Official Jon Gruden Thread XXVI

[Grand Vol]

The Grude News, the morning edition. For those just tuning in.

A beer discussion was had last night and determined not a darn one of us has any taste whatsoever in beer. Except me of course and I love my Hoegaarden. And I dare one of you to claim Chimay is beer. If you drink it out of a wine glass, it's no longer beer...and pull your damn pinky finger in while drinking.

Otherwise, slow news. Which could be good news.

Apparently I missed the great Grude Gif Off yesterday. I was informed by Poppa T the winners included: ENKI won the unofficial title of GIF-Master Flash. Power T Rev won the GIF Dilly Dilly Award and because his dancing girl GIF, Squints received the title of Gruden Grinder'S GIF Master.

On that note, dancing girls were banned afterwards. Well, at least the dancing girls we'd prefer.

knoxswim890 won last night's award for "Most usage of the word equilibrium in a post ever". Likely never to be topped either.

Beaver made an appearance and went all Hyrum Graff on us last night. Cryptic post that ran the cognitive abilities of several posters. And he owes me a drink.

Big day on the Hill with the BOT meeting. The Athletics Committee meets today, so it'll be interesting to see what comes out of that.

UTVolinExile finally showed back up.

In Knoxville news, a man driving a HAZMAT truck was seen stopping in Knoxville to give Currie a piece of his mind. Less than 39 seconds into the visit, he was hurled out the door by the intramural ladies field hockey team and chased off as they continued to pursue and beat him with their field hockey sticks. The man old enough to be their father was seen whimpering and crying by the famous Rock as he drew frowny faces and mumbled "but my jeans!"

In other news a new super sleuthing spy and investigation agency was started by Hawk and SFD today. Combining the best elements of Nancy Drew, Kojak and the Hardy Boys with Daft Punk costumes, this agency vows to find all lost kittens, evidence of ancient aliens and completely analyze the works of Nostradamus in order to see if he foretold the coming of Gruden to the Vols. We here at Volnation News will follow their cases closely

From the entire Volnation News Team, I'm Grand Vol and what we've got here is a failure to communicate.











(All information herein is specifically parody unless otherwise indicated by real posters or events)

 

[Jake]

Big time booster leverage! Think about it. Somebody wants to have big things happen at the best college football venue in the nation! He has to be part of the long term plan and, in my opinion, your needed rock star to fill that baby up is......SOON!

Definitely logical.

 

[RagingOrange]

I'm all for improving the appearance of the stadium but they better not take away seats to add more comfortable seats. And they need to add 10-15 more.

Well get ready, cuz thats exactly whats happening. Making things look lretty and shiny and more room for rubbing elbow and cocktails space.

 

[mrmax86]

Good Morning!

Good= As in a Day the Lord has made.
Morning= As in when the sun begins to rise for daylight hours.

I hope this explains my post.

 

[VolsFanJC]

I think this new variable added to the equation, continuing to play a player with the signs and symptoms of a concussion, will make for an interesting solve for X today. If Butch and/or the coach(es) tasked with ensuring the safety of student athletes is/are remain on the sidelines to coach our Vols this Saturday, then, imho, it undermines Currie's statement of the #1 priority of the UTAD is to ensure the safety of ALL student athletes. The facts, not speculation, are that a player remained in the game with what was determined to be a concussion and that there is an internal investigation into how this was allowed to happen. This is enough evidence to separate those under the shadow of doubt from UT Athletics until the findings of the investigation are complete.
I do understand and believe that you are innocent until proven guilty. Placing someone on administrative leave of absence does don't rule the party guilty. It is much like being boned out and awaiting trial and ultimate verdict. To allow them to roam the sidelines until absolved, casts doubt on the AD that they truly have the safety of student athletes as their number one priority.

Again, jmho

 

[newyorkvol]

Does anyone know why Haslam would be against a Gruden hire?
Why is he always playing the cog in the wheel?

I know nothing.
My speculation would be that Haslem wants Gruden for the Browns. Would pay for butch buy out if replaced with anyone but Gruden. Could be offended that other boosters are pushing for “his” guy for the Browns. “After all I’ve done for this University....!!”

I’m probably wrong.

 

[UTLEGEND]

From Hubbs on VQ regarding Bev..

"I don't think she has much interest in athletics nor much knowledge. I'm still double checking everything. She wants to be in the loop of what's going on with big decisions, but she's not in the middle of everything"

IMO, Beavers plane banner would be for Bev Davenport and the academic heads.. They are the thorn in everyone's side.. Just my guess

 

[FiveCentVol]

But I like Chimay...

The Grude News, the morning edition. For those just tuning in.

A beer discussion was had last night and determined not a darn one of us has any taste whatsoever in beer. Except me of course and I love my Hoegaarden. And I dare one of you to claim Chimay is beer. If you drink it out of a wine glass, it's no longer beer...and pull your damn pinky finger in while drinking.

Otherwise, slow news. Which could be good news.

Apparently I missed the great Grude Gif Off yesterday. I was informed by Poppa T the winners included: ENKI won the unofficial title of GIF-Master Flash. Power T Rev won the GIF Dilly Dilly Award and because his dancing girl GIF, Squints received the title of Gruden Grinder'S GIF Master.

On that note, dancing girls were banned afterwards. Well, at least the dancing girls we'd prefer.

knoxswim890 won last night's award for "Most usage of the word equilibrium in a post ever". Likely never to be topped either.

Beaver made an appearance and went all Hyrum Graff on us last night. Cryptic post that ran the cognitive abilities of several posters. And he owes me a drink.

