Official Jon Gruden Thread 37

[ThePriceofGas]

finebaum on location in athens--what a flop! that campus is dead...maybe 20 people? most of them junior high kids?

I have seen it like that before for his shows on campuses. Nothing to do with the campus or students, in my opinion it says a whole lot about him.

 

[MyBloodIsOrange]

Or 10.3mil offer to gruden

Seeee??? I'm so glad I'm not the only one who's mind went there 😂

 

[JVol76]

As they should. Gruden has become this mythical "home run hire" / savior but in actuality, he's really a 2nd or 3rd tier hire. I'd much rather have Fuente, Frost, or Mullen before Gruden.

Gruden is a great X's and O's coach, but a "Head Coach" in the college game is more like a CEO. College is more about talent development than X's and O's; not that X's and O's don't matter, but it matters less than in the NFL. Gruden's system was already tried at Nebraska under Bill Callahan and it failed miserably. While Gruden is a better coach than Callahan, part of Callahan's problem was always that his offense was too complex for the college game. Gruden would deal with the same issue.

I'm not saying that Gruden couldn't succeed. He's a smart guy and he'd be able to recruit top 10 classes routinely. I'm just saying that there's no real reason to believe that he's a better coach than someone like Scott Frost or Dan Mullen in the college game. As an NFL coach, yes, I'd take Gruden in a heartbeat over those guys, but not as a college coach. And the track record of NFL coaches in college is almost as bad as the track record as college coaches in the NFL. Jim Mora, Bill Callahan, Dave Wannstadt, Mike Sherman, Lovie Smith --- so many more NFL to college failures than success stories. Pete Carroll was the exception.

This is right on the money, excellent post.

 

[Volbrando]

Phil Fulmer is on ESPN Radio 105.1 in Chattanooga right now. He said that he is not involved in the coaching search whatsoever and has no idea who's in the mix.

Either he’s lying or that’s not good

 

[jpope9]

Phil Fulmer is on ESPN Radio 105.1 in Chattanooga right now. He said that he is not involved in the coaching search whatsoever and has no idea who's in the mix.

suuuuure Phil....lol

 

[VFLnSFD]

Phil Fulmer is on ESPN Radio 105.1 in Chattanooga right now. He said that he is not involved in the coaching search whatsoever and has no idea who's in the mix.

That's a pumpkin sized lie. What are they paying him for?

 

[Sara Clark]

[twitter]https://twitter.com/TreyW_Radio/status/931647098788999168[/twitter]

My reading comprehension must be off. What the heck does this even mean?

 

[esarmstrong]

finebaum on location in athens--what a flop! that campus is dead...maybe 20 people? most of them junior high kids?

If Finebaum had any common sense he would be in K'town chasing down Grumors.

 

[FacelessArya]

Or 10.3mil offer to gruden

 

[txbo]

Anyone know how often Dale Jones makes it back to Tennessee for a game?

And I just checked Appalachian State does have an open date this weekend.

Just about every year on his open date.

But I don't know what that is but it's not his Twitter account.

 

[arkansasvol3]

Phil Fulmer is on ESPN Radio 105.1 in Chattanooga right now. He said that he is not involved in the coaching search whatsoever and has no idea who's in the mix.

Lying through his teeth

 

[Jake]

Ive spilled more on my shirt than most have ever consumed.

Hahahahaha I hear ya brutha!!

 

[knucklehead_vol]

Sent you a message

 

[Jravol78]

Biggest one I have, is him showing up for the job because its not going to happen. Move on Vol fans! Lets talk about some real candidates. there are some pretty good mid majors we should be discussing

 

[andywilson001]

Was that Dale Jones for real or another fake account. I don't do twitter. SOON! GRUDEN TO THE VOLS!

The real Dale Jones' tweets are protected. You have to be his friend to see them... I just sent him a request. If he accepts and I see the tweet, I'll come back and confirm.

EDIT: It's from Facebook, not Twitter.

 

[Voltrapnbama]

My reading comprehension must be off. What the heck does this even mean?

I took it as all the negative reports are out there for when he turns it down, they can gloat. However, if he accepts...

 

[vollygirl]

Beautiful.

 

[Sstterry]

If Finebaum had any common sense he would be in K'town chasing down Grumors.

I think he was here yesterday.
In the car with Jon Reed......

 

[10ecVol]

Well he is a coward regardless.

Is Mike Rallings still Chief? If he's the same Mike Rallings I used to know from Memphis, maybe I ought to get his number, give him a call and tell him he's got a potential abuse of power issue in his ranks.

 

[Jake]

Phil Fulmer is on ESPN Radio 105.1 in Chattanooga right now. He said that he is not involved in the coaching search whatsoever and has no idea who's in the mix.

His nose must a foot long by now.

 

[CPVOL]

THAT could be the SINGLE GREATEST SMOKE SCREEN to date.

“I don’t know nothing. Didn’t know there was an opening”

 

[VEKZY]

Phil Fulmer is on ESPN Radio 105.1 in Chattanooga right now. He said that he is not involved in the coaching search whatsoever and has no idea who's in the mix.

After Currie said he is in the mix during the presser... lol.

 

[txbo]

Was that Dale Jones for real or another fake account. I don't do twitter. SOON! GRUDEN TO THE VOLS!

I don't know if it's fake or not but it's not his Twitter account. His Twitter account is @dalejones54.

 

[tnvols72]

Me neither.

I’ll have to start drinking heavily if Currie hires a dud.

Gruden, Patterson, Kelly, or bust.

I would take any of those 3 but I got a bad feeling about who we could end up with

 

[The Comb]

Confirmed