Haslam approved of Butch, and unless there's a hell of a power shift, Haslam will make the next hire too. He does want the best for UT, but he believes only he is qualified to determine what is best. On the plus side, even he is ready for Butch to be gone after the season. On the negative, he'll give us Coach Google.
I'm hoping what I've heard from my AD source and a couple of players is wrong, but for a few weeks they have consistently said Gruden is a "pipe dream." The definitive way they answer though leaves me some room to hope it's a false narrative. But, my money is against Gruden while my heart dreams.