Espn in denial over our new head coach

#6
#6
They kicked Jaws out of the booth and gave Gruden more room to be the only star for MNF. They are really going to hate UT when he becomes out next head coach. That being said, they had to know this was coming someday (that he would leave and coach somewhere).
 
#7
#7
I'd like to see everyone take advantage, and make sure ESPN loves UT because their boy is coaching here.
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#8
#8
But in the past 2 searches they have comented on it here in there on espn,espn2,or espn news. But it really never involved one of there employees before & there is something definetly going on behind the espn curtain.
 
#9
#9
If we land Gruden, ESPN will undoubtedly give us mad air time in the off season and over-hype us with extensive "inside access" clips every five seconds on ESPN and CFL like they did with Meyer and OSU this past summer .
 
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I won't comment on whether ESPN has it out for us or whether they don't want Gruden to leave.

My impression is that Gruden has asked them not to speak about any speculation of his coming here. Here's the deal, all of a sudden, even ESPN Insider has stopped mentioning his name in regards to us. When they money was allocated, they had this to say:

The extra money should allow Tennessee to pay its coach at an elite level. The top ten salaries around the country according to coachinghotseat.com range from $5.3 million (Alabama's Nick Saban) to $3.25 million (Oregon's Chip Kelly and TCU's Gary Patterson). Derek Dooley's salary was $1.9 million.

Money should be no object in this search, and it could help Tennessee land the caliber of coach it is desperately searching to hire.
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Considering that they have speculated on Arkansas supposed offer since they posted that, it is rather obvious that they are being discouraged to talk about it until something becomes more official, or it breaks.
 
#14
#14
ESPN licks platypus taint.


**The message is paid for by the committee to bring Jon Gruden back to Knoxville.
 
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perico said:
I won't comment on whether ESPN has it out for us or whether they don't want Gruden to leave.

My impression is that Gruden has asked them not to speak about any speculation of his coming here. Here's the deal, all of a sudden, even ESPN Insider has stopped mentioning his name in regards to us. When they money was allocated, they had this to say:



Considering that they have speculated on Arkansas supposed offer since they posted that, it is rather obvious that they are being discouraged to talk about it until something becomes more official, or it breaks.
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i agree thats why they havent said nothing because they cant even though its gotta be killing then
 
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Here's a crazy thought...rather than a conspiracy to withhold information maybe they arent mentioning it because it only exists in a fantasy world some of you have created
 
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PowerSweep said:
Here's a crazy thought...rather than a conspiracy to withhold information maybe they arent mentioning it because it only exists in a fantasy world some of you have created
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You obviously don't have a sarcasm detector Mr. Serious. This has been a long running joke on VN for years. GEEZ
 
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No news from Espn is odd. But in this case, No news has got to mean goods news. To much stuff makes sense for it to be a fantasy.
 
#21
#21
Really? What makes sense here?

If gruden to ut was not a serious possibility wouldn't this be exactly what you'd expect?

Let me put it this way...what about the lack of coverage is inconsistent with jon gruden being an unserious candidate?

tenn8179 said:
No news from Espn is odd. But in this case, No news has got to mean goods news. To much stuff makes sense for it to be a fantasy.
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#22
#22
Don't you think Jon Gruden and ESPN have seen this scenario unfolding for months? I'm sure both parties knew we would atleast have him on "the list"
 
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In order from most likely to least likely to be our HC:
Charlie Strong
Tommy Tuberville
Al Golden
Dabo Swinney
Gundy
Gruden
 
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#25
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Most likley GRUDEN-J FISHER- or last resort B Davis. im tellung u guys who think Harts going after Strong & Golden its not gonna happening because Hart really knows this hire determines his fate @ UT & is not playing at all with this Hire. He Wont settle for just a up & coming coach
 
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