Official Jon Gruden Thread XLVII

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OrangeJuicebox said:
Pickle juice. Seriously. Take a shot or two of pickle juice (assuming the bar you're at has some), and drink some water periodically. The salt in the pickle juice retains the water and prevents complete dehydration, which is the root cause of a hangover.
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Yeah... I guess my one question would be the fact that the salt makes you thirstier, maybe drinking more and drinking faster.

That's why they have free salted peanuts and pretzels at bars.

Used to, anyway. I suppose they might have fallen victim to the great Cheap Out of recent years.
 
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Good Morning Grudenites! Don’t know about you, but I slept like a BABY last night knowing that Tennessee is once again in good hands.
 
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Vol_atile said:
I know a lot have said they wouldn't mind Miles. I actually would be disappointed. He just seems like a stop the bleeding hire.
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and what does Doeren and his band of low to mid level brothers seem like. Plain and simple. We better spend the money and get the coach that can stand toe to toe with Mullen, Smart, Muschamp, Saban, Fisher, Malzhan. Does Doeren, Brohm, Cutcliff, Tee make you feel confident on each and every saturday?
 
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Zeppelin18241 said:
Just received this text from a friend who's a successful Nashville entrepreneur and mid-level booster...


"Ergen, Thornton, & Davis, among others, had enough of Haslam's pick for AD botching the coaching hire & embarrassing our/their alma mater. It was becoming a bad reflection on them as businessmen to be portrayed in such a bad light nationally, since they are known to be prominent donors to UT.

They gave Davenport an ultimatum & she called Currie in off the road. He went anyway on a plane owned by one of his KSU donors at his former school, which is why no one could find him or contact him yesterday.

Peyton had aligned himself with the Haslams, & one rumor is that he has been offered a piece of the Browns to run them when they inevitably clean house for the second time at the end of the season. Other rumors abound that the Haslams have promised the Mannings they will help them be able to acquire another NFL franchise or a piece of one.

Leach is really interested in this job, but probably won't get it now. That's a real shame, because he & Kiffin are the two best coaches we could have hired, & Spurrier said so today on Finebaum. They know how to recruit & build a staff & run offenses that deploy their weapons to the utmost on the field.

Just a few hours ago, it was Haslam & Manning aligned on one side, pitted against Ergen, Thornton, & Davis on the other. They contacted Fulmer, who met them at the airport. Haslam & Manning wanted Sigmon named interim AD. The others wanted Fulmer & said they were ending their donations if he wasn't given the job on some basis.

Ergen was giving $35M annually to UT when Fulmer was here as coach & has only given $10M annually since. He told UT he would make up for any shortfall in what the Haslams may withhold.

You can tell that Davenport is in way over her head in this job & was visibly shaken at the press conference. She didn't know how to answer any of the questions.

The reason Currie didn't use a search firm is that he was given a list of 3 coaches to interview by Haslam that Davenport signed off on. In order, they were 1. Gruden, 2. Kelly, & 3. Schiano. Gruden was already signed & ready to come, as some of these other boosters had already gotten his agreement, but Haslam nixed the hire because Gruden wanted total control of the program like Saban has at Bama & Meyer at OSU, & Haslam was determined not to let go of his control of everything.

By the time Currie got to Kelly, he had already been approached by both Florida & UCLA, & had decided to go to one of those places. Currie went to the Bahamas knowing he was going to offer Schiano when he got back home. It was only when the firestorm hit on Sunday that Currie had to go beyond the original Haslam list, which is when we got started getting turned down by so many others. Currie made a last ditch attempt to save his job by going for Leach, but he wasn't authorized by Haslam or Davenport to be contacted.

Now, the rest of this is speculation, but maybe more educated guess than conjecture:

Cutcliffe, now age 63, & Miles, age 64, will be the two top targets now for HC, with Tee Martin as OC brought in under either of them & groomed to be their successor. That's the plan. Might involve Chavis or Steele as DC. Should have a hire within 48 hours.

Not sure where they will go if this plan doesn't fall through. Only thing that bothers me about Fulmer in this search is that there will probably be no "outside the box" thinking & any new blood other than Tee. Also, he went with Currie to interview Doeren in NC & had signed off on his hire, which would have been a disastrous hire, so it was just fortuitous for us that he turned us down."
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So Haslam killed the Gruden deal because he did not want to give up control? Not sure why Haslam and even Currie are so fascinated with Schiano. I don’t think Kelly would have been a real option anyway. It’s a little unsettling that Fulmer wanted Doeren. Davenport is clearly in over her head and has no clue how to manage Boosters.

I guess the real question is wlll the Boosters who went after Gruden be able to convince Gruden to take the job now that Haslam is out of the way and after all of the negative attention by the media.

A Gruden hire would ensure Haslam is out of power for a while. Gruden would also unite and excite the fan base.

Why would Davenport side against Haslam without a plan in place by the other Boosters? A Cutcliffe/Miles with Tee as OC would be fine but a lot of fans would still prefer Kiffin or Leach.

I truly hope they land Gruden after all of this.
 
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Sstterry said:
Congratulations!!!! Stay the course!!
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Thanks. I intend to. I joke about it a lot, but know what the consequences are if I ever do. It's pretty bad when the smell makes one's mouth water like Pavlov's dog hearing the Salvation Army bell ringers at Wal-Mart during Christmas time.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
What's your source for that, Raging?

Because other "insiders" here have hinted in previous threads that Ergen stayed largely disengaged from all this, and that it was Anderson, Thornton and others who were in the thick of it.
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My "source" is yours. Whatever we get fed from this forum and twitter. Its in that long ass post by zeppelin guy. The airport part.

I also remember from wayback early on how Ergen was worth twice a Haslam yet only contributed $10mil. Makes sense someone will have to balance the budget if Haslam is out.

Wtf man? Im not an insider nor ever claimed to be. Grillin me like Im bringing something new that hasnt been quoted a million times already lol
 
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GMRobbins said:
Here my take on Gruden ... is ain't coming. He is working the press, the university, and the fans, heck, anyone that follows college football. A legit person of character would have either confirmed something by now or squashed the rumours. Lots of time, money, and effort wasted. Respect tends to lessen with someone in the news that doesn't acknowledge hardly anything.

Now, with that off my chest, he's bound to accept the position later today! ;)
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Taking your meds will mitigate your condition. But I see sanity returned. Gruden if he loves orange.
 
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FacelessArya said:
HUD2000 said:
Oh my goodness. Bless you. I hope you feel better soon. And your children don’t catch it. 🤞
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All is good. I’m pretty sure that the DayQuil has me hallucinating though because I have been having the weirdest dreams about butch being fired, Currie trying to hire some real world wackadoodles, being part of a revolution, Coach Fulmer has a presser, and JG is en route.

I love DayQuil!
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preacherwebb said:
Okay, let me say the obligatory Gruden to the Hill, Gruden til it ain't.

Second, if I understand correctly, when Cut turned us down last week, it was to the effect of, "I won't work for that administration." Then, Director Fulmer mentioned in is presser that coaches who previously weren't interested before will be now.

Soooo, I really feel like Cut may be approached to see if he wants to come in and right the ship as he closes out his career, grooming Tee to take over when he retires. If they assembled a staff that had some orange ties, this could work.

Third, same with Miles. It would be a bigger splash nationally, but wouldn't splash as big with volnation as Cut.

jmo tifwiw bbq

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I love Cut, but honestly would be very disappointed if he becomes the coach.
 
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