Official Jon Gruden Thread 34

[preacherman4vols]

Is there any truth to Gruden being on campus tonight? Read a post on FB that he and Randy Sanders are there!!!

No way Randy Sander would be there on game week

 

[SoKnoxVol]

Beave just dropped the hammer on Albright lol

Screenshot for all us “non Twitter” people please..

 

[Behr]

With this timetable starting a week or two ago, the deal should be done or rejected by now.

How many more time are you gonna say that Old Mother?

Maybe it's already done. Maybe they have a perfect time set to announce it and they don't GAF about your opinion of when that is.

 

[ClearwaterVol]

Email me later I'll need your address and I'll send them to you overnight. Once you see this comment, like it so I can delete my address

I wanna hit like but... If anyone else contacts you let me know

 

[RagingOrange]

Any vets on here or parents with young children who maybe don’t get a chance to go to UT games who would like to go to the LSU game this weekend? I would like to treat some folks if there is anyone out there that would meet that criteria.

No questions on Gruden front please. Sorry have not been around but things have been moving at a frantic pace and the process must be respected....and I have a duty to AD to uphold that at this point....

Would you have three left for my 11 yo son whos never been, my dad who hasnt been in a decade or better and me who hasnt been in 5 years?

Thanks for your generosity regardless sir!

 

[Batman1948]

John Currie is doing this his way. Nothing is getting out of his office. This guy has the lid screwed on as tight as he can get it.

In the absence of information, folks just make sh!t up. That's exactly what everyone is doing---just making stuff up. I believe the deal is done and it's Gruden. Currie will announce this hire when the time is right. Just sit back and enjoy the ride folks.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

There are so many levels to this, it's kinda amazing.

It's kinda like a pyramid-shaped fish tank, where the fish live in different strata and can't easily move higher or lower.

At the bottom of the pyramid, the biggest group is us. We're just swimming around, scrutinizing all the bits that filter all the way to the bottom. Those bits have been through so many layers already that they're hardly recognizable as information.

One level above us are the dimestore bloggers and local radio/TV personalities, who have very little more access than us...but there are fewer of them and they all have some kind of loudspeaker. We pay attention to them because, well, they're one step closer to the info than us. That doesn't mean they're anywhere near close.

Above those fellas are the folks who actually start having some kind of insider access. Not strong access, maybe just one or two "sources" they can absolutely trust (whether a family member, or a paid informant, or anything in between), but at least they're getting something that can be taken to the bank. It could absolutely be wrong, but only because of all the layers still above them.

Next up are the lowest-tier of actual players. These are folks who work somewhere in the Athletic offices at UT, or are low-grade boosters (high enough to get in on some of the meetings, but not the big ones), or the like.

Above them are the Big Fish. The billionaire boosters who are engaged, the inner circle of the AD's 4th floor, the university lawyers helping work the deal. And these folks really believe they know exactly what's going on. But even they can be surprised, because...

...at the end of the day it comes down to John Currie and Jon Gruden (or another coach). Anything can change at any moment, a 'no' can turn into a 'yes,' and everyone in all those lower tiers of the pyramid can be utterly shocked. Even those just one level down.

So don't let the highs get you too high, or the lows get you too low, what we're seeing way down here at the bottom is just a reflection of a glint of a flash of an interrupted look at the real light.

Go Vols!

 

[SoKnoxVol]

Didn’t Beaver say a bunch of nega-Grudes in the media would come out before Gruden was hired? Dunno, maybe I’m imagining this.

 

[crparker21]

Lakesidevol on VQ..

"yes he is on campus and yes he has 100% reached out to David Blackburn for compliance and Dale Jones as a potential defensive coach"

This is getting very interesting.. IMO Gruden is wanting to put together a staff that would make Saban sh!t himself

I'm not sure DB is interested, but this is legit.

 

[VolFootballIsLife]

Email me later I'll need your address and I'll send them to you overnight. Once you see this comment, like it so I can delete my address

Ok delete. That is truly kind. The world needs more like you.

 

[AllVolForLife_16]

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[HeadVol77]

ATL I just want to thank you for all you do and have done for people on here. You sir are the definition of a true VFL. My hat is off to you .

100% completely agree

 

[supercoop]

This...remember this date. Visits are scheduled for the Vandy game. One would think we'd want to have a story to tell....

