To work as a broadcaster on WMNL, you have to sell your soul to the Jimmy Hyams cult. That is, only report news that won't get the station in trouble with the UTAD. If Gruden is hired, they'll come up with some story that covers their bad reporting. Perhaps they'll say Gruden didn't want to come but major boosters twisted his arm ala Saban. Who knows except WMNL will not admit they screwed this story up if Jon Gruden becomes UT's coach. The only guys that seem to get around this are the Sports 180 duo of Josh Ward and Will West. They will on occasion speak out of turn, especially Will. Frankly, I'm surprised he's still allowed to work at AM990. The sad part about this station is that most on the show are either "respectable" journalists who militantly maintain their objectivity about UT sports or have bought into the thought that UT is not worthy to have a Nick Saban type coach. Hyams has said that he believes UT is nothing more than possibly a top 20 job. But you need to understand that Hyams is not a UT fan. Never has been since he moved to Knoxville from Baton Rouge in 1985. He is an LSU fan.
