Official Jon Gruden Thread VIII

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bcartervol98 said:
I think I know who he is, but would never out him even so. If I am right he probably hears inter departmental rumors but is not apart of the process in any way.
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I have an idea who he is as well. The person I was thinking of is a little higher up than that, but definitely not part of the decision.
 
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JayVols said:
Yeah. Lung infection of some sort. Same thing that I've been dealing with for a couple of weeks. Just draining and combined with no sleep due to the coughing, it takes a toll over time.
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You too? I've been dealing with it for 3 weeks. Coughing has my back hurting and ribs hurting
 
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Allvolinnashville said:
For all the negative nancies that say Gruden would not be a good coach.. please GTFO and hop on the Vandy bandwagon.. Seriously? The guys is a huge motivator.. his face is everywhere.. everyone knows his name.. recruiting would be automatic.. and if the MF didnt know what he was doing? Would NFL players pay him to help with their game? Would ESPN ask him to breakdown film? These idiots kill me..
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Gruden isn't a good coach. Said no one ever.
 
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volatil said:
That's funny!!!! I wasn't even listening.
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If it is GQF being discussed I have heard him talk about meeting Gruden at his wife's high school reunion before. He claims when he asked him about the the UT job that Gruden responded "I couldn't kiss enough butt to get that job"....and no he didn't mean that he wouldn't want to HAVE to kiss the butt to get the job according to GQF.
 
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Pete Roussel



Jon Gruden: Gruden spoke at the Tennessee coaches' clinic on campus last spring. He is aware of the resources at UT. When Chris Mortensen says that he believes Tennessee would be the only college job Gruden would entertain, I think that's saying something. Mort usually knows something. I once heard Peyton Manning describe Mort as 'the guy that knows you're traded before you know you're traded.' As noted a couple of weeks ago during the Chargers-Broncos' Monday Night Football game, I think Gruden is dying to coach, right now. The question is... does he think he will have an opportunity this off-season at the NFL level? If not, the man loves coaching. I watched him coach 8th grade tight ends at the Manning Passing Academy two years ago. He just loves coaching, so I wouldn't completely rule him out. I have no doubt he misses watching film with a group of offensive coaches. You can only enjoy talking about "Gruden's Grinders" for so long.

Pete Roussel@coachingsearch
Jon Gruden wants to be coaching so badly tonight. He'll think about getting back in after this game tonight. He's dying to compete!
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Still feeling good about Gruden.

I do believe the timeline has moved up from the original Dec 17th announcement date to a Monday/Tuesday post SEC title game announcement.

Dec 3rd-4th week is what I would put money on now.
 
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Not Gruden related, but need a big ACC weekend. Want the puppies and lizards to lose. After that, I want said pups to beat Bama. This way none of them play for the title. Misery loves company. Screw them
 
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volatil said:
Not Gruden related, but need a big ACC weekend. Want the puppies and lizards to lose. After that, I want said pups to beat Bama. This way none of them play for the title. Misery loves company. Screw them
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I never cheer for the SEC. Tennessee has seen it's darkest days in the SEC glory days. I hope all SEC programs not in orange and white have the wheels fall off.
 
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Look, I want Gruden as much as everyone else on here does, but so many posts here sound like bad country songs.

"I don't even know if I could root for Tennessee if we got Gary Patterson."
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Shut up, guy!

I want us to get the best coach possible, but I'll keep rooting for UT and watching UT games even if we hire Ron Akey!

But the big thing I want to hammer home is that most of the great coaching hires of the past two decades did not seem like "home runs" at the time. Many of the best hires were "up and comers" that the fanbases were not completely sold on. And since there's a reasonable chance that we'll get an up and comer, it's important to remember that.

How about some of the greatest hires of the past few decades:

Pete Carroll. Was USC's 4th or 5th choice. The fanbase was irate after he was hired. He was viewed as an unsuccessful NFL coach who would never succeed in college. Uh, so much for that.

Bob Stoops. Never had any head coaching experience before taking the job at Oklahoma. Won a national title in Year 2.

Nick Saban at LSU. On paper, he was an average to slightly-above-average coach at Michigan State. In reality, he was fighting an uphill battle at MSU, and made LSU into a national title contender very quickly.

Chip Kelly. Does anyone remember how the Oregon fanbase and the sports media was ready to fire this guy after his first game against Boise State? That was the game that included LaGarrett Blount punching a guy on Boise State after the game. Remember Chip Kelly had only been in I-A football for two years prior to that as an OC. He was never a head coach anywhere else, so people thought he was in over his head.

Will Muschamp. Was considered to be "on the hot seat" after Year 1. Many felt he was a poor hire.

Jim Mora, Jr. This is probably the most insane one of all. I remember UCLA hiring Jim Mora, Jr., a very good NFL coach last year, and most of the UCLA fanbase being upset at the pick and the sports media generally panned it. I'm not sure what planet these people lived on, but everything about it screamed out "HOME RUN HIRE!" and yet it was treated like a strike-out. One year later, and it's already looking like a great hire.


Some of the perceived "home runs" have turned out to be duds, as well. How about Rich Rod at Michigan? Or Dennis Franchione at Texas A&M?


All I'm saying is that if the Vols don't get Gruden and end up hiring an up-and-comer like Charlie Strong or Dan Mullen, there's no reason to go crying in your bedroom. It's always difficult to tell how good someone might be when put in a different situation. Some of these guys at lesser programs are battling with much lesser resources. At a place like UT, they might be able to create something special.

I'm rooting for Gruden, but I'll still be happy and supportive if we get a Charlie Strong or Dan Mullen, or even an unknown like Dave Doeren at N. Illinois.
 
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jbeard82 said:
So when you trendys ascribe the word "epic" to banal things like the Tron poster (not even the entire movie, just the poster), and children's games like "duck duck goose," you cheapen the word and water it down so it just becomes a sound you make, like a grunt when you approve of something. And it's not just used for approval, it's also used to describe minor disappointments, like having to restart a DVD because it skipped. Now every minor inconvenience is an "EPIC FAIL." And if it's cool, it's not just cool but an "EPIC WIN." And for the record, fail is a verb, and is something you do, like fail at English. The act of failing is "failure," and is a noun. People can be failures, but they can't be "fails." That doesn't make sense. So when you say "epic fail," what you really mean is "epic failure."
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^fail
 
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JayVols said:
Yeah. Lung infection of some sort. Same thing that I've been dealing with for a couple of weeks. Just draining and combined with no sleep due to the coughing, it takes a toll over time.
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Watch out for pneumonia, man...I've had it four times. I feel your pain. Get well soon.
 
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I'm so tired of people talking about NFL records like it matters... Hel-lo! Anyone ever heard of Saban or Spurrier....

This Gruden fever is highly contagious.... I'm now infected...
 
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