Yeah, Tennessee's aware of all the obvious arguments against hiring Jon Gruden, per report

They’re obvious, and it seems like at least someone in the Vols camp is acknowledging them to the media.

We’ve been in the heart of Jon Gruden to Tennessee rumors, otherwise known as #GRUMORS basically ever since Butch Jones was fired last Saturday. It’s been going on for a full decade, but now, fans are going as wild as ever, in part because there seems to be an actual chance this time.

However, there are obvious questions for Gruden as a college head coach. For starters, he’s been out of the coaching game since 2008, and the last time he did so in college was in 1991. On Friday, CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd reported that Tennessee is fully aware of those concerns:

The concerns surround the fact Gruden has not coached at all in nine years and has not roamed a college football sideline in 26 years. Also, Gruden was basically a .500 coach (57-55) in his seven years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers even after winning the Super Bowl in his first season with the Bucs in 2002. Some contend that roster had been largely assembled by former coach Tony Dungy, who had one losing season in his 12 combined years with Tampa Bay and Minnesota.

Gruden had seasons in which his teams went .500 or worse in five of his 11 years in the NFL. There is also concern expressed about his recruiting ability, especially in the hyper-charged SEC culture that lives day-to-day on recruiting.

OK, your immediate reaction here is probably, “Well of course Tennessee should be having these concerns as they look for its next head coach.“ That’s exactly the reaction Twitter had, too:

The facts are that Gruden’s a re-tread NFL coach with a miniscule actual connection to Tennessee. There’s plenty of smoke in the way of rumors, but it remains to be seen how much actual fire there is to them.