The day Utah loses it’s defensive identity, is the day Utah Football falls off its perch.
This thing has been building for decades. For the last 5-6 years, anyone who’s been paying attention knows Utah has been a great-to-elite QB and offense away from taking the main stage. Nonetheless, this entire kingdom is built on the defensive identity established by Whittingham.
Scalley, keeps that identity in place like no other. I absolutely do not believe he needs to broaden the horizons of his experience elsewhere to be worthy of a higher paying HC position. How many coaches have used Utah as a stepping stone? Would the idea of, oh let’s say, Dan Mullen succeeding KW excite you? Look at his pedigree!! Ya know what? The SEC can keep him.
Utah’s best interest is to keep it in the family and do what it takes to preserve the brand KW has built. Urban Meyer was certainly a major turbo boost for the culture and brand of Utah football, but this thing has been building thanks to KW long before Urban Meyer even dreamed of Bowling Green.
Morgan Scalley is KW 2.0.
If Utah screws up the eventual transfer of power, Utah Football will fall from relevance and have a hard time recovering as has been seen with teams like Tennessee, Texas, Cal, FSU.