Official Jon Gruden Thread VII

[FearlessFreep]

There are two numbers when negotiating. One that gets you the person you desire, and the other that doesn't. If you have the opportunity to get Gruden, you do.

 

[247VOL365]

Agree 100%. No better system in the world though. I just wish our president believed the same thing.

I can't believe I'm having a civilized conversation with a dang ol' Gator fan! And we are agreeing with each other, to boot!

 

[WriterVol]

According to reports, Auburn paid 3.75 million dollars per win (so far) to its staff this year.

To be fair, it'll likely be down to 2.5 million dollars per win by the end of the week.

 

[The Waco Kid]

Man I hope we pull this off. I'm just scared Hart will be cheap.

Could you blame him though? Do you cut off your nose to spite your face?

 

[Jake]

Weak sauce excuse, those diapers now days can hold a lot

You don't know my daughter

Wanna see a pic?

 

[jos3ywales]

I thought the Gruden number that was being discussed was something like 6 years - 38 million...????

Boro what say you?

that is the info I was given was 39 mil for 6 years plus incentives

 

[The Waco Kid]

Let's say you do get him for 5 million per, what do you guys consider "worth it" after 5 years? What would he have had to have done as your coach to say it was worth all the money you gave him?

 

[Gramps]

Oh what the he!!......it's Junior Samples. Sorry, can't keep a secret.

Probably safe to say 70% of the board doesn't know who Junior Samples is. I am starting to feel old.

 

[Thrasher865]

Could you blame him though? Do you cut off your nose to spite your face?

I understand you don't want us to hire Gruden, but there's no point trying to convince us. We have no control over the matter.

 

[Coastypop]

If you can't tell us then you are obviously FOS. Troll.

I can easly name my source.... Boro, Oldvol, Gman. SBV and Lex.... I know some folks, but they ain't saying Sh** to me anymore.... ha ha ha

 

[UTBasketball2]

Could you blame him though? Do you cut off your nose to spite your face?

Yeah I can blame him. I'll be pissed if he ruins this.

 

[utvolpj]

mmmm gator fear smells good

 

['Boro-vol]

"Google me" hahaha

Classic.

 

[cbbowlingmd]

I heard there were 3 contract options put in front of him. All around $5million per, but with differences in term and buyout.

10 years was one of the options.

So, wait, WE put the 10 year option out there? Or LaMonte did?

 

[BruinVol]

There are two numbers when negotiating. One that gets you the person you desire, and the other that doesn't. If you have the opportunity to get Gruden, you do.

I certainly agree if the reports of the big money are true.

 

[patrick]

I heard there were 3 contract options put in front of him. All around $5million per, but with differences in term and buyout.

10 years was one of the options.

thanks boro

 

[RagingOrange]

If you can't tell us then you are obviously FOS. Troll.

Go back and check my history. Ive never brought any info before. I do now and am a troll....go with that.

Im not here to convince anyone, I bring what I hear, its for you to judge.

Just happened to be in the right place at the right time on this one...In my line of work, lets just say, my skills are required any time the hiring of new personnel is facilitated, so I hear things...


Is this an accurate synopsis so far?

LOL

 

[Jake]

I heard there were 3 contract options put in front of him. All around $5million per, but with differences in term and buyout.

10 years was one of the options.

So if JG is what we all think he is, what's wrong with a ten year deal...as long as the buyout is UT favorable?

 

[WinginFlorida]

Easy for me to say regardless of circumstance. We pay coaches, specifically football coaches, way too much money for what they do.

...Like I said, it's probably market-driven, but it's just sad we've gotten to that point in society where we don't care what we pay our coach if he is winning, but get frustrated when we find out our boss makes 100K and think "he/she is overpaid, not worth it." etc

It reminds me of the quote attributed to Babe Ruth. When he signed his first $100k contract, he was asked why he was worth more than the President. His response was along the lines of "I had a better year than the President. And thousands of people don't necessarily want to go watch the President work each day."

Excuse me if I butchered the quotes, but I think you see my point. As obscene as the amounts we pay our athletes and coaches, not to mention entertainers, there's apparently an intrinsic value in what they do that is beyond many of our comprehensions.

 

[EricberryFAN]

Can someome give me an update on Gruden and what everyone is thinking? I don't have enough time to look through all these pages.

Thanks

 

[RagingOrange]

Weak sauce excuse, those diapers now days can hold a lot

:lolabove:

It aint done til it drags the ground and junior is kickin it like a kickball...

 

['Boro-vol]

Probably safe to say 70% of the board doesn't know who Junior Samples is. I am starting to feel old.

I know who he is. I remember going to Hee-Haw tapings as a kid.

 

[Wilson27]

Probably safe to say 70% of the board doesn't know who Junior Samples is. I am starting to feel old.

I was thinking the same thing!!

 

[utvolpj]

Can someome give me an update on Gruden and what everyone is thinking? I don't have enough time to look through all these pages.

Thanks

best place to start

http://www.volnation.com/forum/tenn...n/176570-gruden-thread-daily-cliff-notes.html

 

[Jake]

I would rather have him for 10 years rather than three...and yes, I get the ramifications if we gamble wrong.