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If I were Jon Gruden I wouldn't take the Tennessee job for double what Saban makes, given the rest of his options...not the least of which is making $5M per to talk about football on TV a few Mondays a year and otherwise hang out in Tampa and be a football geek who comes and goes as he pleases. Trade that for sweet talking entitled 16 year olds in random living rooms? No thanks. Gruden's said as much himself.
Why does Tennessee obsess over him so much, anyway? He's a pro coach who was a grad assistant once there for a year back in the 80s. He hasn't been on a college staff since being the WR coach at Pitt in 1991. He runs complex professional schemes and demands a ton from his QB. Even a dump truck full of money doesn't change that he's a risky hire for a college program. Just ask fans at Nebraska about Bill Callahan.
Who even knows if Gruden wants to coach again. It seems he is doing OK with his color on MNF and his QB Camp show.
As a lot of coaches have said: "I have never lost a game in the broadcast booth."