New Chris Low articla seems to steer Vols away from Gruden...

[RockyTopJA]

If Grudens wife and her family were not from Knoxville I would not give the Gruden rumors a second thought but if you think about it starts to make sense. He is about to have to re build his team, it is full of old timers. He has made references to UT in the past Ie in his book.

His wife bleeds orange and I read his 3 boys are huge vol fans. He owns a ranch in Knoxville area and if you are buying a place to stay when you visit the In Laws you would not buy a ranch with 20 something acres of land. Add to all that that word is he don't want to raise his 3 boys in Tampa, (look at what happened to Tony Dungys son in Tampa) and he knows this job only comes open a few times at best in his lifetime.

I bet his wife is putting huge pressure on him, she has followed him all over the map and supported him and now she wants to come home. Lastly he has not publicly denied it and has every reason to if he is not interested. Come on Jon we will welcome you and your family with open arms.

Dude

 

[tncolt55]

Dude

I did not mean that negatively, its the truth. I love Dungy and wish it never happened.

 

[RockyTopJA]

I did not mean that negatively, its the truth. I love Dungy and wish it never happened.

Figured. Like him or hate him no one deserves to go through that

 

[JMBIGORANGE]

The sooner something is announced, the sooner my work productivity can get back to normal.

Ain't that the truth. How can i expect to get any work done with this going on.

 

[JMBIGORANGE]

if any of the 3 big names being bandied about most pans out, we'll be fine never having said a word to Brian Kelly.

Just because you have the name doesn't mean you'll be a better fit. Kelly needs to be given a hard look.

 

[bignewt]

so you're saying there's a chance?

 

[PineyBluff Vol]

Pipe Dream on Gruden...He is pure NFL. Better to put your dollars on someone from the area West of the Mississippi.

 

[volmanbill]

you need to go read the thread on gruden. it on the volchat on rockytop.com...2 pages about gruden and him coming to tennessee

Without actually looking, I would bet that VN has multi page threads on every coach mentioned (and some that haven't). It's all conjecture until an announcement is made.

 

[volmanbill]

I did not mean that negatively, its the truth. I love Dungy and wish it never happened.

I don't think it had anything to do with Tampa. My kids live there now with my ex and I certainly haven't seen the Tampa Syndrome cause any problems.

 

[VolDad]

I dont read that Gruden is is impossible, just that an NFL hire is tougher because their season runs longer.

I agree. I think the OP made a huge leap to say "...steer Vols away from Gruden". He just said it would be harder.