Every time there's a coaching vacancy -- and even sometimes when there isn't -- Jon Gruden's name invariably pops up as a po sible candidate. Gruden coached for 11 seasons in Oakland
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Allen Craig Jersey come back unle s you are totally wired with college football, personnel, schemes, the CBA, how people are practicing, trends, you
Brad Hand Jersey know. You've got stay on top of this stuff." Gruden might love -- and mi s -- coaching, but he is also fond of his current gig. "I love ESPN," he said. "I mean I love what I'm doing. I'm with a great team -- a great group of guys. I'm still real close to the game. I still stay in contact with a lot of players and coaches at the league at every level. I don't know if all the talk is flattering or irritating. I don't really pay attention to a lot of it. But I am -
Johnny Manziel Jersey - every year -- preparing myself to coach. Sometimes I show up at camp and I show up in the offseason and people let me coach. I jump in drills and they still let me install plays and call plays at some places. I still have a lot of fun." One thing that almost certainly won't happen: Gruden has no plans to be a college coach, even though that's what he thought he wanted shortly after the Bucs fired him. "I was very determined to be a college coach. Then I realized that if I became a college coach I would probably have you on
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