Thoughts on Scalley

I’d be in favor of keeping him. Will they? I don’t know. One year isn’t very long when you consider when the allegations took place. I guess it depends on who the AD is at the time. If it were today, I would guess Harlan would go after Sitake.

I honestly can’t imagine going with anyone else. The longest we keep K. Whit around is through 2027 and I think the Scalley scandal has totally blown over with how clear in their investigation they found no evidence of Scalley misbehaving out of that one simple text that he apologized for.

If we don’t go with Scalley, it’s a mistake.

I’m in favor of keeping Scalley as the new Head Coach in waiting.  I am NOT in favor of replacing Whittingham with Sitake.  I’m still not convinced that Sitake is Head Coach material.  Just because he beat most of the Sun Belt teams on his schedule last year, that doesn’t mean he’s “Utah” material.  In fact, it might actually mean that he’s NOT!  If you’re going to be deemed “Utah” material, you have to be able to beat ALL the Sun Belt teams you’re forced to line up opposite.

If Scalley isn’t available, there’s always Jay Hill.  And there’s really no rule anyway that stipulates Whittingham’s replacement has to have played and/or coached on the hill to be qualified.  Urban Meyer never did, and he turned out to be unbelievably successful in that role, and during an unbelievably short period of time no less.

And for what it’s worth, Rick Majerus had no Utah ties either.  I know he was “basketball”, but the principle remains the same.  The coach doesn’t have to be from Utah.

I am 100% supportive of Scalley being our next head coach. I like Jay Hill, but coaching at Weber State is not the same as coaching and recruiting for a PAC12 school.

I think that by the time KW decides to leave, everything will be forgiven and Morgan will be our new head coach.

Jeffrey Toobin is back at CNN. Anything and I mean ANYTHING is possible. 

Scalley had 99% support from both past and present players, coaches and staff. The support was so overwhelming that he survived a situation that most wouldn’t have made it through in today’s world which tells you how highly he’s thought of with players and coaches alike.

He lost the “coach in waiting” title as punishment which also carried significant financial repercussions as well. He’s paid for his mistake and will continue to pay for it over the next few years financially.

Whit will be here for 2 more years (min) and Morgan will be 3-4 years removed from the incident. IMO he’s got a 95% chance to be the next head coach.

As Maya said:

“100% he’s there. OK, 95% cause I know certainty freaks you guys out, but it’s 100.”

Am I the only one that was happy when Gary Anderson washed out? I was nervous about him being the next HC but would love if scalley takes the spot.

Scalley needs to join Urban Meyer at Jacksonville to get rid of the stigma around him. If he can succeed than 1000% bring him on as the HC. Until then- Jay Hill should be the first call. People doubting FCS coaches- Utah’s LB coach seems to be doing pretty well recruiting at the P5 level.

I believe we can do better. We have the dollars. When Whitt retires, I’d like to see us go after a high profile coach.

They were correct in making Scalley the ‘HC in waiting’. The incident was made bigger than it was by the culture of the moment in time. Scalley has and is paying more than necessary for the mistake. Sitake is much down the line given how much the defense improved going from Sitake to Scalley. Hill is a good coach with the next step being getting involved at the P5 level as a coordinator which I expect would be an awesome pay raise from his current spot. I don’t know of another coach in college football I would prefer to have as HC over Scalley. I expect he is our future and will do very well.