Official Jon Gruden Thread 35

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Squints said:
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That's me. Never can get in on the first.
 
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OrangePill said:
Since people asked, I'll repost.

Previous post. Had lunch with the BOT member. He still refused to use the name Gruden today, but for ease of reading I've added it in his statements.

  • They said the AD is cautiously optimistic about the deal getting done, but it is by no means done at this point.
  • MoU has been signed but the contract itself has not.
  • I asked and they said that Jon Gruden was not in Knoxville last night.
  • The issues with the deal getting done still lie primarily on Gruden's side. He said "They're (AD?) in a wait-and-see situation".
  • Gruden is still concerned about his staff, although it is less of a concern today than it was 2 days ago.
  • Money is not the issue with the staff.
  • He began contacting staff over 2 weeks ago to gauge interest, but over the past 48-72hrs he has been working on officially bringing a staff together.
  • Several members of the potential staff have already agreed in principle, but there are some contract issues with 2 potential staff members, as well as a third vacancy.
  • I asked and they backtracked on their previous statement that 2 current staff members are being retained. This time they said they didn't know.
  • They said a face-to-face meeting is happening today in Tampa to hopefully line out a non-staff issue and Currie is going to push to get the contract signed today.
  • They feel like getting the contract signed today is reliant on Gruden feeling comfortable with the staff situation at this point, as well as lining out this other unknown issue.
  • BOT has been told that even if this was to fall apart, the AD plans to have a hire by 11/20.
  • Backup plan is Patterson. Currie has remained in contact with him and had a long conversation with him this past weekend as well as a face-to-face last week.
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DTO, this is what I was referencing. However, his update has a little more clarity today.
 
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I think everything is done imo. Info is running 7-10 days behind according to many. Think this was all wrapped up last week. Too much smoke.
 
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Nerwen Aldarion said:
-They said the AD is cautiously optimistic about the deal getting done, but it is by no means done at this point.

-MoU has been signed but the contract itself has not.
I asked and they said that Jon Gruden was not in Knoxville last night.

-The issues with the deal getting done still lie primarily on Gruden's side. He said "They're (AD?) in a wait-and-see situation".

-Gruden is still concerned about his staff, although it is less of a concern today than it was 2 days ago.

-Money is not the issue with the staff.

-He began contacting staff over 2 weeks ago to gauge interest, but over the past 48-72hrs he has been working on officially bringing a staff together.

-Several members of the potential staff have already agreed in principle, but there are some contract issues with 2 potential staff members, as well as a third vacancy.

-I asked and they backtracked on their previous statement that 2 current staff members are being retained. This time they said they didn't know.

-They said a face-to-face meeting is happening today in Tampa to hopefully line out a non-staff issue and Currie is going to push to get the contract signed today.

-They feel like getting the contract signed today is reliant on Gruden feeling comfortable with the staff situation at this point, as well as lining out this other unknown issue.

-BOT has been told that even if this was to fall apart, the AD plans to have a hire by 11/20.

-Backup plan is Patterson. Currie has remained in contact with him and had a long conversation with him this past weekend as well as a face-to-face last week.
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The least believable part of that info is Patterson..I would love to get him but he makes 5 million a year and basically TCU is set to be the team in Texas for the next few years.
 
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Sstterry said:
My only problem with this entire scenario is how could Currie be talking to and have a face to face with Patterson while he is still a sitting coach?
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There's no NCAA rule in place that prohibits other ADs from approaching sitting coaches. Some may inform their current AD as a professional courtesy, but they are not obligated to by the NCAA.

This is a pretty good story on this very subject:

Why the etiquette of college basketball hiring and firing has changed
 
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Orange Pill's post from 34, sorry if already been posted in here:
Since people asked, I'll repost.

Previous post. Had lunch with the BOT member. He still refused to use the name Gruden today, but for ease of reading I've added it in his statements.
They said the AD is cautiously optimistic about the deal getting done, but it is by no means done at this point.
MoU has been signed but the contract itself has not.
I asked and they said that Jon Gruden was not in Knoxville last night.
The issues with the deal getting done still lie primarily on Gruden's side. He said "They're (AD?) in a wait-and-see situation".
Gruden is still concerned about his staff, although it is less of a concern today than it was 2 days ago.
Money is not the issue with the staff.
He began contacting staff over 2 weeks ago to gauge interest, but over the past 48-72hrs he has been working on officially bringing a staff together.
Several members of the potential staff have already agreed in principle, but there are some contract issues with 2 potential staff members, as well as a third vacancy.
I asked and they backtracked on their previous statement that 2 current staff members are being retained. This time they said they didn't know.
They said a face-to-face meeting is happening today in Tampa to hopefully line out a non-staff issue and Currie is going to push to get the contract signed today.
They feel like getting the contract signed today is reliant on Gruden feeling comfortable with the staff situation at this point, as well as lining out this other unknown issue.
BOT has been told that even if this was to fall apart, the AD plans to have a hire by 11/20.
Backup plan is Patterson. Currie has remained in contact with him and had a long conversation with him this past weekend as well as a face-to-face last week.


EDIT: nevermind, but hey, at least we're on the same page.
 
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VolnJC said:
The least believable part of that info is Patterson..I would love to get him but he makes 5 million a year and basically TCU is set to be the team in Texas for the next few years.
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Yet they aren't the team in texas.. They are still behind Dallas and the long horns and Texas a&m and always will be.
 
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