Official Jon Gruden Thread 37

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CopperHead_Vol said:
These guys doing the leg-hound routine on Mullen remind me of when my bi-polar, dumpster-diving, bat-**** crazy, human trampoline of an ex-wife introduced me to her new boyfriend.

First time I met the poor bastard, he was strutting around the whole time, loving up on her in front of me and giving me a smug smile as they walked away. Poor, poor clueless bastard....

Make good choices,

CH_V
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That's a good analogy.
 
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#6,655
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Mullen squeaks out a last minute win against 4-7 Arkansas. Wouldn't have won without a Bielema mistake. Not impressed in the least. If that's the best we can do, might as well hire some assistants for Brady.
 
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allvol said:
No kidding. We can spend $340m on the stadium, we can pay a coach $8m to go away, but they just can't wrap there heads around spending like a top 5 school to get the best coach?
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I know, right? The Vol Shop needs to start selling strings of pearls for all of these people to clutch during the games.
 
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allvol said:
I don't think we'll get much today in the way of grumors cause everyone is focusing on the game. IMHO
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Wait... we are playing today? Lost in all of this, we still got a game to play. Hopefully the team and coaches are far more focused than VN. It’s still possible to salvage a bowl and a bit of dignity from the nightmare that was Butch Jones.
 
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Jravol78 said:
Serious question here. I never said Beav was a troll, some parts of his schtik seem legit, some not so much. He has Made a few compelling posts. So count me as a solid "not sure about the Beav". What exactly has he done or said that make people hang on his every word? I know a legit poster confirmed that he answered some correct questions regarding an exclusive country club. What else is there that would make one base their opinion on Gruden to the hill on what the Beav says??
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That legit poster also connected with him outside of this site and came back to confirm he was legit. TIFWIW
 
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Intercepted Comuinication from Currie to Gruden, Looks Legit!!! :blink::blink:


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mrmax86's Guide to the Gruden Threads (v2.5.37):

Below is user OrangePill’s Detailed synopsis of Gruden's deal and the coming days (just click the Spoiler button):
OrangePill said:
Enjoy... I'm not sure there is much more for me to find out at the moment. I'll let you know if I hear anything new, but at this point I believe we're just waiting for an announcement.

Buyout:
  • Buyout terms were agreed upon prior to the Tampa meeting.
  • Don't know the exact terms, but was told that it is "very open on both ends" allowing both sides an easy exit.
  • Gruden's agent initially wanted them to have a liquidated-damages clause of 0 and Tennessee wanted a mutual buyout. This was the eventual compromise.

Endorsements:
  • Since first contact a major source of contention has been Gruden's current and future endorsements.
  • Frankly I don't think my two sources know how this ended up turning out and they acted like it may still be an issue.
  • As best as I understand it, Gruden does not want Tennessee meddling in his endorsements, while Tennessee is adamant that he will need to drop endorsements.
  • I got the feeling money wasn't the issue, but it was more of an issue of principle with Gruden.

Additional contract info I picked up:
  • Gruden has an out-clause on his ESPN contract. No buyout.
  • Was told a contract length of 4 years by one person, other did not know.
  • 3 leased vehicles.
  • "Around 25" season tickets.
  • Bonus of 1m.
  • Not as heavily incentivized as rumors have said. Base salary is pretty close to total salary.
  • Around 9m with around 1.5m in bonuses.
  • I wasn't given exact numbers on the salary so I would take that number with a grain of salt.

Staff:
  • Most of the staff-related issues I referenced two days ago I found out centered around Tee Martin.
  • Gruden has placed a great deal of importance on Tee due to his recruiting prowess.
  • Gruden has made it clear that he does not want to be on the road recruiting every single free night, and he feels (whether right or wrong), that having Tee on staff will take a lot of that pressure off of him.
  • When Tee was contacted 2 weeks ago it appeared as if there would be little to no resistance on either side if Gruden was hired. Things became complicated late last week when Tee was contacted by Georgia Southern. Another source I talked to said he's also been contacted by UTEP, but I'm not as confident in that source.
  • Tee is currently in limbo and no one I talked to knows who a potential replacement would be.

Timing:
  • Gruden has no interest in coaching this year.
  • He will not coach vs. Vanderbilt regardless of when an announcement is made.
  • If we somehow win the next 2 games he would be involved in the bowl preparation.
  • Due to that he prefers an official announcement on 11/28, with controlled leaks beginning on 11/26.
  • As of 2 days ago the AD had pushed for an announcement on 11/21 with controlled leaks beginning on 11/20.
  • Not sure what they've agreed on to be honest.

Source Confidence that deal is done:
  • I was able to talk to 2 of my 3 sources face-to-face yesterday and they both say that the deal is done.
  • Last time I talked to my main source they seemed confident as well.
  • I have no reason to doubt them.
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[post=14562250]Transcript[/post] of Gruden’s 11/15/17 appearance on Mike and Mike.
Audio/Video of Gruden's 11/15/17 appearance on Mike and Mike below (just click the Spoiler button):
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Audio of Jon Gruden’s interview on Seattle radio, where he brings up Rocky Top un-prompted.
Video of this interchange is below (just click the Spoiler button):
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25801VOL said:
Thos thread is no longer a Gruden thread. Maybe we could call it dreams of hopeless vol fans.

We have to scroll through 30 pages to find a vaugue crum that could be read 1,000 different ways from a unknown poster it's just a distraction from the truth that our team is leas relevant than thw Gamcocks, Wildcats and Tigers.

We all hope that Gruden could bring us back in name alone, we all know that's mostly a fantasy.

So im going to go watch my Vols try to win against a superior team in Neyland.
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We'll leave the light on for ya!

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#6,669
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DWright39 said:
If you arent happy with mediocrity then you are delusional. Its the new standard.
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“mediocre” basically means “average”.. which would quite literally be the standard across all of CFB. When you average all the good teams with the bad teams, you get an average (or “mediocre”) team.... So technically you are right. Except that is not a “new” concept and it certainly isn’t something to be happy about.
 
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***NOT GRUDEN RELATED***

Alright Vol detectives, I don't know where to post this so guess I'll post it here. My bro lost this hat about 10 years ago at a bar. He loved it and wore it everywhere. I would really love to get this hat for him for Christmas. It is mesh and has Vols in bubble letters on the back, and a white power T outlined in black on the front (orange bill).

If anyone knows where I could buy or order this same hat, please let me know. Yeah it's probably not in circulation anymore, but couldn't hurt to ask.

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