Official Jon Gruden Thread IV

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Yankee_Vol said:
So is Gruden coming or not?
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#8,933
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Auburn's chief donors are split between Jimbo Fisher and Petrino, fwiw.

I assumed this had turned into a general coaching/football/political/idiotic discussion.
 
#8,938
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I just heard from my source that Dooley will be fired at the half time show of the Akron game. The band is going to spell out "GTFO" while playing Rocky Top.


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Per Jeremy Crabtree ESPN Recruiting Insider ( not trying to flood with nega or all espn content, just posting for those without insider)

Darnisha Allen-Jackson: Is Jon Gruden really being considered for UT-Knoxville?


Jeremy Crabtree: While it's not a recruiting question, directly, Tennessee fans have been lighting up message boards with speculation the past two weeks, so I'll take a crack at it.



The easy answer is that it's clearly FICTION. There are too many things that would have to happen for it to become fact: Tennessee would have to fire Derek Dooley. Gruden would have to decide to leave the "Monday Night Football" booth. Gruden then would have to bypass interest from NFL teams and agree to come to Knoxville. While it also is a fact that Gruden has a connection to Tennessee, where he was an assistant coach early in his career and where he met his wife, that doesn't automatically put him next in line if Tennessee decides to make a change.



So, there are far too many ifs right now for any Gruden-to-Tennessee talk to be fact at this stage, but it's still fascinating to ponder the recruiting possibilities of Gruden in the SEC. There's no doubt it would be a fact that Gruden would be a hit with prospects and their parents.



I've covered recruiting for almost 15 years, and I know kids have dreams of playing in the NFL. The lure of playing for a coach who has won a Super Bowl and is so heavily connected with the NFL would be awfully appealing. All he would have to do is walk into in-home visits, flash his Super Bowl ring and turn on the charm he displays on camera, and moms and dads would be impressed.



All of those things create a pretty impressive recipe for recruiting success, but here's another fact: Recruiting success doesn't automatically equate to success on the field. We've seen plenty of charismatic coaches with NFL backgrounds recruit four- and five-star prospects but struggle to win at the college level.



For now, to answer the question, it is fiction that Jon Gruden is being considered for Tennessee. But if some facts change ...




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#8,946
#8,946
Carson Anderson is the kids name. Was (is) a backup OL. Not a bad high school player but was undersized when he got to UT. From what I've heard down this way, Charlie gave a boatload of $$$ toward the construction of the new facilities.
 
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