Official Jon Gruden Thread XV

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One of my regulars comes into the bar last night with a guy I've never met before. They are both UT fans and we start the usual "who's gonna be the new coach?" conversation. We talked about Strong and Gundy for a little while and right before they leave the guy who I just met says that he is privy to some Gruden info. He proceeds to tell me that UT has a big booster who used to be in the railroad business (Norfolk Southern I think he said), but now the guy owns his own alarm company or security company (anybody have any idea who that would be?). Anyway, the guy tells me that he was in the room when his boss, who is friends with the unknown booster, is on a speaker phone call with said booster. This was Friday or Saturday, after the Gruden **** storm went down. The booster tells his boss that Gruden is still in fact coming. That the money for assistants isn't a problem because the boosters, himself included, have agreed to pay whatever is necessary. He then says that Gruden wants to finish out MNF and that after that he will in fact be our next coach.

Again, I don't know this guy at all. I really don't know why he would make this up, considering he brought up Gruden, not me. But there it is. Take it with a grain of salt.
 
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Believe it or not...this makes some sense to me. Not saying so bc im speculating. Because the little bit of info I got this weekend when I asked what happened, the answer was basically paraphrased, "That's the thing. Nothing happened. That Hart is one tough cookie." I've thought about that long and hard. Didn't understand it. There was a little more and I suspected it meant that he wouldn't budge, meaning in some way Hart got in the way. But...

Could it be? Just covering the bases. Maybe he put Gruden to the test? Hmmm

Liper,

The second you come back with more info regarding Gruden being the man, I will re-up my season tickets :)

I trust you for some reason...Might be the avatar!
 
Gruden humpers need to lay off the crack majorly. He isn't coming.
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The first game that I remember watching was the playoff game against Cincinnati when Bo got hurt. I've experienced so many bad Raider seasons that I'm starting to wonder if I'm bad luck.

The Raiders of the 70s were a very entertaining to watch.

And when I remember "Boz" Bozworth stepping up to stop Bo, I smile.

Any of my Raider Nation brethren still own your L.A. shirts? I use mine to prove how die hard I am about them.

Got a L.A. Raiders Tshirt. Never wear it. :)
 
Any chance one of Gruden's power issues was a request for a Nike contract? Would help level the playing field that Hart talked about in his presser. Seems like a small detail but our players have been tweeting Nike hints all week.

Now that is a different angle however Adidas was paying UT more than Nike would.
 
From somewhere, sometime, I remember a thread called "Books Never Written" or "Very Short Books" or some such.

For example:

"My Coaching Career at UT"
~ by C. Strong.
 
Ok Volatil Rant Time In Tennessee.....

Charlie Strong has for years had a chip on his shoulders about being passed over for SEC jobs. It's the SEC Charlie. We have given you the opportunity you have been looking for. You have got to be kidding me. Staying at Louisville??? Never again.

Now Dave Hart. WTF Charlie Strong turned you down. You suck. No search firm used. Great choice. If you try to hire Kirby Smart now, start looking at putting up tarps on Neyland.

Hire Jon Gruden now. We look ridiculous.
 
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Srsly dudes...stay off the zone comments...if OS wanted that stuff here it would be...and yes it is all just speculation as well...
 
Yay4Bray are you saying after Strong, Gundy and Fedora say no that Gruden will be announced tomorrow?
 
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