Official Jon Gruden Thread XVI

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Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical"?
Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.
Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave!
Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
Mayor: All right, all right! I get the point!
 
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prs33 said:
I am not whiny. I want Gruden just as bad as anyone. In fact I have a box of Padron family reserves in a dry box just for the announcement. I just want some hope man!
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Awesome! Hope is something you develop for yourself, its called faith, and lots round here lack it...I tend not to rely on others for my happiness...thats all Im sayin. GBO!
 
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MWAVolfan said:
I really dont think so. I dont think Hyams was expecting to say that and I dont think he was lying. It makes absolutely no sense to lie about that.
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Total sense to say that considering its a statement that can never be authenticated, and it makes people believe that you are anywhere near those controlling the decision-making around this hire. Neither of which is the case. Carry on.
 
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Regarding what Hyams said, Hargis' article, and the Gruden talk resurfacing here's my theory on what happened. Hargis had it right when he said assistant's pay was the holdup in the Gruden deal. That is the point where Haslam told Hart to get up from the table and go find a coach. Now that Tennessee and Hart have egg on their faces we'll see if Jim wants to negotiate with Gruden again. Nothing happens at the University of Tennessee without the support of Jim Haslam.
 
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If Hart has nothing by now....then he is the worst Ad ever....how do not have an idea of who is gonna say yes the day u fire Dooly?
 
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Someone remind me again how getting turned down by a BASKETBALL schools coach is part of the master plan? I'm still all Gruden!
 
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from Twitter:

VolRumorMill ‏@VolRumorMill
Sounds like there is some serious work being done behind the scenes today. Outlook positive from what I am hearing.

followed by:

VolRumorMill ‏@VolRumorMill
For future reference 'the elephant' is and will always be Gruden. He is still in play. I cannot say that he is signed, sealed and delivered.
 
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crparker21 said:
Hyams will get destroyed for letting that out, true or not.
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If I was Hyams, I would find someone besides the Pilot Oil Travel Agency to book my vacations.

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1world1love said:
None of those are accurate.

Escrow accounts are commonly used where both parties need to ensure that money will only exchange when a specific endpoint is reached or not at all.

Also, it is common for boosters to move gifts into escrow.

There is no way Hart would make and offer if he didn't have access to the cash. Doantions are made in lump for the most part. You can, of course, pledge a monthly or yearly sum, but if somebody makes a gift of $1 mil for a construction project, they will not begin construction until they have the $1 mil in escrow.
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That is the point.

It sounds like Hart had a firm cap on what he could offer String (18 million returned from Academics) Not enough for a five year 4 million deal for Strong.
The ONLY way he gets access to the money in Escrow is to pay the Gruden Contract.
 
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what i find very odd:

Im all in for gruden. with that said the reason why i have belief in any of this gruden stuff is the fact that

1. why have we not heard from bray hunter and patterson about leaving? no official declaration, which make me belief that they might get the GRU. also the fact that the media is saying that our next targets are butch jones and kirby smart. if they knew that they were gonna land one of them, i feel that they might have already declared.. IMO

2. why the hell did we offer strong, fedora, and gundy first? they arent the best options we could get at all. the media is all over saying our next options are smart and jones. but dont mention names like Greg Roman, Hue Jackson, or Bo Pelini who all have apparent interest of the vacancy... that makes me have reason to believe that this GRUDEN stuff just might be true, because if you didnt have your guy already then why would u offer strong, fedora, and gundy first over those other guys like Roman, Pelini, and Jackson... just doesnt make sense to me..maybe thats just me

Go Gru or Go home.. I pray he comes
 
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Anyone else find it interesting that a USC WR commit just decommitted and said he is now considering UT? Who coaches wr's at USC again?
 
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EZE said:
I think it is funny that you did not hear much about Arky or Auburn making offers, conducting interviews etc--until the names were announced.

And you didn't hear anything about our search until yesterday, when it supposedly became 100% transparent. Now, that could be bungling by our AD, but it is interesting nonetheless.
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Maybe I am mistaken, but I thought it was heavily rumored (AKA reported by media as fact) that Arkansas 'offered' Gruden, Miles, and Gundy... maybe more.
 
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alright people....

google Manning and Haslams....good friends.....

Manning loves Gruden.........don't you think that Jimmy Haslam trusts Peyton Manning's football knowledge.......

C'mon man...........it would have been the first person Peyton would have sold.........

Some of you guys are just so pessimisstic......you're looking for reasons it's not true.....
 
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Wilson27 said:
Someone remind me again how getting turned down by a BASKETBALL schools coach is part of the master plan? I'm still all Gruden!
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Smokescreen to joke with the fan base. The coaching search was scripted for laughs. Yay4Bray said we're announcing before Alabama vs Georgia so all they talk about is Gruden! Lol
 
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I think it is a high probability that Tee returns to the Vols regardless of the head coach...he seems to be really want to come home.
 
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