Official Jon Gruden Thread XLIII

[UT PaulVol]

If they let Currie continue there will not be many fans left at this point. No way

Don’t froget that these young men and women, that are part of Tennessee Athletics, have had NOTHING to do with this. Don’t turn your back on them.

 

[aredfox28]

If they let Currie continue there will not be many fans left at this point. No way

Why do u think he would get fired? He's Haslam boy.. They both made the decision on shiano.. They both need to go, but none will be forced leave..

 

[5FingerVolPunch]

I can't believe we haven't even heard so much as a peep from anyone at the university yet. I feel like I'm in the middle of a nightmare right now and need to be woken up. Is this real?

 

[vol4life1981]

Hyams just said he strongly believes Peyton not only endorsed this hire but worked with Currie on getting Schiano.

Peyton is dead to me.

sounds to me that the people behind the money are trying to pass the blame onto somebody. believe they should have picked someone besides Peyton. I dont buy it at all.

 

[lifeVol]

Do I have to drive to Knoxville to personally escort THE RAT out of town?

What the HELL is going on down there?

FIRE THE A$$ already!

can i get a lift partner ?

 

[Lovesomebigorange]

This just makes me so damn sick!

 

[5FingerVolPunch]

Dan Le Batard railing us right now too

Yeah we're pretty much getting blasted by 99% of media folks. I said last night, this will be the death of UT football. Sad day.

 

[SHOWOFF]

sounds to me that the people behind the money are trying to pass the blame onto somebody. believe they should have picked someone besides Peyton. I dont buy it at all.

Peyton and Fulmer were not involved. That is a fact.

 

[NorCalVol67]

I am guessing many in the media who are now roasting Vol fans for taking a stand, would be roasting the school for hiring Shciano if it had gone through.

I am proud the fans kept this hire from happening.

 

[straferockefeller]

Saturday Down South reporting Schiano was in talks to be UT’s coach before Butch was even let go. It seems increasingly likely Schiano was ‘our guy’ from the start - our top target, our white whale.

The press release describing the Gruden offer as a “procedural motion” was not a smokescreen. It was true. Any attempt at hiring Gruden was a disingenuous act by a Haslam-led, tone-deaf AD. And with Currie canceling an in-person interview with Mullen, it seems very likely that he was a “procedural motion” as well.

 

[superdave1984]

I see zero reason to discount this theory and would agree with it 100%, however it would mean that those who spearheaded this effort in 2012 came back for a second try in 2017 and have now failed to be successful two time in a row.

And in spite of what Beaver posted "These people don't miss" they now are owners of an 0-2 record. If I were a major booster any and possibly all influence they once held with me would now be gone.

I am not sure they missed as much as they underestimated Haslam. Or underestimated how much power he has. Or thought they had his support when, in fact, they were used. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

Everyone also underestimated the fanbase too.

 

[2EastTnVols]

Was the La Canfora article just a plant by Currie to try and say to fans "at least we tried" when he then shortly after that planned to announce Schiano?
Jon Gruden talking to Tennessee Volunteers about coaching vacancy - CBSSports.com

Probably

 

[0nelilreb]

It's sort of comical as just like in the film you have Grudenites this morning wanting to be placed back in to the Matrix. The idea all the contracts and signings and meetings and agreements with Gruden were really really really real. LOL

What’s comical is you saying the same things over and over again like it’s going to change somebody’s thoughts on the matter .

 

[Coastypop]

They might not be 0-2 if their plan was to get rid of Currie in all of this.

Their announced plan in 2012 was to hire Gruden and it failed, their announced plan in 2017 was to hire Gruden and they had five years to work on it (as we were assured by many posters who said they knew this to be a fact) and it looks to me that it has again failed.

Based only on what I have seen posted by others who said these were same boosters in 2012 with better organization ... I believe they are 0-2

 

[lifeVol]

I have believed this from Day 1. No one on the "other side" wanted Currie. No one. It was always Balckburn. Will be interesting to see how this plays out. I don't think well for UT or Currie. One will budge.

