Neyland I (Formerly known as Gruden Thread)

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Voltbone43 said:
Well, He's here:

[twitter] https://twitter.com/Vol_Football/status/938819029317439489 [/twitter]
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wait....so hes wearing an orange tie but in a couple of days hes back wearing crimson....Im not watching any more football the rest of the year because this is a paradox in the space time continuum. we are all getting sucked into a black hole.
 
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ASamWitch said:
#cometogether
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BigOrangeVol29 said:
The “believe everything UT sells us” crowd is a part of the reason we’re here now. Until we demand excellence and accept nothing less we’ll be just like Vandy, Missouri, etc.
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Yep....been saying this for a while. If/When UT ever decides to step up to the plate things will change. Until then, be happy with 7-5/ 8-4 ceilings.
 
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Grand Vol said:
The Grude News, the final broadcast. For those just tuning in.

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Well folks, it's over. While it's not quite the outcome we expected, we have closure. And what a ride it has been... Looking back to the times shared by many and the family we created here, these were certainly the best of times and the worst of times. Just when we thought it was the worst of times, new hope would arise for us to continue forward and make it the best of times. And it's beneficial to give one last "shout out" to those I have come to admire over the past couple of months. I thought about dropping it in the final Gruden thread, but think it's far more fitting here.

I promise not to make this entirely sound like an Oscar Award speech, but many thanks are needed in this final post.

First off, Freak for giving us a home for all the crazy people involved in this latest coaching search. I know he's still looking for the keys to that new yacht to park with the Vol Navy, but without him keeping this place up, it's likely we never would have connected like we have. Now, I know he loved the clicks he received from the massive amount of Gruden threads we created and contributed to, but he loves his Vols and let us run a little wild. So, special thanks to him are due first.

Additional thanks to SFD for her maniacal obsession with piecing things together and providing a forest instead of trees. Along those lines, HearForGrumors and other legal folks were also critical in helping translate the "lawyer-ese" into plain English the rest of us could comprehend and digest. Without fine (and sharp) folks like you and others, a lot of us would be bumbling around in the dark grasping at straws of "what does it all mean?!" You provided invaluable insight and analysis of the entire process and you cannot be thanked enough.

Extreme special thanks to Sara who helped get the ball rolling on our outrage campaign. Without true fans like yourself, we likely would have been stuck with a hire we did not want and the same old crap going on another five to ten years. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for rallying the troops here at VN for that cause.

And where to start with the rest of the list? So many old friends from the 2012 Grudenmania to the "newbies" that came on board for the latest saga that came together over the past couple of months. Duds, Mink, Boro, Faceless, MaTaLa, EG, Hawk, the elusive Bubba, Hillbilly, Exile (both of them) and I could go on. Truth is, I wouldn't even know where to start with the family that formed in these threads. From Preacher Webb's "list" to Doyle's Grudometer to Comb's well timed "Gruden to the Hill!" to Coasty's daily emotional roller coaster, we formed a family here that will last a lifetime. We were strangers on a random internet board when this first started so many years ago. But we now share something we can look back on and smile thinking about those crazy times and posts we all laughed at.

We laughed at the great gif wars and chuckled at the Night Shift before coming together to send a resounding GTFO to trolls and waited anxiously for the drive by Beaver sightings. Truly, we had the best of times in a dark time of UT football. We won't forget places like the Olive Garden or the fence at the airport or fights over hash browns at the Waffle House. I know I poked fun at more than one or two of you (here's looking at Volly and Behr) but I wouldn't have traded any of you for any amount of money...okay, maybe I would trade the trolls for whatever loose change was in someone's couch. But the rest of you? Solid gold. There's just too many things to mention all of them specifically, but everyone contributed to these threads to make them great.

As for me, I have enjoyed my time in these threads and would never look on it as wasted. Sometimes in life, little things come your way that spark one's creative instincts. I can only hope some of my "updates" have helped ease tensions, provided a chuckle or two and lightened the mood when we needed it. I thank everyone here for indulging me in my posts.

From the entire Volnation News Team, I'm Grand Vol and the final thoughts?

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. Arthur Ashe

And what a journey it has been for us.

Signing off.
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And thanks to PV for heading the war on the booster front!
 
