Official Jon Gruden Thread X

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slobberknocker said:
It's all good. Left the corporate world to join my friends who formed a marketing organization focusing on senior related products(Med Adv/Med Supps/LTC). We also have awesome Med Alert system that's GPS based, not tied to landlines. Feels good being my own boss but wallet will suffer for awhile.

Now, go get us Gruden, you can do it.
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good luck. Left that world a few years ago. Takes guts and belief in yourself and your plan. I hope you make it. I hope everyone who tries something on their own, makes it happen.
 
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tnfalcon said:
Can anyone confirm if this month is indeed his final buyout payment from Tampa Bay?
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Not sure about Nov or Dec but I it is at the end of this season.

There is a really good story from the Tampa Tribune I found last week about his buy out. Its from a few years ago, the story talks about how JG was fired and he feels extremely betrayed by ownership. So much so the writer said back then that he found it highly unlikely he would take any coaching job until he has made sure ownership has had to pay him every penny of it!
 
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If we don't get Gruden, this carousel could get nasty with a lot of programs in the mix if Hart holds true to his word and goes after a proven HC.

You could have storied programs scrambling in January.

I'm just glad UT is in this process early.
 
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Wilson27 said:
Here is what Coasty was talking about that pisses me off. They love mocking people that have hope for a better UT future but then say well it COULD happen but very small chance.
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They are not willing to take a stand. If they were driving they would be in the middle of the road. Hopefully they get run over
 
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SIAP.

Has anyone asked or heard who the 1980's TN Vol was that VFL1 was referring to last night?

He said he was spreading joyus news to all of the former players after the game about the coach.
 
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Magic8Vol said:
SIAP.

Has anyone asked or heard who the 1980's TN Vol was that VFL1 was referring to last night?

He said he was spreading joyus news to all of the former players after the game about the coach.
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I was with a former player from the 1980s and what I heard was totally the opposite
 
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Spartacavolus said:
good luck. Left that world a few years ago. Takes guts and belief in yourself and your plan. I hope you make it. I hope everyone who tries something on their own, makes it happen.
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Thanks, I'm loving my independence, took me many years to learn I don't fit in the corporate world and wish I made the move a lot sooner. No risk no reward.
 
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Regulator said:
This is the tenth (or X) in a running series of JON GRUDEN threads in the Tennessee Coaching RUMORS and SPECULATION forum. Did you not willingly venture into this forum and thread, knowing that RUMORS and SPECULATION about JON GRUDEN would be discussed ad nauseum? If you aren't in this thread because you believe that JON GRUDEN may be the next HC of the Tennessee Volunteers, then why are you in here? If you don't think that JON GRUDEN will be the next HC, then why bother stopping by this thread?

It seems to me that there are four subgroups of people in here:

1) The OG's- I don't know all of them by name, but the primary group of 5-8 have been unwavering from the get go. They don't twist arms, or say "Hey, look at me!" or anything else of that nature. They will (or have) called a troll a troll when it was readily obvious, and have offered evidence/opinion when it wasn't so obvious. Seem to be good guys who are only trying to share what info they gather, and they've stated they'll be here to eat crow, should Gruden not come to UT.

2) Grudenites- Covers most of the others that have frequented this thread, myself included. There are varying levels of Grudenite, from the hardcore (Gruden or Die) to the casual fan who feels that Gruden would be a great HC for UT and they hope he takes the job, but life will go on if he doesn't. No need to bash anyone for feeling however they feel about this, because we all have the capacity of developing our own opinions and reaching our own conclusions, and it should have ZERO impact on you or me.

3) Trolls-They come in and deliberately spread false and/or misleading information. Many of these are apparent on the surface. Some take a little more inspection to identify. Some are merely a nuisance. Others (danomite, SterlingPearling (sp?)) are attention whores and should be banned for espousing their posts as truth once they've been proven as being much less than truth. However, all trolls, through their posts, cast doubt upon the credibility of all information within the thread, thus casting doubt on the poster (OG) of said information. The OG's probably get tired of having to constantly defend their position over and over, which again, HAS NOT CHANGED!

4) Sh*t Stirrers- It seems an appropriate moniker. You don't contribute anything (positive or rebuttal opinion/evidence) to the thread. You don't really seem to care if Gruden winds up being the coach or not. Change out Gruden with Stoops, Fisher, Strong,..... whoever, it wouldn't matter. You'd still be here sticking out your chest, telling everyone how wrong they are. Maybe some mod could make you folks an Official Not Jon Gruden Thread and you could just attack each other all day. May the most self-important poster win.

