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So are you guys assuming that Hamilton never contacted Gruden in the first place about the position in 09 or that he was uninterested then, but interested now?
 
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VOLnMiami said:
2. Jon Gruden

Trust me, he's going to be interested in Tennessee.

He's not going to pull a John Madden and become a television commentator for the rest of his professional career. I've been told that the grind of being a coach in the NFL isn't as appealing to him as being able to go out and recruit the top players in the country and develop them.

The Vols would have to pull out the checkbook and pay him $5 million a year.

But if they're willing to do this, Gruden, a former Vol graduate assistant who married a Tennessee cheerleader, is going to listen.

In fact, I think there's a good chance that if Tennessee will show him the money that Jon Gruden is your next Volunteer coach.
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Thanks clay Travis.
 
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so you're going to post this

VOLnMiami said:
Shhhhh :shhh: The adults are talking...Go watch cartoons or something.
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and then quote Clay Travis? Yeah....

VOLnMiami said:
2. Jon Gruden

Trust me, he's going to be interested in Tennessee.

He's not going to pull a John Madden and become a television commentator for the rest of his professional career. I've been told that the grind of being a coach in the NFL isn't as appealing to him as being able to go out and recruit the top players in the country and develop them.

The Vols would have to pull out the checkbook and pay him $5 million a year.

But if they're willing to do this, Gruden, a former Vol graduate assistant who married a Tennessee cheerleader, is going to listen.

In fact, I think there's a good chance that if Tennessee will show him the money that Jon Gruden is your next Volunteer coach.
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That's a physically and mentally broken down man that knows it's over.
 
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omghulkhands said:
So are you guys assuming that Hamilton never contacted Gruden in the first place about the position in 09 or that he was uninterested then, but interested now?
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Conflicting reports on that. Some are that no we did not....others say we weren't prepared to pony up the $$. Either way it was a critical failure by the administration.


What is certain is that there was interest on Grudens part last time.
 
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At their Anniversary back in July when his family asked him if he would consider coaching at UT his response was: I love the University of TN, I will do whatever I can to help but I have no desire to coach UT.

Perhaps it was smoke and mirrors at the time, at this point it is anyones guess. If he comes he comes, if he don't he don't is how I look at it.
 
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GmanTN said:
At their Anniversary back in July when his family asked him if he would consider coaching at UT his response was: I love the University of TN, I will do whatever I can to help but I have no desire to coach UT.

Perhaps it was smoke and mirrors at the time, at this point it is anyones guess. If he comes he comes, if he don't he don't is how I look at it.
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"I will not be the coach at the University of Alabama"
Nick Saban

Also.....it would have been VERY unprofessional to say anything other than that while we have a sitting coach.
 
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GmanTN said:
At their Anniversary back in July when his family asked him if he would consider coaching at UT his response was: I love the University of TN, I will do whatever I can to help but I have no desire to coach UT.

Perhaps it was smoke and mirrors at the time, at this point it is anyones guess. If he comes he comes, if he don't he don't is how I look at it.
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I can respect this post. But at same time Saban wasn't going to Alabama either. So I guess we will have to wait and see. I just know Dooley can't get it done on the field. As far as running a clean program I've never been more proud
 
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lot of you guys seem highly optimistic, how about each of you put down a percentage of how likely you think that Gruden is coaching UT next year.
 
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'Boro-vol said:
"I will not be the coach at the University of Alabama"
Nick Saban

Also.....it would have been VERY unprofessional to say anything other than that while we have a sitting coach.
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I don't believe the 2 men or cut from the same cloth, the incident I described happened in front of his family and close friends. Your incident happened to reporters.
 
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crparker21 said:
I disagree with #2, gruden has a super bowl and coached the raiders up as well. People can say whatever they want about it being dungy's team but dungy couldnt win it with them.

I didnt say I was worried about coaching, I'm worried about the hours a college coach keeps to be successful.
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I think the hours he'll put in is the last thing you need to worry about with Gru.

Also, IF he is hired, I don't think we will have to worry about him bolting to another school or the NFL (like Kiffin) in a couple years. He doesn't need Tennessee to be a stop gap to get back into the league. IMO, if he comes, he's here for the long haul.
 
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Gruden could have said if the opportunity was to present itself I would entertain the idea but instead said what I quoted.
 
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GmanTN said:
I don't believe the 2 men or cut from the same cloth, the incident I described happened in front of his family and close friends. Your incident happened to reporters.
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I'll have to disregard your personality comparison between the two coaches, as it is simply speculation.

Rationalize it anyway you want to. Professionally he couldn't say anything other.....no matter who he was speaking to.
 
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volfan4evr said:
Pro coaches puts in way more hours and days than a college. If you were referring to what he does now, then yes, coaching is more for him than his TV job.
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Yeah comparing to now. Not sure how you could pur in way more hours than collefe coaches. A lot of them sleep at the office and carry 18-20 hr days
 
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omghulkhands said:
lot of you guys seem highly optimistic, how about each of you put down a percentage of nhow likely you think that Gruden is coaching UT next year.
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75%.

The only concern I have is Harts ability to marshal the support to get it done. Gruden is interested, the money is available. Hart has some internal problems with the lawsuits that aren't going away anytime soon.

In the end though, I don't think anybody wants to be the guy that kept this from happening. From a media standpoint alone it would be huge for the University and would go a long way toward repairing our national perception.
 
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