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Posted on 12/1/17 at 11:34 am to 1999
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interview was interviewing Tim Tebow about the football rivalry between Tennessee and Alabama
So her most memorable interview was asking a player about a rivalry game he never played in.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 11:34 am to MAROON
He's got guy on the other line about some white walls. 
Posted on 12/1/17 at 11:34 am to DaveyDownerDawg
Well the one thing we do know is Gruden was never formally offered by the House of Haslam and Currie after he wouldn't entertain an offer period without having complete control of the football program. They said no. And he declined to even listen to their pitch.
Obviously, he was going to say no and politely turn down the job. But the fact the Haslams and Currie wouldn't agree to give him complete control when Dish Network's Charlie Ergen was going to help fork up that $10M annual contract offer is complete horse crap.
In hindsight, we could have put $10M on the table for Gruden first, publicly. Got turned down publicly. Shut the fans up. Had coaches salivating over a big money boost. The fans wouldn't have rioted. Gotten a good damn coach.
Currie stays. House of Haslam remains. None of this is a story.
BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
And I'm not complaining. This is damn sure entertaining.
Obviously, he was going to say no and politely turn down the job. But the fact the Haslams and Currie wouldn't agree to give him complete control when Dish Network's Charlie Ergen was going to help fork up that $10M annual contract offer is complete horse crap.
In hindsight, we could have put $10M on the table for Gruden first, publicly. Got turned down publicly. Shut the fans up. Had coaches salivating over a big money boost. The fans wouldn't have rioted. Gotten a good damn coach.
Currie stays. House of Haslam remains. None of this is a story.
BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
And I'm not complaining. This is damn sure entertaining.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 11:36 am to starsandstripes
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hope Tebow smashed that chick. She is legit.
You know he didn't
Posted on 12/1/17 at 11:37 am to ThePTExperience1969
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Haslam’s the true AD of Tennessee, all these nominal ADs are simply puppets, Currie was about to score with a big-timer, the power players didn’t agree with it, poof he’s gone.
Been hearing from Vol Alums/buddies that this was happening pre Schiano. Word is getting out that Currie had someone UT wanted BADLY and it got axed last minute and it pissed off a lot of big time boosters who worked hard getting it signed. I think Rocky Top is fixing to blow if this has any truth to it
Posted on 12/1/17 at 11:46 am to Johnny B Goode
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Been hearing from Vol Alums/buddies that this was happening pre Schiano. Word is getting out that Currie had someone UT wanted BADLY and it got axed last minute and it pissed off a lot of big time boosters who worked hard getting it signed. I think Rocky Top is fixing to blow if this has any truth to it
It doesn't. If it did, they wouldn't have let him interview 8 more candidates and agree to hire three of them. He would have already been gone.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 11:47 am to boxcarbarney
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He's got guy on the other line about some white walls.
How would you like to coach the Tennessee Volunteers?
I don't know
Posted on 12/1/17 at 11:51 am to AUsteriskPride
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In the grand scheme of things, one or two boosters don't mean jack (maybe in a couple of instances they do). There is so much revenue coming in now for programs that wasn't there even 3 years ago, schools need to start telling them to get fricked, it's not pay for play.
In this one Haslam does at UT. He played for UT in the early 50s. started Pilot. One of knoxvilles major employers i'm sure. One son is "owner" of the browns, and another is the Gov of TN.
I have a feeling not many schools have a booster that has this much power anymore at the flagship laid across the state.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 12:17 pm to TOSOV
Posted on 12/1/17 at 12:18 pm to TOSOV
So he was fired for almost nabbing Leach? After all of this they had a chance to get an actual solid coach and he got undercut yet again then fired?
What in the literal frick is going on in Knoxville? Jesus Christ. After LSU last year I never thought I'd see a more inept coaching search, Tennessee has officially said "hold my beer" and they've blown that out of the water. Holy shite, I've never seen anything like this
What in the literal frick is going on in Knoxville? Jesus Christ. After LSU last year I never thought I'd see a more inept coaching search, Tennessee has officially said "hold my beer" and they've blown that out of the water. Holy shite, I've never seen anything like this
Posted on 12/1/17 at 12:23 pm to WaterLink
If we can't be the best, we are going to be the best at being the worst.
This post was edited on 12/1/17 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 12/1/17 at 12:32 pm to DoUrden
Posted on 12/1/17 at 1:40 pm to Knocksville
Currie may become AD at Washington St.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 2:36 pm to CNB
DAAAMN!
Posted on 12/1/17 at 3:19 pm to HubbaBubba
This post was edited on 12/1/17 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 12/1/17 at 3:22 pm to biggsc
Chynna Greene
This post was edited on 12/4/17 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 12/1/17 at 4:37 pm to thatguy45
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If this is true and you could've had Gruden, you should go string up the Haslams. It is beyond retarded to not take Gruden if he's willing
There is absolutely now way that is true. If they could have hired Gruden, but Currie killed the deal, Currie would have been fired on the spot and Gruden given whatever he wanted
Posted on 12/1/17 at 9:01 pm to DovaVol
Philip fulmer trying to do an Alvarez
Don’t see it
Don’t see it
Posted on 12/1/17 at 9:26 pm to AUsteriskPride
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In the grand scheme of things, one or two boosters don't mean jack (maybe in a couple of instances they do). There is so much revenue coming in now for programs that wasn't there even 3 years ago, schools need to start telling them to get fricked, it's not pay for play. This post was edited on 12/1 at 10:34 am
That's been true for awhile for programs that can get big media contracts and / or P5 conference revenue sharing. Still some exceptions (T. Boone at Ok State.) But there are some demographic changes going on that are probably going to kill the media rights cash cow in a generation or less. Then it'll be back to the good ol' boy booster networks.
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