Official Jon Gruden Thread VI

[VOLorNuttin]

I'm sorry but the people that let Phil go after SC and also hired Dooley are still a part of this search. We may be missing Mike Hamilton but I doubt he'd have made those moves without their blessing. Best i can tell is they've gotten wiser at this if the rumors are true but that doesn't mean they're perfect.

Hamilton sold them on a name. Everyone wanted a "NAME" to help salvage our recruiting class. This alone is why Hamilton overlooked Sumlin, in favor of Dooley.

Sumlin, at the time, was not a BIG name coach. Dooley wasn't either, but his last name was recognizable and his connections to Saban and the SEC, is why Hamilton loverlooked the most critical component of any hire....in any profession. Successful history at the position.

Dooley didn't have it. Nor did Cutcliff. Sumlin did. That is who Hamilton should have hired, and that's who I was hoping for at that point in time (wanted Patterson or Willingham, but I knew Hamilton was too cheap to make them a serious offer).

 

[The Waco Kid]

FWIW, I had a friend tell me he is being told 5 years, 40 million and a small buyout after 3 years.

 

[smokeyhuntsgators]

I am still painting. Opened my first 1554 at 11:00.

Dude,you gonna work all day..A man needs his rest..

btw...As I skimmed thru the posts, I noticed that you mentioned me..uh-oh.

 

[SLOVNT]

Oh..same ole stuff,just a different day..Eating supper and gonna settle in to watch MNF later on tonight.:yes:

If Gruden wears an orange tie tonight this place will implode! LOL

 

[Jake]

I am still painting. Opened my first 1554 at 11:00.

Ah...NBBC? My wife works there.

My bar served the very first Fat Tire ever sold!!! 21 year ago

 

[Doc_Vol]

Never have I came here claiming to have a source and I will never tell where I got this info but its Gruden. Dooley will be fired following the Vanderbilt game should we lose or after Kentucky should we win the Vandy game. Gruden has been on board for a few weeks now and all the Heart not wanting to fire Dooley was and is just a smoke screen.

 

[smokeyhuntsgators]

If Gruden wears an orange tie tonight this place will implode! LOL

Yes and I will be bouncing off the walls..oh wait..i do that anyway during MNF.

 

[VOLorNuttin]

FWIW, I had a friend tell me he is being told 5 years, 40 million and a small buyout after 3 years.

No way in hell that is accurate. :loco: $8mill? Your friend is just making shiz up...friend.

 

[FearlessFreep]

FWIW, I had a friend tell me he is being told 5 years, 40 million and a small buyout after 3 years.

At $8M a year he'd eclipse the highest paid college coach by almost $3M. That's likely way higher than what they're offering.

My guess is it's closer to $6M with a hefty retention bonus at the end of four or five years.

 

[DD4ME]

Hamilton was a road block though, people didn't want to work under him, therefore the people in charge of the search had to settle.

If that was true they had plenty of reasons to can him before we did. MH made a number of blunders before let go.

Smart people learn from their mistakes and you don't get rich being dumb. That said IMO our big boosters have been partly culpable for some of the failures in the past IMO.

 

[vol494]

At $8M a year he'd eclipse the highest paid college coach by almost $3M. That's likely way higher than what they're offering.

That would get him here for sure!

 

[The Waco Kid]

Perhaps so, but like some of your guys are saying, why not shoot for the stars, and they are.

 

[tmac5469]

This will be in the VN hall of fame for sure.

 

[vol494]

Perhaps so, but like some of your guys are saying, why not shoot for the stars, and they are.

I want to know what a gator fan thinks if we hire Gruden.

 

[jpope9]

At $8M a year he'd eclipse the highest paid college coach by almost $3M. That's likely way higher than what they're offering.

aswell as being more than any NFL coach too if Im not mistaken.

 

[ILVFL]

FWIW, I had a friend tell me he is being told 5 years, 40 million and a small buyout after 3 years.

FWIF This lines up with what i have been reading

 

[tmac5469]

That would be a lot of Dough, but no way.

 

[ShieldsUp]

If Gruden wears an orange tie tonight this place will implode! LOL

He was wearing a Peyton shirt earlier today.

 

[knucklehead_vol]

Dude,you gonna work all day..A man needs his rest..

btw...As I skimmed thru the posts, I noticed that you mentioned me..uh-oh.

Meh...

Drinking beer and painting. Checking the board every now and then.

 

[ILVFL]

FWIF This lines up with what i have been reading

Of course it was volnation..............

 

[IhateGA]

FWIW, I had a friend tell me he is being told 5 years, 40 million and a small buyout after 3 years.

he would have to run the team without any assistant coaches for that price.

 

[The Waco Kid]

I want to know what a gator fan thinks if we hire Gruden.

Honestly? It is what it is. Sure he has name recognition with recruits, but college isn't the NFL from the time you are allowed to spend with the kids and the limitations that are placed on the coach.

I'd be more worried if you hired Petrino. he's the one that would worry me the most.

The crazy thing is I have had some Vol fans say "If we get gruden, we'll own Florida." I tend to think that either way, Florida will be just fine. You might beat us, but to say you will own us is dishonest.

I think Gruden would be gone in less than 5 years anyways. The NFL is in his blood. he's an NFL coach.

 

[knucklehead_vol]

Ah...NBBC? My wife works there.

My bar served the very first Fat Tire ever sold!!! 21 year ago

That's right.

I applied for a job there years ago.

I saw that, and I want one of those hoodies.

 

[smokeyhuntsgators]

I want to know what a gator fan thinks if we hire Gruden.

(insert appropriate gif here)

 

[cutnitclose]

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

Did he finally straighten you out about the pie...