Official Jon Gruden thread 32.

[zidanefan]

fyp

That you, Albert?

 

[vfl#2]

Soon... Been awhile since I've posted but read all the time. This has to be an all-star hire. Definitely if Florida is hiring Chip Kelly. He would be tough to compete against in recruiting without some one like Gruden. And I'm not saying Florida is hiring Kelly just seen that and it made me cringe a little. Go Vols. Gruden to the Hill.

 

[Stogie Vol]

For me the answer is always a La Flor Dominicana double ligero chisel maduro.

Nice!

 

[ShowMeThemTD's]

I feel ashamed I actually laughed at that.

Yeah I did too, unfortunately.

 

[kiddiedoc]

4. If Butch is really calling recruits to tell them to decommit then he is next level narcissistic. He is seriously straight up full of himself.

You are just now figuring this out?

 

[I Love Lamp]

Well, true. But not sure a self-selected community of 20,000 or so is a very accurate way of testing the waters of the bigger Volunteer Nation, which measures in the millions and pays FAR less attention to the machinations of the program than we do.

Hiring one of the polling firms to do a representative sample survey would surely be far more statistically valid, and reliable.

But then, maybe so. Who knows?

Maybe whoever Beaver is has taken on all these different personas to to interact with all these different avenues, I mean the guy did create a Twitter account after his first appareance here. He seems to be rather savvy at it too so leads me to think he is not new to the platform.

 

[Orange&White]

He comes on Nashville radio each week and you are right.He is getting hard to listen to.

I get being optimistic and a sunshine pumper, but he literally only sees the side he wants to and that's generally just being a mouth piece for the university.

 

[tastycar]

To the person that said Raynoch Thompson... Good one! Used to call him Ray 'knock you around' Thompson.

 

[Skullbone]

Nice!

Yessir. Shout out to all the cigar smokers in the hizouse. Save that special one. Soon.

 

[FacelessArya]

🤔 That would explain the grin today, all the people jumping in here on this thread, the open ended questions, Trey saying Gruden has been using Haslam's plane (no infighting), and this feeling like a research project.

I don’t care if I’m being used, I just want to know if it’s true!! Or are they just trying to make it happen?

 

[TenUhSee]

has mr manning said anything about all this?

 

[Coastypop]

1. Currie said we will not be using a search firm. That's big. Both Currie AND UT have solid track records of using firms.
2. To the rational thinker, it's not a stretch to say that he could already have his guy.
3. If he already has his guy, you can bet it's not a current sitting college coach.

<enter Gruden>

I thought the NO SEARCH FIRM was the biggest nugget to come out of the presser today

 

[MaTaLa]

fyp

Real classy...you'll go far

 

[UneducatedGuess]

Or Miles...

Hurry up and

 

[ChiefTKE]

1. Currie said we will not be using a search firm. That's big. Both Currie AND UT have solid track records of using firms.
2. To the rational thinker, it's not a stretch to say that he could already have his guy.
3. If he already has his guy, you can bet it's not a current sitting college coach.

<enter Gruden>

It think you have to look at Currie as a business guy to understand why there is no search firm. He may have his guy, I can’t say. I knew he wouldn’t use a search firm even before I was told pre-presser. The most important thing to Currie is his ability to control the true flow of information. That is why most booster insiders may be starting to go silent... out of respect for the AD stage of the process. Even if he didnt have his guy, search firms are sales people, and sales people talk. Currie wants to be the guy with the info and he doesnt share with just anyone. This is a positive thing for a Gruden possibility. With no search firm, I would expect this to be over fairly quickly.

 

[vol.E]

Real classy...you'll go far

Fret fret

 

[rdavis007]

Al Wilson!

 

[BloodShovel]

Have insiders gone quiet today?

 

[FacelessArya]

The Beav confirmed to me a while ago that the "doneness" of the deal was related to a game theory approach. The deal that was being assembled was too good to say no to, and thus the AD would have to accept. (Like offering someone the choice between $20 and a kick in the nuts.)

Now, the ultimate variable has always been Gruden himself, however I'd like to believe his interest was fully vetted prior to too much effort being expended. Something was said by a few people about ten days or so to that effect.

So, is it done (as in ink dry), maybe not. But is it inevitable, perhaps.

Holy balls. It sounds like they might be forced on both ends. I hope Gruden is part of this and he’s not going WTF?

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

I really enjoyed that, too.

Then I stepped back a bit and realized: he'd say the same thing about a half-dozen SEC programs (Bama, Auburn, LSU, Florida, and Georgia, at minimum).

And he works for the SEC-Network, so has an inherent bias in our collective favor.

So when he acknowledged us as one of the blue blood programs in the country, my initial flush of pride and agreement was quickly tempered by his probable built-in bias.

Still, nice to hear.

I guess I expected him to say it below the others.

 

[ShowMeThemTD's]

I thought the NO SEARCH FIRM was the biggest nugget to come out of the presser today

It's huge! The only reasonable reason for him not to include a search firm would be the deal is already finished. I'm honestly surprised even if the deal is finished, that he still wouldn't use a firm though!?

 

[jasonvol18]

If he dosent atleast give gruden a call then he should be right behind jones.

That was done 6 weeks ago

 

[volinSmyrna]

Brian Darden to the hill!!!!!

 

[OrngeChkrboardVFL]

Soon... Been awhile since I've posted but read all the time. This has to be an all-star hire. Definitely if Florida is hiring Chip Kelly. He would be tough to compete against in recruiting without some one like Gruden. And I'm not saying Florida is hiring Kelly just seen that and it made me cringe a little. Go Vols. Gruden to the Hill.

Kirby has surged at uga. If Florida gets Kelly and we get Gruden, we are going to get to watch some awesome football games in the near future. The SEC will be insane!

 

[volfan1631]