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Gruden to UT...
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personally, im fine with being life champions, football is getting corrupt anyways. Mac is good enough. go gators
- Nov 9, 2015
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Yes and I bet he likes making those beer commercials as well, which as a college coach would have to go.
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I heard Greg Mcelroy the other day say he has talked to Gruden multiple times about this subject, he said there's a zero percent chance Gruden ever coaches college ball. He said the only way he'd go back to the NFL is if it was with a team with a franchise qb already in place. But Mcelroy also says Mac is a top flight coach and the fans are idiots to even consider him getting fired in the next 2-3 years. So who knows.
- Sep 8, 2014
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This. Go look at Illinois right now, they went full NFL staff and they are terrible! Gruden knows his sh*t, but it doesn't guarantee anything at the college level.
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Hopefully this is true. We need another coach in the conference to beat the dog sh!t outta Mac.
As long as the conference Is compromised Mac will continue to be employed because the optics are that he's at least a middle of the road coach. If Mac had been here during the mid to late 2000's he would have been exposed.
If not for Saban the SEC would undoubtedly be the worst conference in P5.
And outside of Saban and Smart, every other coach in the conference should consider replacing their coaches.
O' how the mighty have fallen!
This conference's fall into coaching oblivion has been nothing short of remarkable.
As long as the conference Is compromised Mac will continue to be employed because the optics are that he's at least a middle of the road coach. If Mac had been here during the mid to late 2000's he would have been exposed.
If not for Saban the SEC would undoubtedly be the worst conference in P5.
And outside of Saban and Smart, every other coach in the conference should consider replacing their coaches.
O' how the mighty have fallen!
This conference's fall into coaching oblivion has been nothing short of remarkable.
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I read today in a Vole thread that his home is up for sale, and I saw him in a tire commercial today.
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Anyone who believes this hasn’t been around for the half dozen coaching changes they’ve made in the last decade. Gruden is always a “done deal” until they steal a coach from Louisiana Tech or Cincinnati or the unemployment line.
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Hiring Martin or Cooter is their destiny.
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Is Gruden as tall as Saban?
I'm just not proud of us having to wish badder HCs on the other East teams, so our less bad HC can win the East.
MacnCrew have the skilled athletes to not have the 'vapidiful' offense they put on the field.
I'm just not proud of us having to wish badder HCs on the other East teams, so our less bad HC can win the East.
MacnCrew have the skilled athletes to not have the 'vapidiful' offense they put on the field.
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The offense is excruciating and painful enough but you don't need 4&5 star players on special teams. We have two great kickers and still manage to blow games with that part of the team and sure don't make anything positive happen.
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Every time Tennessee is ready to hire a new coach the name John Gruden comes up. His wife was a former Vol cheerleader. Apparently he attends games in Knoxville and likes the area. But it never happens that he takes the Tennessee job. I don't think he really wants to coach college ball with all the hassles including recruiting 18 year olds, the NCAA bulshyt administrative rules and regulations, and being second guessed by every Billy Joe Bob in the Big Orange Caravan. He's more of an NFL guy.
The Vols are going to have to come down a notch or two in their expectations. Chip Kelly? I don't think so. Now real possibilities are someone like Jim Bob Cooter a former Vol back-up quarterback and now the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions. He carries some personal baggage because I believe he was arrested on domestic assault charges or something in the past.
Another possible hire is Dan Mullen although Mullen and his wife like Starkville and Mississippi just fine. The pressure is not as great there as at some places and I know it's an overstatement but all he has to do is beat Ole Miss. Mike Leach is a possibility. He'd be Hal Mumme redux and I just don't believe he would be a big success in the SEC. Another possibility for UT would be Bobby Petrino. He carries baggage, but he has tried to rehabilitate himself with his last two gigs at Western Kentucky and Louisville.
Tennessee is like a lot of places. They have potential with a rich tradition, a large fan base that travels well, and some of the best facilities in college football. Tennessee is not a particularly strong recruiting area, but traditionally the Vols have gone out-of-state for top recruits. They think they can hire anybody they want until push comes to shove. The Tennessee brand has suffered from the downfall of the program since Phil Fulmer was on the sidelines. Maybe the Haslams can jack up the prices at the gas pumps and open up the pocketbook. It will be interesting who they eventually get.
https://allfortennessee.com/2017/10/06/tennessee-football-enough-jon-gruden-vols-talk/
The Vols are going to have to come down a notch or two in their expectations. Chip Kelly? I don't think so. Now real possibilities are someone like Jim Bob Cooter a former Vol back-up quarterback and now the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions. He carries some personal baggage because I believe he was arrested on domestic assault charges or something in the past.
Another possible hire is Dan Mullen although Mullen and his wife like Starkville and Mississippi just fine. The pressure is not as great there as at some places and I know it's an overstatement but all he has to do is beat Ole Miss. Mike Leach is a possibility. He'd be Hal Mumme redux and I just don't believe he would be a big success in the SEC. Another possibility for UT would be Bobby Petrino. He carries baggage, but he has tried to rehabilitate himself with his last two gigs at Western Kentucky and Louisville.
Tennessee is like a lot of places. They have potential with a rich tradition, a large fan base that travels well, and some of the best facilities in college football. Tennessee is not a particularly strong recruiting area, but traditionally the Vols have gone out-of-state for top recruits. They think they can hire anybody they want until push comes to shove. The Tennessee brand has suffered from the downfall of the program since Phil Fulmer was on the sidelines. Maybe the Haslams can jack up the prices at the gas pumps and open up the pocketbook. It will be interesting who they eventually get.
https://allfortennessee.com/2017/10/06/tennessee-football-enough-jon-gruden-vols-talk/
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Anyone who has to say it that often, doesn't mean it. He wants to win and you can't do it at Cowbell.
I hope they land him.
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