In short, if RUMORS and SPECULATION about JON GRUDEN maybe becoming the next Head Coach of the Tennessee Volunteers isn't something that catches your interest (meaning that you want to read it and form an opinion), and/or you don't have anything (truths, rebuttals to reported truths, or civil conversation) to actually contribute to the thread, do us all a favor and just carry on with your life, as we will ours.

Flame away.
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Great post. There are only so many ways to say I think it is done. Now we are just feeding an info vacuum.

Whether it happens...or not....life goes on. It is amazing how that happens.
 
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WildAsAMink said:
If we don't get Gruden, this carousel could get nasty with a lot of programs in the mix if Hart holds true to his word and goes after a proven HC.

You could have storied programs scrambling in January.

I'm just glad UT is in this process early.
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I do agree with this... if not Gruden then this coaching hire has a lot of potential to not end well.

Fans need something to get behind and breathe life back into a program that is hanging on via life support.

IMO, Hart must hire a big time coach who will "win the press conference" with alumni, fans & recruits.
 
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Regulator said:
This is the tenth (or X) in a running series of JON GRUDEN threads in the Tennessee Coaching RUMORS and SPECULATION forum. Did you not willingly venture into this forum and thread, knowing that RUMORS and SPECULATION about JON GRUDEN would be discussed ad nauseum? If you aren't in this thread because you believe that JON GRUDEN may be the next HC of the Tennessee Volunteers, then why are you in here? If you don't think that JON GRUDEN will be the next HC, then why bother stopping by this thread?

It seems to me that there are four subgroups of people in here:

1) The OG's- I don't know all of them by name, but the primary group of 5-8 have been unwavering from the get go. They don't twist arms, or say "Hey, look at me!" or anything else of that nature. They will (or have) called a troll a troll when it was readily obvious, and have offered evidence/opinion when it wasn't so obvious. Seem to be good guys who are only trying to share what info they gather, and they've stated they'll be here to eat crow, should Gruden not come to UT.

2) Grudenites- Covers most of the others that have frequented this thread, myself included. There are varying levels of Grudenite, from the hardcore (Gruden or Die) to the casual fan who feels that Gruden would be a great HC for UT and they hope he takes the job, but life will go on if he doesn't. No need to bash anyone for feeling however they feel about this, because we all have the capacity of developing our own opinions and reaching our own conclusions, and it should have ZERO impact on you or me.

3) Trolls-They come in and deliberately spread false and/or misleading information. Many of these are apparent on the surface. Some take a little more inspection to identify. Some are merely a nuisance. Others (danomite, SterlingPearling (sp?)) are attention whores and should be banned for espousing their posts as truth once they've been proven as being much less than truth. However, all trolls, through their posts, cast doubt upon the credibility of all information within the thread, thus casting doubt on the poster (OG) of said information. The OG's probably get tired of having to constantly defend their position over and over, which again, HAS NOT CHANGED!

4) Sh*t Stirrers- It seems an appropriate moniker. You don't contribute anything (positive or rebuttal opinion/evidence) to the thread. You don't really seem to care if Gruden winds up being the coach or not. Change out Gruden with Stoops, Fisher, Strong,..... whoever, it wouldn't matter. You'd still be here sticking out your chest, telling everyone how wrong they are. Maybe some mod could make you folks an Official Not Jon Gruden Thread and you could just attack each other all day. May the most self-important poster win.

In short, if RUMORS and SPECULATION about JON GRUDEN maybe becoming the next Head Coach of the Tennessee Volunteers isn't something that catches your interest (meaning that you want to read it and form an opinion), and/or you don't have anything (truths, rebuttals to reported truths, or civil conversation) to actually contribute to the thread, do us all a favor and just carry on with your life, as we will ours.

Flame away.
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If I was sure it was a done deal like you are I would get a kick out of all these folks visiting and making fools out of themselves. Make some notes who they are and after the annoucement rag em just a liitle. Your post makes me think your not so confident in the "done deal proclamation"
 
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105437 said:
I do agree with this... if not Gruden then this coaching hire has a lot of potential to not end well.

Fans need something to get behind and breathe life back into a program that is hanging on via life support.

IMO, Hart must hire a big time coach who will "win the press conference" with alumni, fans & recruits.
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That's the one thing I liked about Kiffin. He had swagger.

UT needs to get its swagger back and I think Gruden would do it.

If we take Jimbo, I assume FSU's #1 pick is Mark Richt. Whether he leaves or not is a different story but the SEC could get real muddy real fast.
 
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We will be find. Gruden is allsome. UT will be dominate again. I hope your ready.

I trust this is understandable to the new posters in the Gruden thread.
 
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