Longtime lurker here chiming in. I hope we get Gruden as much as everyone else here. A bunch of people on here saying "its a done deal" and "we landed the big fish." Problem is they've been saying this for a while now, EVERYDAY. If it was a done deal a week or 2 ago, then why is there a confirmation text or call to our people with inside knowledge every night? Hurdles have been cleared, demands have been agreed upon....EVERYDAY.
Now I don't pretend to know how these "negotiations" go down. But, there have been enough daily confirmations on here to account for 20 contracts. All this leads me to believe that Skeeter and LWS are right maybe. The other group of posters seem to be getting their info from money people that are as hopeful and excited as we are. Meaning, when terms are casually sent to Gruden and he says cool, everyone is interpreting "sweet done deal" and send their txt messages out. But he obviously isn't committing. So the next day, they try and appease another demand. And, Grudens says awesome. But he signs nothing. This could be the cycle explaining the daily "100% confirmed" statements.
Again, I pretend to know any inside info and I hope desperately to land Gruden. I just think these money people aren't doing a good job interpreting the conversations. This thread is immensely entertaining tho. VFL
