean mean innovative entrepreneurs who their fat asses have little hope of keeping up with in the marketplace unless they become a lot more efficient and competitive on cost. jmo.

Since its peak in late 2015 Disney's stock is down from $120 to $100 while the broader market (S&P 500) has rallied from around 2,000 at the same time up to almost 2,600 now. In this whole time the broader market was rocketing upward every rally attempt by Disney stock has fallen well short of its 2015 price peak and then retreated. Insider ownership has reached alarming lows. By consolidating with other industry assets they'll look for opportunities to cut costs and have a higher output - i.e., cut 10,000's of jobs as they mold the newly acquried assets into their existing portfolio. jmo.
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ChattaTNVol said:
We're going through a phase of media consolidation and the strategy for those who wish to survive for a bit longer is to increase pipelines and content. Fox is waving the white flag in this respect and is downsizing. The continued success of netflix and other disrupters are a existential threat to the mega-media conglomerates. AT&T's move on Time Warner is another example of this desperation. While the broader market has been on a tear setting record high after record high month after month Disney's stock peaked in late 2015 and hasn't been able to muster any strength even in a broader market that has risen 30% above where it was when Disney was at it's peak in 2015. Meanwhile in the same time window Netflix stock has almost doubled and they aren't the only threat to Big Media. The new guys are winning and the old guys are losing. The pressure on Disney to reduce costs will not abate. They are up against a group of lean mean innovative entrepreneurs who their fat asses have little hope of keeping up with in the marketplace unless they become a lot more efficient and competitive on cost. jmo.

Since its peak in late 2015 Disney's stock is down from $120 to $100 while the broader market (S&P 500) has rallied from around 2,000 at the same time up to almost 2,600 now. In this whole time the broader market was rocketing upward every rally attempt by Disney stock has fallen well short of its 2015 price peak and then retreated. Insider ownership has reached alarming lows. By consolidating with other industry assets they'll look for opportunities to cut costs and have a higher output - i.e., cut 10,000's of jobs as they mold the newly acquried assets into their existing portfolio. jmo.
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Soooo you saying Gruden is gonna coach from the pressbox or nah?
 
#620
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engineerVOL said:
Soooo you saying Gruden is gonna coach from the pressbox or nah?
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I had a project back in the beginning of 2005 with Sikorsky Aircraft in Connecticut. We were going to design and build a new heavy-lift helicopter for the marines. I came on board as a consultant in project controls as we were getting started. Politics intervened and the contract went to Lockheed-Martin but a week or so before that happened I had received a call to go help out on the restart of the Browns Ferry Unit 1 Nuclear Plant. The plant had been shut down since a fire there in 1980. The restart was a 9 figure project; the helicopters were a 10 figure project. I wanted to work at the time so even though Sikorsky offered me an inhouse position to stay with them, to me the grass looked greener in Decatur, Alabama - so I packed up and headed back south.

If I was Gruden and reading the writing on the wall I'd be packing for a move back to Knoxville - but maybe that's just me. Of course if he was going to do that he might want to buy a house first. jmo.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
We're going through a phase of media consolidation and the strategy for those who wish to survive for a bit longer is to increase pipelines and content. Fox is waving the white flag in this respect and is downsizing. The continued success of netflix and other disrupters are a existential threat to the mega-media conglomerates. AT&T's move on Time Warner is another example of this desperation. While the broader market has been on a tear setting record high after record high month after month Disney's stock peaked in late 2015 and hasn't been able to muster any strength even in a broader market that has risen 30% above where it was when Disney was at it's peak in 2015. Meanwhile in the same time window Netflix stock has almost doubled and they aren't the only threat to Big Media. The new guys are winning and the old guys are losing. The pressure on Disney to reduce costs will not abate. They are up against a group of lean mean innovative entrepreneurs who their fat asses have little hope of keeping up with in the marketplace unless they become a lot more efficient and competitive on cost. jmo.

Since its peak in late 2015 Disney's stock is down from $120 to $100 while the broader market (S&P 500) has rallied from around 2,000 at the same time up to almost 2,600 now. In this whole time the broader market was rocketing upward every rally attempt by Disney stock has fallen well short of its 2015 price peak and then retreated. Insider ownership has reached alarming lows. By consolidating with other industry assets they'll look for opportunities to cut costs and have a higher output - i.e., cut 10,000's of jobs as they mold the newly acquried assets into their existing portfolio. jmo.
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Old media is on its way out and they can't stop it. People are cutting their cords at growing rates and want to stream content on whatever device they want when they want. Netflix and Amazon are bigger content creators than any of the old media. Networks like HBO, TNT, Scifi, etc are cutting deals with Amazon and Netflix. WatchESPN app is crap compared to Amazon or Netflix technology.
 
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