ShowOff, we're probably on the same side and just po'd at the whole situation, this doesn't look good in the national media, the local media, and heck even on my phone or computer screen

 

[austin_vol]

I can't believe we haven't even heard so much as a peep from anyone at the university yet. I feel like I'm in the middle of a nightmare right now and need to be woken up. Is this real?

the silence on the AD and University end is completely crazy. They are literally making a PR nightmare worse. Shows that they are all in over their head.

 

[BubbaWms]

And in spite of what Beaver posted "These people don't miss" they now are owners of an 0-2 record.

Call be brain dead or any other adj one wishes but "It ain't over till the fat lady sings" and yesterday morning was the calm before the storm....FEMA ain't fixing this damage but VOL Nation will and I don't mean just this forum !

 

[Lovesomebigorange]

I hope Beaver and Bubba are banned and never set foot here again they fed us a big crock of crap. Nothing was ever set in motion like they said and Atlanta Vol must have been full of crap too. His information was obviously way off. There is no damn way Haslam has more money than all of these other boosters combined but apparently they don't give a crap either. The admin doesn't care at all about having championship teams. How old is Haslam? Or was this his damn son behind this?

 

[RockCityVol]

#firecurrie is all I care about at this moment. We have to get our house in order. No statement from Currie has me encouraged cause it may mean he is packing his office up.

Leave Currie .... You have till sundown.

 

[Volsfan458]

Serious question...are Knuck and Exile still saying Gruden after all this? They were yesterday afternoon.

 

[MarkVols]

Saturday Down South reporting Schiano was in talks to be UT’s coach before Butch was even let go. It seems increasingly likely Schiano was ‘our guy’ from the start - our top target, our white whale.

The press release describing the Gruden offer as a “procedural motion” was not a smokescreen. It was true. Any attempt at hiring Gruden was a disingenuous act by a Haslam-led, tone-deaf AD. And with Currie canceling an in-person interview with Mullen, it seems very likely that he was a “procedural motion” as well.

DC

 

[ATLVols]

So...Think we can get Gruden now?

That would be the ultimate fan victory.

 

[wildorange]

Don’t froget that these young men and women, that are part of Tennessee Athletics, have had NOTHING to do with this. Don’t turn your back on them.

I will watch from my TV set until the university gets functional. Highest revenues or near the top and the same old folks up there pulling the strings. To heck with them. Get them OUT. Nobody wants Haslam making decisions anymore, virtually NOBODY. The last 3 AD's are nothing but YES MEN and the whole world knows it.:rock:

 

[knucklehead_vol]

My guess, based on info here, at what happened:

A group of boosters wanted Joh Gruden as coach. The Haslems, Currie and Davenport feigned support of the initiative. The booster group proceed to gauge Gruden's interest and what it would take to get him to UT. They came to general agreement over three weeks ago and even celebrated the agreement on Wednesday in Dunwoody, GA two weeks ago. While legal matters were being worked out, the Haslems, Currie and Davenport were pursuing their own agenda to maintain complete control of UT athletics. The Haslems, thinking they alone know what is best for UT, were enamored with Schiano when he previously interviewed for the Browns coaching job(this was before the release of the previously sealed testimony of the Sandusky case implicating Schiano, thus the lack of due diligence on Schiano, because they had already vetted him). They thought he was a better fit for UT than Gruden. They knew they couldn't sell Schiano to the other boosters, so they kept Currie and Davenport on a short leash and thought they could have the deal done before the other boosters could do anything about it. Once announced, the other boosters would be obliged to support their new coach. It would have worked except a member of the AD staff leaked the deal to other boosters and they mobilized the support of the UT BOT and legislators.

This is very good. But Woody was a Thursday. Details I know.

 

[iamadoc]

Yeah we're pretty much getting blasted by 99% of media folks. I said last night, this will be the death of UT football. Sad day.

Sad but could be true. Recruits will be swayed by the national press barring a remarkable change of momentum. Poor on the steam!