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revjayp said:
Well done my friend. I’m glad I left an impression on you. Didn’t even make honorable mention. Just like my sports career and dating life in high school. Good enough to not be remembered. 🤣

These were a highlight of the entire thread. I feel like i just walked back out of the closet from my 2 month trip to Narnia. (C.S. Lewis reference) Appreciate you’re work and let’s keep the friendship rolling!
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Everyone that contributed to the Gruden threads deserved top be mentioned, but it's hard singling out folks.
 
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#557
#557
Just told my daughter to start packing because I warned Bev that I would withdraw her . So be it. If she and Fullmore don’t care then neither do I. NB4 GTFO.
 
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WhiteOakVol said:
What hurts the most, is that I thought we really had a chance with Gruden this time.
I told all my friends who supported other SEC teams, especially the ones who are Bama fans.
I told them that Gruden would immediately be as good as Saban, and their days as SEC frontrunners was over.
So now, not only didn't we get Gruden, (maybe), but we go get a stinking Bama coach! :mad:
I guess we will just have to learn to be content, beating Bama with their own stick!
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We are official bama's *****. Thanks Haslam
 
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VolPenn said:
Jesus, we lose Gruden and this place turns into an OKCupid message forum.

Sad day.
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We’re all feeling vulnerable. And I haven’t quite figured out how to reintegrate back into my normal life outside the coaching search.
 
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Leximax said:
Don’t say that. Gimme an inch, I’ll take a mile.

I’m ok today. I’ve stepped off the ledge. Bright side is I can now do all the things I haven’t done during the coaching search bc I couldn’t put down my phone like: clean my house (and I’m OCD), get a manicure, unpack from thanksgiving, buy groceries (other than booze), and be productive at work. Speaking of work, better get to it.

Hope your day is good as well. And to all of volnation, thanks so much. This has been quite a ride. Be back after I’ve completed a respectable amount of work today but definitely during the presser!
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By all means, take a mile love. Never been good at cleaning, hate manicures, love thanksgiving leftovers, and I actually love shopping for groceries. I really love cooking so it's my favorite. Maybe I'll cook you a meal one time. Seared scallops with a tarragon beurre blanc? Maybe one day :)

We'll get together one day when all of this nonsense is over. Looking forward to it Ms. Lawyer. Wow, this is kinda hot. Never flirted with a lawyer before.
 
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Leximax said:
We’re all feeling vulnerable. And I haven’t quite figured out how to reintegrate back into my normal life outside the coaching search.
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I have this feeling there are a bunch of guys on here that would love to help integrate you in some form or fashion.
 
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I'm just going to leave this here for one last post before I take a much needed mental health break from all this.

I'm trying to reconcile with myself that UT is paying the same amount of money to Jeremy Pruitt - a coach with no head coaching experience - that Washington is to Chris Petersen. No Gruden? Fine. But I would have given Petersen Jimbo type money to come here. And you all know as well as I do that we weren't offering that kind of money now.

And as a matter of fact I don't believe that we offered Gruden anything even near what would have made him listen (probably not even as much as he is making now). I'm sure we had some people reach out, but as I felt all along the UT administration - with all the mental masturbation going on - was never going to allow Fulmer to have that much discretion to go as high as needed to be gone.

Even if I'm slightly off on the details about what I referenced above, we simply do not have leadership that is committed to be a top tier program. It's as simple as that.
 
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[Twitter]https://twitter.com/DamichaelC/status/938831672182738944[/Twitter]

Just grabbed this off twitter ... posting because
 
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So has anyone come out in any of the other threads with what happened? Or have the insiders disappeared into the ether? (I refuse to go outside this thread. Dangerous territory.)
 
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lifeVol said:
[Twitter]https://twitter.com/DamichaelC/status/938831672182738944[/Twitter]

Just grabbed this off twitter ... posting because
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It's only $300,000 more than Butch had. UT was already in the top 10 in assistant coaches.

We didn't need a bunch of new assistant coaches per se. We needed a closer and a name other coaches feared. Someone who could be recruit the back end, bring a system that scores points offensively, limits points defensively, and makes excellent personnel and game day decisions.

This is the same model we have been applying for the last 10 years and it hasn't worked.
 
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