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5FingerVolPunch said:
Gruden and Harbaugh would almost be equal hires imo. Gruden with a very slight advantage because of his UT ties.
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There are a couple more. Currie has impressed me with who he has contacted. I feel Like he is serious about getting UT football back on top
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
On the "plan A or plan B" versus "plan and follow-on plan" question:

I don't know, this really all comes down to semantics which is pedantic and boring, BUT...

...in all the plans I've been a part of helping to devise and/or execute in my career, I never executed two separate plans in direct sequence. Rather, we kept adding new phases to the existing plan as we needed them. Over the decades I served, it even became formalized, so that (for instance) Phase III was always decisive combat operations, and Phase IV was establishing stability and transitioning to civil control. And then there would be a phase 4.b. when needed...and maybe 4.c...4.d....

Just kept adding to the tail end of the plan. We never had Plan A -then- Plan B ... when that terminology was used, it was Plan A -or- Plan B. Like hostile invasion of Haiti with the 82nd Airborne if the warlords don't cede power, or friendly invasion using the 10th Mountain Division if they agree to give up.

Like I said, just semantics. But it explains why his Atlanta Vol's wording led me to believe we were talking either/or, not one-then-the-next.
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But he didn't say A and B. He said a plan then a plan BEYOND that. To me that indicates sequence bound by a time variable.
 
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You know, when Currie announces Gruden and the whole world is shocked, we're all gonna be like... "Pffft... It was the worst kept secret in college football. Where have you guys been?"
 
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76vol said:
The story I'm hearing is that the daddy rabbit boosters have embarked on a true long term plan to resurrect the program. A twenty year plan. Gruden is coming. His staff will incude many ex vols. Tee is being courted as a "Head coach in waiting". One of the major reasons for the delay in announcing Gruden is the desire to allow Tee, Dale Jones and others to finish their seasons without the distractions of being questioned about Tennessee.

Remember, when and if Gruden is announced it will be a media circus. It will be one of the top ten biggest football stories of the year in college and the NFL. When a story is this big everybody involved, and there are a lot of them, wants the timing of the announcement to be optimized for the greatest impact on the program. It will be the story that dominates the college football off season.

I hate to use cliches but tifwiw.
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This. All day long. :crossfingers:
 
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VFLnSFD said:
But he didn't say A and B. He said a plan then a plan BEYOND that. To me that indicates sequence bound by a time variable.
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Don’t think AV presented a puzzle. “Beyond” meant that if you go past your first option, you’re not up ish creek. You have a plan in case things fall thru.
 
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VFLnSFD said:
But he didn't say A and B. He said a plan then a plan BEYOND that. To me that indicates sequence bound by a time variable.
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Im in agreement with you SFD. My question is are we all sure it’s Tee and not someone else?

I know many would burn this idea to the ground but gruden does have family ties to Kiffin.
 
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Face said:
Don’t think AV presented a puzzle. “Beyond” meant that if you go past your first option, you’re not up ish creek. You have a plan in case things fall thru.
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I don't think he presented a puzzle either. If he meant plan A and Plan B, he'd have said it.
 
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The John Harbaugh topic was floated around before Butch hit the bricks as well. Curious it is being floated again.
 
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VFLnSFD said:
But he didn't say A and B. He said a plan then a plan BEYOND that. To me that indicates sequence bound by a time variable.
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You're right, SFD, and your interpretation may absolutely be the more accurate.

Just explaining why I initially read it in an "A or B" framework.
 
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tastycar said:
I wouldn't mind him winning, either, as long as we had a coach capable of beating him. I would love for the SEC east to stop being a doormat.
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I agree.. I miss those years when TN/Fla were fighting for the East and the winner of that game won the division most years. It would be great for both programs and the conference. Nobody wants to see Mizzou or SC going to the Championship game then getting blown out before halftime. Or even a mediocre Fla going and getting their brakes beat off. Nobody wants to watch that beating and it hurts ticket sales.
 
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VFLnSFD said:
But he didn't say A and B. He said a plan then a plan BEYOND that. To me that indicates sequence bound by a time variable.
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A bounded sequence and time variables... you really are an engineer! And yes, it makes me one, too, for noticing it and then publishing my thoughts publicly. I'm a dweeb!
 
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