Official Jon Gruden Thread IX

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Hey. Is this Al? Al Golden?

Sorry to mess up your family dinner. This is Dave Hart. Tennessee AD. Would you be interested in taking the head coaching position at Tennessee for $8.25 an hour?

No? Well, bummer. Hope your family has a happy Thanksgiving.
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Yeah...I have thought that exact same thing!

I remember when the Peyton deal was goin down...

I have direct connections at Coors Brewing Co., and they were saying the entire time...Titans are making this harder but Pat (Bowlen) is goin to not take no for an answer...and in the end, John Elway was the difference.

But I followed both sides and it was clear that Bud Adams made some big boy moves to get Peyton and the scale was tipped by John Elways commitment. Bud Adams didn't have a John Elway to facilitate the deal.

Perhaps parallel to that...Arkansas or anyone else didn't have a Peyton Manning to facilitate their deal!!

Or more importantly...perhaps Cindy Gruden was our John Elway!!
 
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I have never seen a coaching search without an in-person interview. That usually gets out. It got out a year ago when UT interviewed Phil Bennett and Sunseri for the DC job and it got out when Dooley was interviewed. So are you saying they have already interviewed in person?

I'm not trying to bash, just giving my opinion.

State law allows only phone interviews
 
The only problem I have with what a lot of people are saying is about the last check from Tampa Bay. I understand Tampa Bay wanting a non-compete clause as far as NFL coaching goes but why would they give a rat's patootie if he coached in college. This is the one thing that I have serious concerns about when people use it as a reason that things are changing. It just doesn't compute. I have my fingers crossed and hope he's coming. It's been a fun ride one way or another.
 
I have apologized to boro, dto and prob jay. This is my question though...with a lot of reports saying hart cheek and maybe a couple others knowing. How is it that u guys know? Jw

No need to apologize, but I appreciate it. I listed in an earlier post where I'm hearing things.
 
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Pulling out all the stops if this is true. Maybe a way to make up for less money, since paying a college coach the numbers they want might be too much. Interesting to say the least.

3% stake is worth 30 million.....say the team appreciates to a worth of 1.5 billion....boom 45 million bucks
 
easy now jay....


Did I mess up who was posting the rock stuff? Ifso apologies.
 
When Morris was about to be fired , Tampa owed Gruden 5 million dollars for the 2011 season. His buyout was much more than any of those coaches listed. I'm not sure exactly how much , but one article I read , they had to pay him around 20 million when they fired him. He is still collecting , and I can't blame him for taking every penny they owe him.

Charlie Weis's was an outlandish number. Its near impossible to find out if he is still getting paid or not because ND is a private school though.
 
The mandatory number of interviews must take place before it can be officially announced. They can be done over the phone. Not a prediction but if that gets taken care of, it might break this weekend.

I am willing to phone one in for the team. Who do I call? I will turn down UT so fast their head will spin!
 
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