Big day on the Hill with the BOT meeting. The Athletics Committee meets today, so it'll be interesting to see what comes out of that.

UTVolinExile finally showed back up.

In Knoxville news, a man driving a HAZMAT truck was seen stopping in Knoxville to give Currie a piece of his mind. Less than 39 seconds into the visit, he was hurled out the door by the intramural ladies field hockey team and chased off as they continued to pursue and beat him with their field hockey sticks. The man old enough to be their father was seen whimpering and crying by the famous Rock as he drew frowny faces and mumbled "but my jeans!"

In other news a new super sleuthing spy and investigation agency was started by Hawk and SFD today. Combining the best elements of Nancy Drew, Kojak and the Hardy Boys with Daft Punk costumes, this agency vows to find all lost kittens, evidence of ancient aliens and completely analyze the works of Nostradamus in order to see if he foretold the coming of Gruden to the Vols. We here at Volnation News will follow their cases closely

From the entire Volnation News Team, I'm Grand Vol and what we've got here is a failure to communicate.











(All information herein is specifically parody unless otherwise indicated by real posters or events)

 

[DuckRiverVol]

That sounds like something the Beav would say....is that you Beaver? lol. I think you and I are on the same line of thought. I think that what is actually going on (and it may line up with Beav, I've just never asked him)... but I think if there is a big group of boosters getting together to make this hire, one of their motives is to finally step in front of one of their colleagues that keeps doing things differently than they would.

I think we are starting to see a bit of the forest...
Despite the trees.

But I honestly am not in the "know" and don't know anyone that is.

Unfortunately I have spent entirely too much time trying to figure out what went wrong the last time we hired a coach.

 

[InVOLuntary]

I think Big Jim is the thing holding everything up. Not sure about the Gruden side but I'm very confident that Big Jim is keeping Butch over there for the time being.

 

[Grand Vol]

But I like Chimay...

So you like wine.

Just call it what it is.

 

[ChiefTKE]

I think we are starting to see a bit of the forest...
Despite the trees.

But I honestly am not in the "know" and don't know anyone that is.

Unfortunately I have spent entirely too much time trying to figure out what went wrong the last time we hired a coach.

The only thing that worries me with this Gruden deal is related to the AD hiring and how that went down. That is one of the reasons I've had my reservations buying fully into Beaver's scenario. I'm not saying he's not connected and could be fully right...it would just surprise me if that booster front could have recovered so quickly.

 

[VolFan32]

I know nothing.
My speculation would be that Haslem wants Gruden for the Browns. Would pay for butch buy out if replaced with anyone but Gruden. Could be offended that other boosters are pushing for “his” guy for the Browns. “After all I’ve done for this University....!!”

I’m probably wrong.

Wrong Haslam.

 

[SmokeyLives]

That sounds like something the Beav would say....is that you Beaver? lol. I think you and I are on the same line of thought. I think that what is actually going on (and it may line up with Beav, I've just never asked him)... but I think if there is a big group of boosters getting together to make this hire, one of their motives is to finally step in front of one of their colleagues that keeps doing things differently than they would.

So, in essence, Currie is Haslam, Davenport is Haslam. It appears that the rest of the boosters have mounted up, loaded up, and are ready to giddy up in order to change/end the Haslam paradigm at UT.

 

[NAILS]

Good Morning!

Good= As in a Day the Lord has made.
Morning= As in when the sun begins to rise for daylight hours.

I hope this explains my post.

So, you used an "!"
I see where your going with that

 

[newyorkvol]

Wrong Haslam.

Gotcha.

 

[RagingOrange]

So, in essence, Currie is Haslam, Davenport is Haslam. It appears that the rest of the boosters have mounted up, loaded up, and are ready to giddy up in order to change to Haslam paradigm at UT.

Sounds to me like someone may want to look into thenbidding practices of government contracts at UT...jus sayin

 

[Jake]

So, in essence, Currie is Haslam, Davenport is Haslam. It appears that the rest of the boosters have mounted up, loaded up, and are ready to giddy up in order to change/end the Haslam paradigm at UT.

Was just about to fyp....🤙🏽

 

[IN Jed]

Obviously not Gruden.

If he is like Hart...
ANYONE but Gruden.

That's against the thought that the Currie was brought in as part of the larger plan (some say 5 years in the making) to eventually bring Gruden (or at least a major fish). Looking more like the narrative of Haslams vs the other boosters in a major power struggle. From my uninformed perspective, having Haslam not run the show any longer would be in the best interest of UT. All very interesting. I feel like the class dunce for just now beginning to put things together.

 

[Face]

Oddly enough the reno is to make LESS seats...to make room for MORE bigwig butts...

Let that sink in

Are they installing an Olive Garden??

 

[Coastypop]

Good Morning!

Good= As in a Day the Lord has made.
Morning= As in when the sun begins to rise for daylight hours.

I hope this explains my post.

lol... it has gotten to the point that you can't just have a normal conversation.... hope you have a GREAT DAY...
:good!:

 

[Grand Vol]

Are they installing an Olive Garden??

Boom worthy

 

[vollygirl]

I know a lot of this thread is tongue in cheek, but do we seriously have fans who think Jones knew for a fact that BK had a concussion, and then made the decision to play him anyway?

 

[SmokeyLives]

Sounds to me like someone may want to look into thenbidding practices of government contracts at UT...jus sayin

I edited my previous post because the boosters have grown tired of Haslam and they want UT to move away from “the Haslam model.”

 

[Sstterry]

As a former coach's wife, I'm not. Someone always has an issue with the coach, and they are very easy to hang. I just wish he could move on and we could too without him being trashed.

This!!