Official Jon Gruden Thread XVII

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VOL_Lyfe said:
Critique of analogy time.

For your analogy to work (that we are all DPRK residents, with some happy, and some attempting to inject 'reality'), then you are saying the happy-message spreaders are celebrating a tyrant, a dictator (as they do in Pyongyang). Does that mean that you think Gruden would be the coaching equivalent of Kim Jon-ung? :blink:

We do not celebrate the tyrant; we celebrate his successor.

A better example, to continue with your choice of analogies, is that we are ALL DPRK citizens, suffering under the brutal, incompetent yoke of the current coaching administration....with some of us daring to wish for liberty and freedom in its truest sense ('murica!), and others wanting a better life, but not TOO much better....going from North Korea to, say, the old Soviet Union. These folk would love to go to America, too, in theory.....but they think its unrealistic and will not happen. And because, in their minds it will not happen...then it should not be discussed.

It's all good, we all dream our dream of a better life in different ways....but , for some reason, the USSR-folk get resentful that the America-folk are thinking bigger...that they want more...that they aren't happy with the same ole same ole. So they decide to come over and pour cold water on any all talk of America.

"Don't you know you'll never see America? Foolish Koreans! Stop talking about it! If you are lucky, you might see Moscow or East Berlin!"

You are right in that I don't really know whether you are as miserable and negative about the rest of your life as you come across here. But I can only extrapolate based on the available evidence, and to me, anyone who deliberately makes a special effort to spread negativity into a positive thread that was minding its own business, not bothering anyone else, is probably a pretty negative person. I am open to a re-evaluation, of course :)

As for me and my house, I refuse to abandon the dream. The Great Grude is, as Reagan once said, akin to a "shining city upon a hill," a beacon of light, a renaissance of coaching acumen and authority, bringing hope, joy, and championships to all long-suffering Vol fans who have lived in the SEC shadows for far, far too long.

The future belongs to those who dream big and resist discouragement. Immeasurably brighter days are ahead, because The Great Grude is coming.






Soon.
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Dadgum! Check you out!!! Nicely done. :hi::good!::salute:
 
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tvolsfan said:
Now, just to stoke the flames a little, if Tennessee loses tomorrow and Jones is fired on Sunday or Monday, it may be worth checking if Gruden remains in Tennessee for a little after the Titans/Colts game.
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Anyone here know someone or work at the Gaylord in Nashville? ;-)
 
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Gruden is in town I saw him with his wife. He was trying to be low key. Does not seem like he is interested in talking about what is going on in Knoxville or talk about taking the job.
 
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Gruden spotted arriving in Knoxville.
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mrmax86 said:
SIAP, but I just saw this article from SDS. Gruden showing his recruiting ability getting Hurd to stay for his Jr season after wanting to leave at the end of his Soph year.

Butch used him in the I-Formation in the bowl game, and then, I believe, not again after that.

Here's the article.

Grud article!

Jon Gruden allegedly helped convince Jalen Hurd to return to Tennessee for his junior season
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I was at that game..T I formation steam rolled their defense. Whatever happened to that?. Haven't seen it sense
 
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Sin City Vol said:
He may be on campus but I would highly doubt. as a former coach, he would go behind another coaches back to talk to the AD about the job. That is like some unwritten rule. Now if Butch is fired post Bama and Gruden rolls into Knoxville the next week, we may have a reason to get excited
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You bring a good point.

But if he decided to stop into CBJ's office and take some measurements and said "yeah, my pictures would look good on this wall and my certificates would look great there" it could be a sign Lyle is on his way out.

Just sayin.
 
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Vols All Day said:
Gruden is in town I saw him with his wife. He was trying to be low key. Does not seem like he is interested in talking about what is going on in Knoxville or taking the job.
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Feel like Paul Newman at the end of the Color of Money..We are back!!
 

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govols24 said:
Basilio's show is an acquired taste. I wasn't crazy about it at first but now I love it. It feels like family and that guy does so much for the community. It's really impressive what he has accomplished on his own.
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I agree it does grow on you. Like how they tell it how it is and kind of reminds me of listening to work buddies or family that knows about Tennessee football.
 
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Sin City Vol said:
He may be on campus but I would highly doubt. as a former coach, he would go behind another coaches back to talk to the AD about the job. That is like some unwritten rule. Now if Butch is fired post Bama and Gruden rolls into Knoxville the next week, we may have a reason to get excited
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Talk to the AD? Probably not. But, that doesn't mean he wouldn't discuss "hypothetical scenarios" with certain individuals who don't officially represent the AD but just so happen to have a clear understanding of what is and is not possible . . . hypothetically speaking, of course.
 
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Vols All Day said:
Gruden is in town I saw him with his wife. He was trying to be low key. Does not seem like he is interested in talking about what is going on in Knoxville or taking the job.
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VAD, I saw a sign advertising mind reading over behind Gary Market and Deli in Chestnut Hill and also behind the old See Live Bear. That wouldn't be your outfit would it?
 
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