Official Jon Gruden Thread XLVI

[zeppelin128]

Pretty sure Pat is smiling down on VolNation tonight. It is still great to be a Tennessee Vol!!

Gets me everytime, thanks for posting.

 

[preacherwebb]

It's Beginning to look a lot like GRUDEN
everywhere Paul Revere goes,
he's riding through campus and telling the folks,
everything he knows!

I'm hearing we are closer than ever to GRUDEN HIRING as Phil is even more committed to Grinding this out than anyone. He backstabbed Currie in true Phil fashion and we will prevail! Nice job vol fans!!!!!!! WE did it!!!:rock:

Phil may be a lowdown backstabber, but he's OUR backstabber. and he WINS!!!! Lets just hope he doesn't get backstabbed again. lot of daggers up on the hill. always have been.

might be a little longer than I expected, but I'd say by sundown Monday we will have our new Coach. You can book that. Thank y'all for the support (most of you) and those few haters can apologize next week. I'm sure you'll still be in a good mood.

I can't wait to see that little orange man with the blonde bowl cut on the sidelines! Nothing like a blonde Mo Howard cut and a good Valencia orange grimace to fire up the boys! I've been a fan for years of the man. Silly faces and all!!!

not gonna lie ... i was skeptical of you. and you surely understand, rightfully so. we've had a lot of jokers come thru here in the last few weeks, and we've grown tired of it.

you seem to be legit and sincere. i hope you are right. not that it matters, but i issue you my welcome to the gruden threads.

eace2:

 

[JohnnyVolunteer]

I will admit, I just about gave up on everything Tennessee. I hope Phil gets this done.

Me too. Its like we can let out a huge sigh to know Currie isn't leading this thing anymore. I remember as a kid (way back before seat belt laws and what not) knocking my dad's truck into neutral while he was standing just outside of it talking to someone. It started rolling backwards, towards the road. He had to run and jump into the truck and stomp on the breaks. That's the way this search felt with Currie at the helm. Running all over the place, offering any and every coach that would talk to him. Thankfully someone jumped in and stomped on the breaks.

 

[Wild @s a Mink]

Is there anyone you haven't Tweeted at in the past week?

Probably not! lol:

But I have tweeted that poor woman and the president to death :thud:

 

[rockyhdr]

Alright, now is the time to push for Gruden. After all, this is the Gruden thread. Send her many Thanks...and Blessings, give her your support. Don't forget to ask her to BRING GRUDEN HOME and tell her she will be loved forever. She needs to hear this after the hell she's went through this week.

How can we contact Fulmer?

 

[OldTimer]

not gonna lie ... i was skeptical of you. and you surely understand, rightfully so. we've had a lot of jokers come thru here in the last few weeks, and we've grown tired of it.

you seem to be legit and sincere. i hope you are right. not that it matters, but i issue you my welcome to the gruden threads.

eace2:

I believe he said Gruden would be hired today........

 

[windrider]

I wonder if he's trying to say 'tee'....

Looks to me like he is trying to say Tee is lower or Tee it lower. Unless I read it backwards. LOL

 

[Vol-in-Bham]

Careful with out QB there. His family was upset about Schiano. Not exactly believing anything from him right now.

Although the dreams would be Jon HC and Tee OC

 

[andywilson001]

Man.. If we can somehow still pull Gruden out of all this, the media that has been bashing us this whole time is gonna be maaaaaaaad as hell lol

 

[Orange&whitelover]

I Can't wait to take over the SEC!!

I love the Vols!!

 

[Evol]

Pat Forde is vile. I’d be put on a list if I articulated my feelings about him.

He's bitter because he used to work for ESPN and now hes resigned to covering sports for an obsolete search engine.

 

[G8rh8r]

SNAP.
I sent my thank you email, and literally, 2 minutes later ...

Our fans, alumni, friends, and all supporters have always mattered and will continue to do so. I’m pleased that you are happy with the news. I hope we can count on your continued support moving forward.

All the best,
David

David A. Golden, Ph.D.
Executive Assistant to the President
The University of Tennessee
Office of the President

C'mon folks ... send them your words of congratulations and thank you's.
They heard us.

Done.

 

[DuckRiverVol]

guys and gals, we need to flood twitter, facebook, and emails with thank you to lady davenport. as hard as we went after this, they responded, and deserve a kind, heartfelt, thank you.

And end them with...

GRUDEN

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Only 1 vehicle at this Pilot. Photo taken at 5:00 today

 

[VolDefense]

I believe he said Gruden would be hired today........

he said end of the week but wouldn't confirm if Friday or Saturday. then recently he changed to Monday .

 

[IN Jed]

I've been offline the past few hours. Was all the Gruden frenzy really just leverage for the power struggle among the billionaires?

Regardless, great day to for Volnation.

 

[Grand Vol]

Probably not! lol:

But I have tweeted that poor woman and the president to death :thud:

If she doesn't take you out to lunch to show her appreciation for your dedication, we'll start another campaign!

 

[VolzMan53]

Ok tweeter pros, Pat Forde needs Volnation Love or hate :rock:

Tennessee fans got what they wanted, and now the school is the laughingstock of college football

https://sports.yahoo.com/tennessee-...laughingstock-college-football-204512806.html

 

[3rdDegreeVol]

I know it’s been posted probably 1000 times, but for the sake of not having to scroll back through, can you provide the email address to send our thanks to?

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[Bleed-Orange]

I am way behind in this thread. Probably already been discussed, but here is my theory.

Haslam/Currie in 1 corner.
Non haslam crew in another.
Fulmer playing the angles.

Haslam crew feeds the boosters 1 name and plans for Schiano behind the scenes.
Fulmer either directly befriends Haslam in the process or uses PM as a proxy.
Fulmer (and non haslams?) work up the masses to expect Gruden.
When the time comes they expose Haslam/Currie.
No one expects the rapid melt down of Schiano. It was supposed to be an erosion.
Haslam/Currie panic and start grasping for straws. PM or Fulmer is feeding them names.
Behind the scenes Fulmer is calling the prospects and undermining the process.
As a safety net Davenport sits back and vetos anything that passes through.
Currie finally makes a misstep and Fulmer strikes.

Anything to this?

 

[Vol-in-Bham]

Ok tweeter pros, Pat Forde needs Volnation Love :rock:

Don’t click on his article. That’s what he wants.

 

[Batman1948]

Guys, Blackburn is not going to be the Athletic Director at Tennessee. There's a reason he's not gonna be and at some point in time we may know the answer.

Fulmer is in a great spot right now. Remember, he wanted the position when it was given to Currie. Just sit tight and let things play out. Fulmer will bring in someone who really wants to be at Tennessee and I'm sure we will be fine. After that, he has a clear path to being full time Athletic Director. This is what we need.

Also, I don't believe Haslam is going away from Tennessee no matter how many emails are sent. Just my opinion. If anything is gonna happen on that front, it will have to come from the other boosters. Let them do their thing behind the curtain. That's gonna be a looooong drawn out process.

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

Per Jimmy, investigating firing Currie "For Cause".

 

[OldTimer]

as we all know but good to hear from others.........

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[reecetn]

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