Amen brother...exactly what I have told the guys not following and listening to every sec and rocky top post...the big BOOM will be announced when it will do the greater good...for Currie and the program...now I can catch up but in the great words of the great Axle Rose Just A Little Patience....GRUDEN TO THE HILL!!!!

 

[ATLVols]

John Currie is doing this his way. Nothing is getting out of his office. This guy has the lid screwed on as tight as he can get it.

In the absence of information, folks just make sh!t up. That's exactly what everyone is doing---just making stuff up. I believe the deal is done and it's Gruden. Currie will announce this hire when the time is right. Just sit back and enjoy the ride folks.

Keeping it close to the vest is a good thing. Hopefully no more embarrassing rejections.

 

[Codaman]

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BOOM!! Heck yeah!

 

[MACGRUDER]

Beaver re: Allbright

 

[UTLEGEND]

I'm not sure DB is interested, but this is legit.

Wasn't Blackburn the oversight guy for Kiffin?

 

[Jcates23]

Everything I've heard said is that coaches were contacted "on his behalf" so he can say he hasn't contacted them personally and not be lying.

Right, which is why that quote would mean just about nothing.

 

[Nerwen Aldarion]

Lakesidevol on VQ..

"yes he is on campus and yes he has 100% reached out to David Blackburn for compliance and Dale Jones as a potential defensive coach"

This is getting very interesting.. IMO Gruden is wanting to put together a staff that would make Saban sh!t himself

Oh God I really really want this to be true but I just can't seem to fully believe. I don't think I will until it becomes 100% official. Even then I might think I'm in some kind of dream that was created by some aliens from another dimension.

 

[Wild @s a Mink]

There are so many levels to this, it's kinda amazing.

It's kinda like a pyramid-shaped fish tank, where the fish live in different strata and can't easily move higher or lower.

At the bottom of the pyramid, the biggest group is us. We're just swimming around, scrutinizing all the bits that filter all the way to the bottom. Those bits have been through so many layers already that they're hardly recognizable as information.

One level above us are the dimestore bloggers and local radio/TV personalities, who have very little more access than us...but there are fewer of them and they all have some kind of loudspeaker. We pay attention to them because, well, they're one step closer to the info than us. That doesn't mean they're anywhere near close.

Above those fellas are the folks who actually start having some kind of insider access. Not strong access, maybe just one or two "sources" they can absolutely trust (whether a family member, or a paid informant, or anything in between), but at least they're getting something that can be taken to the bank. It could absolutely be wrong, but only because of all the layers still above them.

Next up are the lowest-tier of actual players. These are folks who work somewhere in the Athletic offices at UT, or are low-grade boosters (high enough to get in on some of the meetings, but not the big ones), or the like.

Above them are the Big Fish. The billionaire boosters who are engaged, the inner circle of the AD's 4th floor, the university lawyers helping work the deal. And these folks really believe they know exactly what's going on. But even they can be surprised, because...

...at the end of the day it comes down to John Currie and Jon Gruden (or another coach). Anything can change at any moment, a 'no' can turn into a 'yes,' and everyone in all those lower tiers of the pyramid can be utterly shocked. Even those just one level down.

So don't let the highs get you too high, or the lows get you too low, what we're seeing way down here at the bottom is just a reflection of a glint of a flash of an interrupted look at the real light.

Go Vols!

Well done!

I’m the Nurse shark....hanging around and observing. Unless you just keep messing with me....then I bite lol.

 

[aredfox28]

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Zing......

 

[Christian Lowe]

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Jesus Christ hahahah

 

[jollygreenrescue]

I know Atlvol has a few tix left. I'd like to help out some if we have a couple of vets that still need tix. Let me know.

thats awesome

 

[buckfama]

Why come in here and stir things up? We don’t crash into your Mullen thread and talk trash.

That's because they get tired of talking to the same 5 guys.

 

[Hubbard]

How many more time are you gonna say that Old Mother?

Maybe it's already done. Maybe they have a perfect time set to announce it and they don't GAF about your opinion of when that is.

Well, sonny boy, maybe it is done.

It is reasonable to question why are they waiting. Maybe there is a good answer, but it reasonable to question.

I surely hope that they are not determing their actions based on mine, yours, or anyone else's, on this forum, opinion.

Now, be a good boy for Momma and quit your whining, it makes you look like a sissy.