new coach

Still p**sed about Saturday. It’s not so much about the loss as it was about the lack of coaching and lack of energy the team had. whit is too predictable and complacent, he lacks the intensity and fire he once had. Legendary coach, he deserves however long he decides to stay, but it’s coming fast.

I’m glad we have such perfect people posting meaningful content on this board. Whit sucks, Ludwig sucks, We suck…. Why? because we lost a game. Fire everyone for sure!! That will definitely mean we won’t ever lose another game in the future. Total BS!

Breaking news, The University of Utah has fired Coach Whittingham and Offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig following Saturday’s home loss to Arizona. Even though Utah was without their star quarterback Cam Rising who dislocated a finger and had a laceration on a finger on his throwing hand during the Baylor game three weeks ago. A few fans felt that even though Whittingham has led the team for twenty years, from the Mtn. West to the Pac 12, and now the Big 12 winning multiple conference championships and turning the team into a nationally respected program, beating school rival BYU year in and year out, it was time for him to go. They felt that because Cam Rising was seen smiling during a loss that Coach Whittingham has lost control over the program.
Seems real logical. At the beginning of the year was not Arizona one of the games we were concerned with? They are a decent team, had a bye to get ready for us and we sucked on Saturday. The players sucked and coaches sucked, and the refs sucked. Whit will leave us at some point, and then we will most likely realize how fortunate we were to have him around, and Ludwig aside from the occasional turd, is one of the most respected OC’s in the country. Turned down the Notre Dame job to stay here. The early Pac 12 years of a new OC every year seriously sucked, and we are lucky to have such consistency in our program. So I disagree with the let’s move on from Whit take.

Be careful what you wish for. How many teams fire their coach and then mire in mediocrity or worse for years? Even the blue bloods have experience that. Many fans would trade their last 20 years for our last 20 years. I have a coworker who is a Nebraska fan. They are at the point where a 6 or 7 win season and a bowl game is a huge success. I’ll take Whitt and what he has done over just about any other coach in the country. The loss on Saturday sucked but Utah is still 4-1 and has the championship to play for.

They are what they are.

They can be as frustrating for the fans as for the opponents because they just do what they do and it isn’t going to change.

By the time the season is over, how many teams in the country will be undefeated? Zero? One or two? That’s some pretty high expectations.

Whitt’s biggest problem in recent years, to me, has been the inability to put away teams we’re supposed to. We show up and play great when it matters most (Oregon 2021, USC, Rose bowls) but when there’s a game that should be a comfortable win we always let other team stay in it, which is problematic when you’re playing a team worse than you but still super talented and explosive like Arizona, I’ll be honest it makes me nervous for the Colorado game later this year if we don’t figure out our offense because we need to be able to win shootouts.

Dang…I’m glad I don’t have people calling for me to get fired every time I have a bad day at work (especially when it’s not certain that the problems were my fault).

This again? Can you please go find another team to be a fan of? There are seriously no bigger complete morons on earth than those who call for Whit to move on.

Good news for you though, this is probably Whit’s last season anyway.

I don’t like telling people how to fan, but I’m simply going to point out that this is exactly what Y fans were saying about LaVell that forced him out before he was ready.

20 years of mediocrity later, the MAY be getting better.

I’m good with Whit as long as he wants to stay. People should be calling coordinators out. Very poor defense, even worse offense.

Nobody punches above their weight like Utah and I think that has skewed our expectations a lot. Utah’s 247 recruiting class rank last 5 years – 20,34,35,30,43. Three different times during that stretch we finish in the top 16 in the final AP poll. We have an amazing football culture, arguably the most stable coaching staff in the country, and by out-working and out-preparing people we are able to bridge the talent deficit most of the time. Every once in a while though we will look like the 34th or 35th or 43rd best team in the country, but that shouldn’t be shocking, because that is actually the level of our talent. Teams like Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Oregon, etc face a team with equal or more talent maybe once or twice a year. Utah plays a team with equal or more talent 5-6 times a year and it’s just damn hard to cover that up every time. Everyone that is complaining needs to check in with reality a little bit.