beachbums624
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You are a liar like i said troll.
Really ? Seems absolutely correct to me . So where is the MOU where is the " DONE DEAL "Uncalled for...and whom ever liked this post.
No one's arm was twisted or a gun held to their head to make them believe anything. Everyone was passed the same info from the OG's and you could choose to believe or not believe. DTO...I for one appreciate what you and all the OG's brought to the board.
Its not the OG's fault nor their sources. It all goes back to Dave Hart not getting it done and you can even say some of the fault is on Gruden. He could have easily took some figures down and at least met us 60/40.
I read a NFL journalist take on it today and he said Gruden not being our new coach is a complete surprise to him and that Gruden to Tenn was the worst secret ever in the NFL!!
The saddest part of this hire for me is that ARKANSAS has managed to hire considerably bigger names for their last two coaches than UT. Why? Arkansas gets Petrino / Tennessee gets Dooley...Arkansas gets Bielema / Tennessee gets Jones. Either Tennessee, for some reason, is less attractive to potential coaches than Arkansas, who faces LSU and Alabama...OR, the hiring efforts of UT have been deficient. For clarity, I'm not suggesting Bielema is a home run hire, but he is undeniably more highly regarded than Jones. From my perspective, it appears as though Arkansas' AD has simply been more determined. Why?
What do they have that we don't..... a competent AD.
DTO, way to man up.
I appreciate your input and believe that you were sincere. Obviously things did not turn out as we wanted. As to why, I believe one need look no further than the post of LWS when he stated that "big jim always wins." There is a definite thread of commonality that runs right up to the current future ex coach and I hope that pious sob enjoys every home game with the other 50k fans that will be in Neyland.
I think Hart is quite competent, fighting for more money for the football program, getting Cheek's issues to be more publicized, what else would you ask of him? Hart stuck his neck out the day he fired Dooley, essentially calling out the University to honor the tradition we have! Now, he is incompetent for not going for Gruden? A guy who had no interest in this job? BUTCH JONES is our HC, and will be until Hart decides he is not that guy. LIKE I have said many times, Hart will make the decision, and by god he did.
I think Hart is quite competent, fighting for more money for the football program, getting Cheek's issues to be more publicized, what else would you ask of him? Hart stuck his neck out the day he fired Dooley, essentially calling out the University to honor the tradition we have! Now, he is incompetent for not going for Gruden? A guy who had no interest in this job? BUTCH JONES is our HC, and will be until Hart decides he is not that guy. LIKE I have said many times, Hart will make the decision, and by god he did.