Official Jon Gruden Thread VIII

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Wilson27 said:
These coaches are going to get paid more and more with the new tv contracts whether we like it or not. UT can continue to look for discount coaches and get discount results or pay the money NOW rather than in buyouts for a lame ass coach like we have now. Choice it theirs.
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I say go ahead and bite the bullet now let's get it done
 
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EZE said:
It looks to me like Gruden is wanting to not only coach in college, but excel at it. Yoiu don't excel without top notch assistant coaches, especially coordinators. (See SS, as example number 1.)
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Agree. Every good coach wants to leave his/her mark like the legends before them did. And a good coach is only as good as the people he Surrounds himself with
 
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Volgrad98 said:
Hearing that the guy we have now is out, officially, would take some of the edge off. At least, temporarily.
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Dooley lost his rights to the job when he gave up 15000 yards to Troy. There is no way this could look like he is getting pushed out after that.
 
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onevol74 said:
While I think these current figures as ridiculous, I am trying to think how UT could possibly think out of the box to make it happen. What are the possibilities that UT could squeeze some of the sponsors that would use Gruden to cover more of the cost? First Tennessee, Verizon, etc. You know with Gruden on those commercials that we have to watch may produce more marketing opportunities for those companies.

And on the Eastman recycling commercials we could show the fans throwing Benjamins in the recycling containers instead of plastics. At the end of the commercial we would have Gruden hugging an arm load with that Chucky grin on his face.
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Look at the numbers if we sell out season tickets and sell out games against cupcake teams vs. Having 80k to 90k at it.
 
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I love football

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For what it is worth, I think Gruden will be worth it. I don't think he needs 1.5m assistants to win, and I don't want to believe he would be unwilling to come here if he can't get that. He shouldn't need that kind of money to put together a staff that can win. Hell Saban would come if we just didn't care to spend all of the boosters money.

I want someone who loves UT, can win, and understands the situation coming in. Meet us half way. Make Gruden the highest paid coach in the land for all I care, but I don't think we need to make his staff the highest paid in the land as well.
 
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Lexvol said:
Dooley lost his rights to the job when he gave up 15000 yards to Troy. There is no way this could look like he is getting pushed out after that.
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Oh I know, I just think that the official press conference will offer the final assurance that we are indeed moving on, officially.
 
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Rizzo924 said:
Morning all! It's game day! Woke up to a text confirming Cindy G was at Webb this week but "we're not supposed to tell"! Same txt said other friend at bar has direct ties to 1 of the KEY boosters & this friend asked booster flat out if there's a chance at Gruden & was told no chance. Since we know there's been some talk, I believe this is just further confirmation that Gruden is coming ...& bringing hell with him! (as Jay said!)
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So Cindy's moving to Knoxville with the kids, and CJG isn't? :question:
 
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Lexvol said:
Dooley lost his rights to the job when he gave up 15000 yards to Troy. There is no way this could look like he is getting pushed out after that.
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That is why I do not think it should matter whether they announce it after a win or a loss.
 
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Listened to ESPN radio on Sirius radio this morning. Kiper mentioned a couple interesting points during his conversation about the 4 SEC job openings.

1. He mentioned all of the high profile names for job openings. MINUS Gruden. Never mentioned gruden's name. Not a bad thing because nobody on ABC or espn mentions his name. Probably a corporate thing.

2. He mentioned Mortenson hates to comment on jobs that are not officially open.

3. Kiffin on warm seat. Not hot but warm.
 
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RockCityVol said:
Listened to ESPN radio on Sirius radio this morning. Kiper mentioned a couple interesting points during his conversation about the 4 SEC job openings.

1. He mentioned all of the high profile names for job openings. MINUS Gruden. Never mentioned gruden's name. Not a bad thing because nobody on ABC or espn mentions his name. Probably a corporate thing.

2. He mentioned Mortenson hates to comment on jobs that are not officially open.

3. Kiffin on warm seat. Not hot but warm.
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Kiffin really needed to make some hay this year. The next few years are going to be tough sledding. His best bet is Chip leaving Oregon.
 
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