volinbham
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Actually if you have ever bought a ticket or a drink in Neyland Stadium or anything that results in money changing hands in order for you to attend a football function then you are by definition a booster and would fall under that distinction with regards to contacting a recruit.
IMO, we are the venue/vehicle for the message not the target audience. Its known that folks from the AD, IMG and media are on VN. It only makes sense in a PR power play, knowing that we (VN) would fire up Grumors 2 after having Grumors 1, that this is the place to drop the info brought forth so far, as we all would take the nuggets and run amok with it. This also explains certain protected tweets as of course followers were expected to share them here so the targets could see them.
Its always been Jon and its only been Jon, for certain boosters involved. You dont go to the lengths weve witnessed on a hope and prayer. This PR blitz to pressure a certain group wouldnt make sense if Jon hadnt already agreed to take the job once it was able to be officially offered.
I think Butch was supposed to coach out the season after being told it was his last but no one expected the dumpster fire on the field of play. This would have allowed him to go gracefully to a new job, given assistants a chance to find new jobs, allowed Jon to do what he needed to do and created the needed optics that Jon came in after Jones left on good terms to a new job. I believe LSU was circled on the calendar as the loss to start wheels in motion publicly and firing Jones due to craptastic results has thrown everyones schedule into disarray. Now we get to wait and watch as all the pieces scramble in the background getting the contingency plans in place. Part of which appears to be the media floating out the conflicting and fuzzy timelines of who has been offered the HC job. Appearances are crucial now.
From my background in marketing, akin to selling ice to Eskimos, its been fascinating to watch and I give massive kudos to all involved on the PR front. Well done, very well done.
IMO, we are the venue/vehicle for the message not the target audience. Its known that folks from the AD, IMG and media are on VN. It only makes sense in a PR power play, knowing that we (VN) would fire up Grumors 2 after having Grumors 1, that this is the place to drop the info brought forth so far, as we all would take the nuggets and run amok with it. This also explains certain protected tweets as of course followers were expected to share them here so the targets could see them.
Its always been Jon and its only been Jon, for certain boosters involved. You dont go to the lengths weve witnessed on a hope and prayer. This PR blitz to pressure a certain group wouldnt make sense if Jon hadnt already agreed to take the job once it was able to be officially offered.
I think Butch was supposed to coach out the season after being told it was his last but no one expected the dumpster fire on the field of play. This would have allowed him to go gracefully to a new job, given assistants a chance to find new jobs, allowed Jon to do what he needed to do and created the needed optics that Jon came in after Jones left on good terms to a new job. I believe LSU was circled on the calendar as the loss to start wheels in motion publicly and firing Jones due to craptastic results has thrown everyones schedule into disarray. Now we get to wait and watch as all the pieces scramble in the background getting the contingency plans in place. Part of which appears to be the media floating out the conflicting and fuzzy timelines of who has been offered the HC job. Appearances are crucial now.
From my background in marketing, akin to selling ice to Eskimos, its been fascinating to watch and I give massive kudos to all involved on the PR front. Well done, very well done.
I thought this where grumors were supposed to be. Y'all suck at grumongering. I heard from a source in the AD that Gruden was at a pilot station in pigeon forge last Wednesday looking at a MNF commercial featuring himself. He looked at the dish network van next to him and said soon.
