Official Jon Gruden Thread XIII

[MidTNVolunteer]

Forget it ... he's on a roll

And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough... the tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go! HOOOOO!!!

What the F$%&! happened to the Volnation I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you MidTnVol, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my arse from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer - dead! HART ......

 

[Vol4ever]

The art of negotiation.....

 

[WesternKyVol]

I'm an idiot. I still believe we get Gruden in the next 2-3 weeks. There are more lies coming out of Knoxville than Washington DC right now.

 

[golfballs]

BigVolDaddy needs to make a Jon Gruden video

 

[G0V0LS33]

You must be young.

+1

 

[utvolpj]

LOL Germans bombing Pearl Harbor!! Awesone!!!lol:

Keepem' comming!!

please tell me you're joking

oh wait, Vandy grad? Makes sense now

 

[SobeVol]

A business deal is just that....business. It is a negotiation. like buying a car or home. Except in this case the AD is negotiating with a celebrity and a large staff. Add to this the constraints with an ongoing obligation to ESPN and unfinished business with Tampa Bay and hiccups and walking away from the table (or dealership or with offers on a home) is expected. It is a back and forth negotiation with each piece of the puzzle. Even if the negatives are real, a new offer or deal can be submitted and talks resume. And they may just be buying time.
For the love of my VOLS either way, I'm standing by Boro, OldVol, and the OG's!

I love this team and university too much to give up now!

 

[smokeyhuntsgators]

I still believe guys.

I need some of the positive vibes..may I borrow some of yours?

 

[EZE]

Remember the guy who last week posted a long thing about LaMonte and how he deals on behalf of Gruden and controls things? Yeah, that info is looking pretty accurate about now. I dont care if I am the only one left, I still dont think it's dead, I just think things are getting ugly between AD and others. I think if Hart is out of way, things could turn. If, and I repeat IF, Hart is in the way of this(I dont know if that is true or not) they should drop him off in Atlanta and let him join up with Bama again. Then, they should promote Blackburn to AD with Fulmer as an asoc. AD and get Gruden here by midnight. JMO

Clear that Lamonte is not going to respect little boy Hart. Haslem is going to have to go close this deal himself, IF there was ever any deal in the first place.

 

[angrypug]

I always 100% told the truth about what was said to me and in my presence. I never made one thing up, never said 100% he IS coming, and never once closed the door to the possibility of being wrong. Thats all I can do. I have posted pictures of my family and people I know and have talked to. I am just unsure why all the vitriol toward me specifically when I never offered a guarantee. I only posted what I was hearing and being told. Jake, Lex, GMan, Boro, and Jayvols all know who I am personally, where I work, and who told me what.

If I were going to bring bull**** to the board I would have gone to far greater lengths to conceal my identity from everyone lol.

Just curious what you think happened between last night and this morning. I have posted before that I know a couple low-mid level boosters and they were positive as anyone last night and now this morning their blaming Hart. Is it Harts fault? Grudens? This has me a little confused.

 

[OddBallVol]

I would say it was mostly boys trapped in boys bodies.

Not sure there are very many grown men in this internet forum.

I'M A MAN! I'M 40....ish. Ok 46, but who is counting.

 

[G8rh8r]

You must be young.

I wish. Just didn't catch the reference. Great movie.

 

[Elvis68Vol]

strong gonna end up at Auburn

As part of their NCAA penalty

 

[govols1864]

It's a mess. There's lots of stuff not adding up. Until someone is announced, there's hope.

Thanks for the info you bring.

 

[Volumnus 2011]

you must love History ...

You've never seen Animal House?

 

[90 Vol]

This reminds me of Texas Hold em. What happening today was the flop...

 

[dillyo51]

Of course Franklin is at the top of his list. Seriously, why is he so in love with Jame Franklin?

I want.....none of those.:no:

 

[CountVolcula]

It's a mess. There's lots of stuff not adding up. Until someone is announced, there's hope.

Like I said before

The doubt was not with what you guys said

My doubt was always whether the UT Admin would screw it up

 

[qb19]

I have a Strong guess as to who it is. Done passing along any information lol.

Strong eh? From up the road in Louisville? :thumbsup:

 

[Rockytop1018]

LOL Germans bombing Pearl Harbor!! Awesone!!!lol:

Keepem' comming!!

^^^^^^^
Noob alert! Noob alert!

 

[BristolVol]

Clear that Lamonte is not going to respect little boy Hart. Haslem is going to have to go close this deal himself, IF there was ever any deal in the first place.

Don't send a boy to do a MAN"S job!

 

[daj2576]

Who knows anymore? It would help some of us admitted fanatics move on. If it were a smoke screen and he were still hired after the denial we would still be ecstatic.

Reminds me of Harold Camping and his followers. They believed the world was going to end in 2011. When it didn't they believed that their faith actually stopped the world from ending.

Not directing this at you specifically. Just seems that no matter what comes out, people tend to find a way to justify their belief instead of using information to form a belief.

The 24/7 news cycle and the internet have created a desire for most people to use the media for "Affirmation, not information."

 

[Hobyj16]

This is my first post so please dont hate. But I am a 31 year old wife that "kinda"still believes in Santa.....(i know I know) so it is so hard for me to let this dream go......

Me too (a couple more years on ya) I'm not ready to give up either.

 

[Gruuden]

I got no hatred towords you... none at all. I'm actually mad at the people who are mad at you. You shared real information... that's more than 9k other people online can attest to doing (myself included).

Thank You bcarter!

Now... you still didn't spill it on who you thought was coming

Well...I'm mad at the people who are mad at you for being mad at him and mad at me. In yo face

 

['Boro-vol]

So if UT released a press release that said UT is not pursuing Jon Gruden, would anyone believe it?

Yes.