Caplan: Never Offered Gruden Close to What He Wanted

[SaintLouisVol]

What has Lovie Smith ever won ????? I hear his name mentioned all the time. Why ???

Lovie Smith: NFL HC Winning% = .563 making playoffs 3 of 9 seasons. 3-3 playoff record. 10 years coaching in college.

Jon Gruden: NFL HC Winning% = .540 making playoffs 5 of 11 seasons. 5-4 playoff record. 5 years coaching in college.

But, it seems the differences are striking. Gruden is a "homerun" coach and Lovie is a "why?" coach.

 

[82_VOL_83]

Why are some people afraid to admit hart and cheek did not drop the ball and gruden never wanted to be coach at Tennessee?

This post is so true.......

 

[vols-1]

Lovie Smith is available. We should have waited.

But what about all that fantastic recruiting we would have missed in the meantime?

 

[99gator]

This is what I was thinking:

There is no way you have time to follow Florida AND Tennessee sports this closely unless you are unemployed. Am I right so far? So, you are either a UT fan through and through, and present yourself as a Gator, for attention, or, you dont have a job, and have all the extra time anyone would need to follow 2 teams. Which one is it?

Shows what you know.

I'm a member of Congress

 

[UTBasketball2]

I don't see him leaving the booth, at least not for Philly, we aren't going after him apparently. We're going to make a run for his brother though.

 

[Oskie Volum]

Thx Grudenites for bringing the season down to its knees for a guy that had no intention of ever coming here. Pathetic losers.
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[SaintLouisVol]

Lovie Smith is available. We should have waited.

There wouldn't be a mattress left from Louisville to Atlanta if Hart would have waited until now to hire a HC.

 

[vols-1]

This post is so true.......

Saban said he never wanted to leave Miami!:ermm:

 

[volnpowell]

Shows what you know.

I'm a member of Congress

Explains why nothing is getting done in congress!

 

[voldawgforever]

Shows what you know.

I'm a member of Congress

We were having fun. Then you had to go and blow it. You used MY tax money to piss me off. I'm devastated.

Explains how you have the time to follow 2 teams...

 

[voldawgforever]

Thx Grudenites for bringing the season down to its knees for a guy that had no intention of ever coming here. Pathetic losers.
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Some powerful sons of betches, those Grundenites.

 

[chef3531]

Give it a rest, what does it matter now?

 

[Wylo]

Why do real Tennessee fans come on a UT board and act like they know nothing about UT football?

Sad but true..

 

[VOLywood]

What has Lovie Smith ever won ????? I hear his name mentioned all the time. Why ???

Ummm...the 4th most games of any team in the NFC during his tenure...but I guess that's not significant.

 

[C-town Vol]

Thx Grudenites for bringing the season down to its knees for a guy that had no intention of ever coming here. Pathetic losers.
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yep, that's what caused us to have a losing season...fans on a message board wanting Gruden....if these boards have that much power then we need to spend next season with a thread about the Vols winning a national title....that will definitely work

 

[VolMaster14]

This isn't new news. There's an epic thread with almost 200k post that will explain it all.

 

[VolMaster14]

Some powerful sons of betches, those Grundenites.

HoooRAH!!!

 

[voldawgforever]

HoooRAH!!!

Hahahahahaha!!!! What up big dude!!

 

[99gator]

Explains why nothing is getting done in congress!

If only you knew the committees i was on...

 

[voldawgforever]

If only you knew the committees i was on...

Hang out with the Vols 'cause I like Orange committee?

 

[volnpowell]

If only you knew the committees i was on...

Just giving you a hard time. I know that even the good politicians have a hard time with the games others play.

 

[Vol_atile]

patience

My patience ran out a while ago. About 8 years to be exact. As George Bailey said, "Wait.....Wait for what."

 

[108kiloVOLts]

I have never had an opinion of Gruden, but after this season I can't stand to hear his name.

 

[82_VOL_83]

This isn't new news. There's an epic thread with almost 200k post that will explain it all.

Can you get that on Kindle?

 

[SaintLouisVol]

Ummm...the 4th most games of any team in the NFC during his tenure...but I guess that's not significant.

Reasons why Lovie is a bad choice:

• He's never done color commentary on Monday Night Football
• He's never had a television series about college quarterbacks
• No resemblance to any horror movie character
• Minimal popularity on Twitter for "#Lovieisms"
• His wife did not go to UT (that I am aware of anyway)