The CheckerBoard

Zero percent chance we hire Chucky so the cost will be zero dollars. We lost 4 million last year, the buyout is over nine million dollars. Dooley has 2, two, dos years of his own recruits. Hart will give him another year. And btw, if you think there are a lot of UT alums sitting around waiting to write a fat check to get rid of Dooley, I'd like to talk to you about the email I recieved from Nigeria offering to split millions of dollars. Perhaps you would donate your earnings to the athletic department.

I don't think Gruden would be a good hire.1. He has never recruited high school players. 2.He has never been a head coach in the college game. 3. He has a cush job and I'm not sure of his hunger factor. 4. He has a .500 winning pecentage as a head coach. 5. A big name is all he has and that will not suffice for the extreme hard work it takes to be a college head coach. 6. We have a coach and a team that needs their fans behind them. Gooooo Vols.

You make a fee good arguments and I'm with you on the fans needing to support their team. But Gruden has recruited before. Was a positions coach for a number of years before going to the NFL. So he has recruited, it's just been a long time since he has. But I definitely see your point. The recruiting landscape is vastly different since his college days.

Don't know where you got that figure. Dooley's buyout this year is $5 million. It's $4 million next year. Are you talking the prorated amount of money that actually must be paid this year?

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Somewhere around $6 million for 5 years...but in the NFL not at UT. There are a lot of folks setting themselves up for a big disappointment. A lot of pro teams are falling short of expectations this year. There are going to be several openings.