Jon Gruden Miami Hurricanes Talk: Latest Developments
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Jon Gruden: Will he or won't he end up at Miami?
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"Jon Gruden Miami Hurricanes" continues to be a popular search trend as NFL and college football fans alike are looking for the latest on Gruden's rumored move to South Beach.
While there are a lot of conflicting reports on what, exactly, is happening, pretty much everyone agrees that Gruden is meeting with University of Miami officials, although the university has issued a statement that there will be no coaching announcement or press conference of any type on Wednesday.
In other words, the Web searches will continue as the story develops, or until Miami officials come out and say that Gruden will or won't be the Hurricanes' next football coach...or until someone else breaks the news on Twitter.
Read below for the latest on what folks are saying about what kind of fit Gruden would be in Miami, the likelihood of him actually accepting the job, and what it means for the college football landscape.
Jon Gruden: Is he headed to Miami Hurricanes or Not?
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Jon Gruden, Jon Gruden, Jon Gruden.
It's all NFL and college football fans alike can talk about and search for on the Web at the moment, with different headlines reporting different stories about whether Jon Gruden could, in fact, be the next University of Miami Football coach.
A quick round-up of what different sources are reporting/speculating:
Jon Gruden, Miami Football Meeting Wednesday, But No Coaching Announcement
According to the Miami Herald, early reports there will a Miami football press conference today are false. Read the full article here
Jon Gruden Miami Football: Gruden Will Ultimately Say 'No Thanks' To Offer
According to Thayer Evans of FoxSports, although Gruden is meeting with University of Miami officials, he'll ultimately reject the coaching offer. Read that report here
Instead of Jon Gruden, Donald Trump Pushes for Mike Leach at Miami
Donald Trump continues to push the University of Miami to hire former Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach. See what Trump wrote the university here.
Jon Gruden: How many millions is he worth, poentially, to Miami Football?
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Jon Gruden and the Miami Hurricanes don't belong in the same sentence.
That's one take on the story, according to columnist Tom Edrington.
Regardless of where, exactly, negotiations are (if there are any at all) between Gruden and Miami, the amount of money required to get Gruden means the deal just doesn't work for the university.
Edrington's take on why the numbers just don't add up:
"Gruden was in the $6 million neighborhood with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and is still on the payroll. He's probably making double at ESPN what Shannon made at Miami. Not many schools have the ability to fork out that kind of money to a football coach, and Miami is not one of them.
"If you haven't checked them lately, the football facilities at the University of Miami simply don't cut it. You're telling us Gruden, who was used to the palatial surroundings of One Buccaneer Place in Tampa, is going to hunker down in Coral Gables?
"Oh please."
Debating the financial details might be worthless if talks don't go anywhere between Gruden and Miami, but at this point, speculation shows no sign of slowing down.
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