Gruden to coach in college?

#27
#27
SpringBokVol said:
This is from collegefootballtalk.com (free site)

Says Gruden could be UT's next coach by next year and that he wants to learn the spread offense.

Also talks about him wanted to run the spread in the NFL with Tebow as his QB. The love he gives Tebow is unreal.

Check it out:

Whenever we mention over at PFT the possibility of former Bucs coach Jon Gruden becoming a college coach, various commenters argue that the chronically-impatient Gruden would never be able to work with quarterbacks so young and inexperienced.

But there are signs that Gruden might be plotting a return to the sport at the college level.

According to Chris Harry of the Orlando Sentinel, Gruden has an office at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, and he reports for work every day to break down film.

“I want to learn the spread offense,” Gruden told Harry. “This is exciting for me.”

The spread offense widely is regarded as something that won’t work at the NFL level as a base offense. It requires athletic quarterbacks and, more importantly, it exposes them to lots of hits.

At the pro level, it would require having ten quarterbacks on the depth chart, given the certain outbreak of injuries. (Of course, given Gruden’s affinity for collecting quarterbacks, ten would be only a couple more than he usually carries.)

At the college level, the spread offense can be downright unstoppable.

“I’m going to learn a lot about the spread offense,” Gruden said, “and about college football.”

Though the rumors of Gruden heading to South Bend after signing day have died down considerably, Gruden could indeed be laying the foundation for a jump to the college game in 2010.

One school to watch closely, in our view, is Tennessee.

With Lane Kiffin getting off to an embarrassing start in Knoxville, his margin for error likely will be fairly small. With a losing season, he could face a storm of demands for his head — especially with Gruden lurking.

Whether it’s Notre Dame or Tennessee or Pitt (where Gruden once worked) or somewhere else, Gruden’s sudden interest in the spread offense is a sign that he’s at least considering the possibility of becoming a college coach.

That said, Gruden denies for now that he’s interested in the college game.

“It means I want to learn more football,” he said. “I’m going to pick out two or three cool colleges that I think have great offenses. Great places. I want to go to Oregon. I want my son to go to Oregon football camp, and I want to learn what the Oregon Ducks are doing on offense. . . . I want to go in there and try to be a guest coach. I want to go to Al Groh’s camp in Virginia. I love the way Al Groh coaches that football team. I want to learn a little bit about Coach [Jim] Leavitt. I want to learn about the USF team. I think he has done a hell of a job, building it from scratch. I think that’s one of the great stories in football, what he’s done in 12 years there at USF.”

It’s also possible that Gruden will be the first coach to use the spread offense at the pro level.

“The hard part is, you have to isolate the option,” Gruden said. “That’s why [Florida quarterback] Tim Tebow is so interesting to me. He’s like Brandon Jacobs playing quarterback. He’s 250 pounds. He’s the strongest human being who’s ever played the position. Ever.

“He will kick the living sh-t out of a defensive lineman. He’ll fight anybody. He is rare. Tebow is the kind of guy who could revolutionize the game. He’s the ‘wildcat’ who can throw. Most of the teams that have the wildcat back there, it’s Ronnie Brown, it’s Jerious Norwood, it’s whoever you want to say it is. This guy here is 250 pounds of concrete cyanide, man. And he can throw. He throws well enough at any level to play quarterback.”

The gushing about Tebow didn’t end there.

“He can play quarterback in the NFL,” Gruden said. “When he was a high school senior, they played Armwood in the state championship game. I have tape. He has an 80-yard touchdown run that put them in the lead. When it flipped around, and Armwood had the ball, what position do you think Tebow was playing? He was playing nose guard — and he disrupted about 10 plays. This guy is totally different. He’s got Rich Gannon, Drew Brees, that kind of makeup as a team guy. What he said after the Ole Miss game, I said ‘That’s my favorite football player I’ve ever seen in my whole life.’ I said, ‘I want Florida to win every game that kid plays from now on.’”

Though we still think it’s possible that Gruden will entertain opportunities at the college level, his comments about Tebow could position Gruden nicely to become the new head coach of the team that “earns” the first overall pick in 2010. By hiring Gruden, that team would have a coach in place who’ll presumably be prepared to try to make Tebow into a star at the NFL level.

With guys like Bill Cowher and Mike Holmgren and Mike Shanahan also in the mix for next year’s NFL vacancies, this might be precisely the kind of edge that Gruden needs to secure a seat in the looming game of musical chairs.
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who in their right mind hires gruden over cowher? by the way, lane kiffin is our football coach and will be for a long time.
 
