Jon Gruden thread (merged)

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dbarker said:
I say we pay Gruden a good chunk of money. Not a Saban and Bama type contract when they brought him in, but something really solid. And offer to possibly by out his ESPN contract if we can afford it.
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Gruden has an out in his contract if he wants to return to coaching.
 
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govols/cc said:
Why all the love for Gruden? His pedigree nor his record is overly impressive. His tv persona isn't all that either.
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So if he were a son of a coach that won a NC and spoke about the Germans in press conferences you would like him better?
 
#7,832
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Gruden makes $4.3 million/year and is in Year1 of a five year deal. Gonna have to throw serious cash at him to lure him away from ESPN.
 
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volatil said:
So if he were a son of a coach that won a NC and spoke about the Germans in press conferences you would like him better?
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I wasn't impressed with Dooley either but he's who we got. I never mentioned him anyway. Sometimes you should be careful what you wish for because you just might get it but it won't be Gruden.
 
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govols/cc said:
I wasn't impressed with Dooley either but he's who we got. I never mentioned him anyway. Sometimes you should be careful what you wish for because you just might get it but it won't be Gruden.
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If it is not Gruden then it won't be what he wished for.
 
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Vol2424 said:
I guess people would be saying "he did it with Dooley's players though". :rolleyes:
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Then we could say at least Gruden got us to the SEC championship game.:)

Dooley can't even win a meaningful game during the reg.season(as of right now,still remains to be seen) much less get the Vols to an SEC championship game.:blink:
 
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govols/cc said:
I wasn't impressed with Dooley either but he's who we got. I never mentioned him anyway. Sometimes you should be careful what you wish for because you just might get it but it won't be Gruden.
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Thank you for your opinion and your contributions to keep the thread going,sir.
 
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spudvol said:
Gruden makes $4.3 million/year and is in Year1 of a five year deal. Gonna have to throw serious cash at him to lure him away from ESPN.
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If this is fact, then we'll never see Gruden at Tennessee period. He'd have to be going to a team in a conference he can rule right away to think about leaving his contract money. This of course would mean he really wants to coach college ball. I can maybe see him coaching again in the NFL, but highly doubt he'd go to the college game making less or at best a little more than his ESPN deal.
 
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alaVOL said:
If this is fact, then we'll never see Gruden at Tennessee period. He'd have to be going to a team in a conference he can rule right away to think about leaving his contract money. This of course would mean he really wants to coach college ball. I can maybe see him coaching again in the NFL, but highly doubt he'd go to the college game making less or at best a little more than his ESPN deal.
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He wanted 3.4 million to coach the U in 2010. It was a done deal , but they would not back his demands for a bigger recruiting budget. He also wanted access to a plane to help those efforts. They said no. He decided against it. I also think he got word of what was going on at Miami. I am on mobile , but you can google this if you don't believe me.

Now what team in college football has the biggest recruiting budget? Hmmm
 
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Vol2424 said:
He wanted 3.4 million to coach the U in 2012. It was a done deal , but they would not back his demands for a bigger recruiting budget. He also wanted access to a plane to help those efforts. They said no. He decided against it. I also think he got word of what was going on at Miami. I am on mobile , but you can google this if you don't believe me.

Now what team in college football has the biggest recruiting budget? Hmmm
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Alabama?
Georgia?
Texas?

Can I use a lifeline?
 
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Fact is , he loves coaching too much to stay in the booth much longer. I don't know if we get him , but I think our chances are better than people think.
 
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TNfan3 said:
Gruden vs muschamp in the swamp next year would be good entertainment.
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May not be much fun for Muschamp looking across the field at Chucky as he is giving Muschamp one of his Chucky-like looks.:)

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