Official Jon Gruden Thread VI

['Boro-vol]

So are shoes, toothbrushes, and competent motorcycle drivers.

Solid.

 

[Jake]

So are shoes, toothbrushes, and competent motorcycle drivers.

Actually...the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas. You didn't know that?

 

[danomite]

Answering someone's question eaier.

I've been here all day, I'm straight on the Vols side in thinking it will happen.

However, I spoke with someone who is an affiliate of Espn who thought they had zero chance and now thinks that there is no way Chucky can turn UT down if we have as much $ on the table as rumored.

 

[Jake]

Answering someone's question eaier.

I've been here all day, I'm straight on the Vols side in thinking it will happen.

However, I spoke with someone who is an affiliate of Espn who thought they had zero chance and now thinks that there is no way Chucky can turn UT down if we have as much $ on the table as rumored.

Whoa!!!

 

[VOLorNuttin]

just put out there list of Coaches being considered

Rumor mill: Who could be UT's next football coach? | wbir.com

This is just the media guy making up a list himself. Not even bothering to ask anyone involved with the program or boosters.

No way in hell is Franklin, Petrino or Fulmer legit considerations...and Smart and Dykes should be among them, too. The Kent State coach? Are you freakin kdding me? How did his name suddenly appear? No more mid-major coaches....tried that and failed miserably (see Derek Dooley....oh wait, that's our current coach, whom he are trying to get rid of). No Coordinators.

Franklin is just an A-Hole who happens to be a slick salesman that some kids will listen to. Dooley could sell kids fairly well and got us to a bowl game his first year. Doesn't mean he can coach a lick. Franklin, as an OC, got his HC fired. If we are going to go that route, then why not go after Dave Clawson. He's a lot more successful than Franklin, and his Bowling Green team would likely beat Vandy.

 

[knucklehead_vol]

Actually...the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas. You didn't know that?

Is that why it is toothbrush and not teethbrush?

 

[preacherwebb]

Actually...the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas. You didn't know that?

... because anywhere else, and it would've been called a "teethbrush."

 

[LittleDTO]

Actually...the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas. You didn't know that?

There and Alabama.

 

[Buffett Vol]

Answering someone's question eaier.

I've been here all day, I'm straight on the Vols side in thinking it will happen.

However, I spoke with someone who is an affiliate of Espn who thought they had zero chance and now thinks that there is no way Chucky can turn UT down if we have as much $ on the table as rumored.

Did he mention any specific numbers?

 

[knucklehead_vol]

Answering someone's question eaier.

I've been here all day, I'm straight on the Vols side in thinking it will happen.

However, I spoke with someone who is an affiliate of Espn who thought they had zero chance and now thinks that there is no way Chucky can turn UT down if we have as much $ on the table as rumored.

Nice. Party at Jakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Blackmarket803]

Oooh....how you doin?

What do you think of the Cowher talk Boro? If they were really meeting with him, then that would mean that Gruden isn't locked down right?

 

['Boro-vol]

Actually...the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas. You didn't know that?

True....but the Teethbrush was not.

 

[Jake]

Is that why it is toothbrush and not teethbrush?

I know...it's an old joke. But it was setup to well.

 

[vol4eva]

Cowher is a pipe dream IMO, not even sure he wants back in coaching.

 

['Boro-vol]

What do you think of the Cowher talk Boro? If they were really meeting with him, then that would mean that Gruden isn't locked down right?

No and no. All of this is disinformation IMO.

How many names did we hear during the last search? We heard Dooleys name the day prior to his announcement.

 

[Blackmarket803]

Cowher is a pipe dream IMO, not even sure he wants back in coaching.

I know, but i'm pretty sure Sparty has some solid guys.

 

[smokeyhuntsgators]

Go ahead and make up a story...that's what everyone else is doing.

Ok..I ran into Gruden while I was grocery shopping today and had an interesting conversation with him..
TIFWIW

 

[Jake]

Did you hear that they have raised the minimum drinking age in Arkansas to 32?


It seems they want to
keep alcohol out of the high schools.

 

[vol4eva]

No and no. All of this is disinformation IMO.

How many names did we hear during the last search? We heard Dooleys name the day prior to his announcement.

This

 

[MWAVolfan]

Actually...the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas. You didn't know that?

Its a little known fact because the marketing effort bombed..... due to lack of teeth in the market.

 

[Jake]

Ok..I ran into Gruden while I was grocery shopping today and had an interesting conversation with him..
TIFWIW

No way?! I believe you.

 

[danomite]

Did he mention any specific numbers?

No, I just dropped another boosters name and he was like "well, that's it then"

 

[volfan411]

What do you think of the Cowher talk Boro? If they were really meeting with him, then that would mean that Gruden isn't locked down right?

I would bet if the Haslams were meeting with Cowher it would be for the Cleveland job. Just my opinion.

 

[ITSGR82BATNVOL]

Here is the copy i have sent everyone thus far. The info presented was put together by me using info I collected and pieced together. I then sent these copies out to confirm the story as I have put it together, and have received enough confirmations to feel comfortable posting it. I claim no personal ties to inside sources. You may choose to believe what I present, you may choose not, but this is the story pieced together. Anyone willing to confirm may choose to do so. I will answer any questions as phone battery allows. Go Vols!

Here is the story as I've seen it put together. After MSU game, Boosters (not Hart) contacted Gruden about the job and served as intermediaries between UT and Gruden. Cheek, at that point, is not in the know (does not need to release money.) After numbers were agreed upon and contracts were placed in University hands, things got political. Gruden issued queries on specific control over the program, and cooled until specific items were met, specifically control over the football program. Enter BOT meeting. The BOT meeting changed who Hart reports to, a VP with AD experience (assistant AD). Politically, this allows Hart more freedom from Cheek and puts an athletically minded individual in control of AD money. Hence, control clamps taken off program for Gruden, securing deal, and putting pressure on Cheek to learn more on Athletics and meet other more minor demands for job security. Now that deal is being sealed, smokescreens are being put out by both University and Gruden (media monitoring Grudens calls for assistants, now to produce an NFL-looking route, radio hosts going silent and denying Gruden emphatically on University side) to avoid PR nightmare and allow Gruden to finish MNF. With bowl in play, Dooley is allowed to play for a bowl, but will be released upon another loss or end of season, where more smokescreens with fake coaching candidate "leaks" will be used until it is time to announce. Spot on so far? I also have more on Gruden 6, pages 180-192. Look through post history.

(multiple confirms, including Danomite, awaiting more replies)

No disrespect intended, but anyone who checks the cliff note thread, could have assembled and posted, what you say you put together. Absolutely nothing in your post that hasn't been widely known for a while now.

 

[LifeisO&W]

Boro-vol, email me at tpryor379@yahoo.com We may have mutual contacts. OV and Jay for starters.