#28
#28
VolsRule said:
Gruden wants the Notre Dame job when Weis gets fired, but will have to battle Urban Meyer for it.
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if gruden coaches college football it will be at notre dame or florida. what urban meyer chooses to do will dictate which school it will be.
 
#29
#29
I'll bet that Notre Dame fires Weis after next season, Meyer goes to Notre Dame, and Gruden goes to Florida.
 
#31
#31
This has got to be the dumbest conspiracy theory I have ever read.

We are all dumber for having read it and may God have mercy on your soul!
 
#32
#32
I was all for Gruden in November. But now it's Kiffin's to make or break and I would be very disappointed if he is not given 4-5 years to see what he can do, barring some type of huge violation on his part somewhere along the line. I like what I have seen thus far, but maybe just a little less talking. Talk is cheap, I've always preferred to let the scoreboard do all the talking.
 
#36
#36
What makes Gruden think he can run the spread in the NFL? Defenses are way to fast to run the spread on the next level. Also I would not want Gruden now after hearing about his bad coach-player relationships that supposedly led to locker room issues. I for one am glad we got Kiffin. I doubt Gruden could have pulled out a top 20 recruiting class in such a short time frame.
 
#37
#37
pearlismyhomeboy19 said:
What makes Gruden think he can run the spread in the NFL? Defenses are way to fast to run the spread on the next level. Also I would not want Gruden now after hearing about his bad coach-player relationships that supposedly led to locker room issues. I for one am glad we got Kiffin. I doubt Gruden could have pulled out a top 20 recruiting class in such a short time frame.
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#38
#38
If anyone thinks we are going to fire CLK after one season, you are insane. CLK will get at least 3 seasons and by that time, Gruden will be coaching somewhere else. Why would anyone think he wants to coach college football? He wants to be in the pros and that is where he will stay.
 
#39
#39
No way Kiffin gets fired after this season unless he chooses to leave. Personally I don't see either one of them happening. I think he is here for a good while as long as he shows he has got what it takes on the field.
 
#42
#42
this is just plain stupid. First, why would you think we would have a losing record next year? Have you seen the schedule? 8-9 wins is very reasonable. Second, Kiffin's buyout after the first year is huge! We are already paying Fulmer not to coach, why would we also pay Kiffin. Lastly, no school is firing their head coach after one year unless he goes win less. If you think otherwise, just name one example. This article is complete mush!!!
 
#43
#43
Not to mention, even if we fired Kiffin (we won't, but play along here) what head coach is going to want to coach here if he can't put together his own staff? It's not just buying out Lane Kiffin anymore, it's everyone on that whole staff, too.
 
#44
#44
"Since Kiffen has gotten off to an embarrassing start" ... wtf? Embarrassing for whom? Maybe for Florida, Bama and LSU from whom he has wrestled away recruits and/or coaches. A source so ignorant has no credibility.
 
#45
#45
tvolsfan said:
Gruden would be fine in college. He is a 45 year old with a super bowl ring, so recuriting wouldn't be a problem unless he really didn't like doing it.
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A lot of former players and former coaches that worked with Gruden say that standing in a 17 year olds living room trying to talk him in to coming to a school is the absolute last thing they could ever see Gruden doing.

It sounds like Chucky thinks he can be the coach to make Tebow a success and revolutionalize the NFL. I highly doubt that he is trying to go to the team who gets the #1 pick next year but it does sound like he's making a case to whomever hires him for taking Tebow, possibly in the first round. FWIW, I don't think the experiment will work but it will be legendary if it does.
 
#46
#46
Volfootball55 said:
He wouldn't, he dislikes working with young players. He would be a bust at the college level, just because of the fact that he would expect way to much out of his players.
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He would set records for the number of players transferring. I like him as a coach but he is made for the NFL.......or the military.
 
#47
#47
If anyone believes this crap, I have some beachfront property in Knoxville to sell you. It'll be right next to Gruden's house!
 
#48
#48
I heard that Gruden had ND's AD over to his house for dinner and his phone kept ringing. Gruden's wife asked, who's that? And ND's AD said 'Urban Meyer'.
 
#50
#50
Are you people crazy? If you guarantee me that Gruden would be the next coach, I will personally take CLK snipe hunting.
 
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