Not to be a wet blanket, but this fan base is just like my best friend at Senior Prom. The girl he put all of his time into courting and asking turned him down and showed up with someone else. He landed a smokin' replacement date (who I spent the evening trying to lure away, heh), got laid that night, and ended up in a nice long relationship, but stayed bitter than his #1 choice spurned him. I finally had to tell him to shut the hell up after growing tired of the complaining.
Just because we might not get Gruden doesn't mean we're going to have to hire Wartburg High's football coach. We've got other great options. I hope it's Gruden, don't get me wrong, but we've got the goods to land someone else in the top tier of coaches if his demands are exorbitant and unreasonable. Keep calm.