Official Gruden Thread 39

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Volsfan458 said:
So when do you think it’s announced now?
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Pshhht, I dunno. I would bet they DON'T announce on Thanksgiving. Aside from that, one could come up with lots of reasons to announce on just about any day.

I really did think we could hear something today. We didn't. I tip my hat to VFL92, who disagreed with me that we could hear today. :)
 
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OldTimer said:
my $.02 and TIFWIW...........Gruden is taking the job and out of respect of his potential staff getting bombarded with speculative questions with a week left in the season, he’s holding off the announcement until next week. No denial and too much smoke is out there.
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This is my take as well OT. I hope this is the case, though waiting another week will not help my liver.
 
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UTVolinExile said:
Pshhht, I dunno. I would bet they DON'T announce on Thanksgiving. Aside from that, one could come up with lots of reasons to announce on just about any day.

I really did think we could hear something today. We didn't. I tip my hat to VFL92, who disagreed with me that we could hear today. :)
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There most likely won't be an announcement for at least a week with Currie leaving the country with the bball team
 
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Grand Vol said:
Did you catch my posts early this AM in Gruden 38?

I'd like your input on the MOU portion specifically. But feel free to give you input on the whole if you would like.
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I did see it, but I was catching up and it was hours behind.

Things like a MOU, MOA, etc are not binding, so if you wanted to you could absolutely sign one and walk away with no penalty. However, they don't very often lead to walk always in this type of context.

In larger corporate deals, its more common. Thihs is because the MOU (etc) includes some type of due diligence access. (Company A wants to buy Company B. the parties sign a MOU for the basic terms, and Company B provides access to full accounting books, patents, etc. After a due diligence period, company B learns that there are 11 lawsuits on the patents, and the books are adjusted with huge goodwill allocations, etc. Company A comes back and says, "We'll give you 65% of the original price to deal with the issues that came up on DD review." Company B decides that they'd rather continue ownership, rather than sell.)

In the context of employment (admittedly less experienced in this area), I think it would be much more rare. You don't sign an MOU unless you have interest. You don't include terms in an MOU that you wouldn't agree to later (assuming no material change in the facts).

Thus, I believe that IF a MOU was signed, then it is likely a subsequent deal would be reached. Otherwise, its a lot of lawyer $$ for no reason (better believe we're billing just to sit in the room and listen).

As to the method of negotiation, such practices are the norm (as you described). However, in this case it sounds like the conspirators talkedd to Gruden to gauge interest/requirements prior to any involvement (officially) with the UT administrators. Thus, when JC got involved everyone already knew the ballpark figures they were talking about. At that point it gets down to nuance and detail, which can be just as dispositive in whether a deal gets done or not.
 
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HearforGrumors:

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HFG, Impressive. Thanks for laying it all out there.

It all makes much more sense with a Gruden hire than without. If Gruden truly wasn't in play, there would be so much that has transpired that would be unexplainable.
 
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Has anyone heard how Coach Gruden’s son is doing in all of this? I can’t imagine being in his place....young, with hundreds of thousands of people wanting to know what your dad is going to do. That video of the moron chasing Currie really made me worry about the kid.

I hope the students are doing the right thing and treating him the same as everyone else....and I hope no one else is trying to find ways to talk to him.
 
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OrangePill said:
My one word of advice as a fan is to pay close attention to Jon Gruden tomorrow. He will undoubtedly be directly asked by the Seattle and NFL media about this opening, the Raiders, and the Bucs. If he has decided over the weekend that he is no longer interested then he'll put it to rest.
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According to UTVolinExile the only thing left for him to decide is when he wants to announce the already signed deal
 
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Sorry if this has already been answered: Is Currie still flying around the country? Anymore pics of him in airports? If not, then why is he not flying around talking with people?
 
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