Official Jon Gruden Thread XIII

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HausVol said:
WOW sounds like today could be the day. I told my secretary to hold all my calls, and cancel all my appointments for today. (well thats what I would have told her if I had a secretary). My hat is off to all the OGs for their info, confidence, and level headed thinking.
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And get under the desk....
 
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Bill King s going off on the potential Gruden hire. He doesn't think it will happen and doesn't know why everyone wats him. He thinks he is only suited for the NFL
 
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stevorino said:
my prediction for the day:

B*tching starts sometime between 7am and 8am that there is no major leaks of presser, so there can't be one. This continues to somewhere around 1pm... At which we skip leaks altogether and there is a full out explosion of people heading to campus for a presser.

Gruden excitement is never fully accepted by the media until gruden walks on stage with his magical, sexy chucky-smirk and talks about how great the university of tennessee is.

Then we all ejaculate our pants, drink copious amounts of booze, and watch as volnation erupts into full out celebratory pandemonium. Of course there will be naysayers, but the overwhelming majority of vols across the oceans and continents of this great world will be in football bliss and enjoy a unified celebration of tennessee football for the rest of time.
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holy s*** full gruden!
 
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Let's recap the last 3 days for those just entering:

Before Wednesday, 99.9% of the media said that Gruden was NOT a factor and was NOT in talks with UT.

Wednesday Morning, the Grude gives a D-Grade rumor decline on Mike & Mike in the morning. In response, Knoxville Media finally somewhat acknowledges there have been talks but that they have fallen through. Let's take a second to remember that the OGs reported these talks MONTHS ago, yet the media denied it.

Wednesday night, talks of meetings being cancelled and Gruden's camp being pissy started with the media. Sounds like they were getting their info from Gruden's camp and Gruden's camp was spinning it IMO.

Thursday morning, the media changes their tune once again - now saying that negotiations weren't over... they were in play, but everything was very doubtful. No way it could happen.

Thursday afternoon, lockerroom is discovered to be setup for a presser and reports of some of the KPD being briefed on security concerns break out. Reports of a 3pm presser and 2pm player meeting begin to surface (for Today)

Thursday night/Friday Morning - All of a sudden the Media has changed their tune once again... now they are saying negotiations are in play and there are specific hurdles to cross.... the same hurdles that our best source (the OGs) said were done MONTHS ago.

Also, reports of our coaches telling recruits that Gruden is a Candidate start to surface (you don't tell recruits Gruden is a candidate unless you think he is VERY MUCH in play - gotta manage expectations).
 
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@ClayTravisBGID: There's been a clear intent by some on UT's side to deliberately misinform regarding Gruden. Why, I don't know.

@ClayTravisBGID: Pretty astute leak if you're in boosters/Gruden camp. Dave Hart is painted into Gruden mania corner. He has to get deal done now.

@ClayTravisBGID: Pretty astute leak if you're in boosters/Gruden camp. Dave Hart is painted into Gruden mania corner. He has to get deal done now.

Mornin G's!
 
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The recent report by the Chattanooga Times that says Gruden has been offered an increased contract offer if true still has one problem in the contract.... it's from UT. Look, I would love for him to come as much as most people would. But I recognize a flirt when I see one. Gruden is using UT to posture for an NFL contract or a larger contract with ESPN. Having a contract in hand without a timeline gives him the ammunition he needs to start the Gruden for hire auction. He is the only one who knows where he is hoping to get an offer from, but I seriously doubt that UT is in his top 20 of dream jobs. Gruden is a pro coach and a pro analyst. That's what he is and that is where he feels comfortable. "Comfortable" being the key word. His ties, his success, his knowledge, his experience are all based on the pro level, not college.
So with that said, here is what I think is happening and will happen in the days ahead in numerical order.


  1. Gruden loves attention. UT gave him lots of it!
  2. Gruden loved the hype because it put pro owners and ESPN on notice.
  3. Gruden, wanting to be a highly sought after candidate, decides to take it a step further an entertain an offer from UT and get them to the point where they "show their hand".
  4. Gruden calling his potential assistants comes into play next because he is seriously considering a return to football. So this is a great opportunity for him to see who all would want to join him at his next job and discuss what they need $.
  5. From there, Gruden intensifies the "Gruden for Hire" sweepstakes by letting would be suitors think that he has a staff assembled and is seriously considering the offer from UT.
  6. From here, other pro teams will put their name in the hat out of desperation and contract offers will come in that are comparable or better than UT.
  7. Jon will then take the best offer on the table that like Manning, gives him the best chance to be successful. It won't be UT.
  8. After he has made his selection, he will publicly address the media and Tennessee and let them know how much he "strongly" considered coming here and how much this school means to him.
  9. Vol fans everywhere will get mad at Hart for not giving Gruden a firm deadline if it's true that he hasn't been given one. They will also be mad at Gruden for not coming out publicly and turning the offer down in a timely manner.

Ok, so that's how I think this whole thing will play out. Some might agree, some might not. Everyone on here has opinions and this is mine. At the very least, I'm hoping that the administration and the boosters are smart enough not to let Gruden dangle their offer around and treat them like a one night stand.
 
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bcartervol98 said:
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@ClayTravisBGID: There's been a clear intent by some on UT's side to deliberately misinform regarding Gruden. Why, I don't know.

@ClayTravisBGID: Pretty astute leak if you're in boosters/Gruden camp. Dave Hart is painted into Gruden mania corner. He has to get deal done now.

@ClayTravisBGID: Pretty astute leak if you're in boosters/Gruden camp. Dave Hart is painted into Gruden mania corner. He has to get deal done now.

Mornin G's!
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This is over - get your champagne cold boys! MINE HAS BEEN SINCE MONDAY!
 
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