Whitt’s presser notes

What do analytics tell you about the risk of not making it on fourth down and what it does to your true freshman QBs confidence and the confidence of your entire team in him??? I am so sick of dumb coaching decisions being blamed on analytics. It is the new cop out for coaches. It was a dumb decision and you made it several times which makes it even worse. Had you kicked those chip shots you would have been tied in the fourth quarter with all the momentum in the world. But “analytics” made your decisions for you so oh well, what are you gonna do? Just lame and I for one am not buying it.

Cam is never playing QB for Utah again. It’s
pretty easy to read between the lines with his interview.
Just hand the duty over to Wilson completely and let’s move on from this fiasco. As a fan, I’m ready to cheer on and support Wilson now regardless. Thank you Cam for what you did for this program!

Pretty wild that we are now 1.5 years into the “will he – won’t he” with Cam Rising. I love the guy, and I really don’t blame Whit but this has gotten completely out of hand (no pun intended). Let’s hope Wilson can clean up some of the expected freshman mistakes and come back strong against ASU.

I’ll be surprised if Cam plays again this year, and even more surprised if he comes back before the BYU game.

Fans are frustrated. Donors are frustrated. The comments at these press conferences are so tone deaf with how 99% of us are feeling. I feel like Bill Murray hearing the same message on a Punxsutawney radio station every morning. 4-1 and #16 yet it feels very different.

Anyone else other than me willing to take Whitt’s paycheck and rely on analytics? Sign me up for that job. One year is all I ask. And I promise not to drag QB game time decisions on for the rest of the year.

Seems like we’ve gone backward? He was cleared to play medically before, but just “didn’t have zip on the ball.” But now he’s not yet cleared to play medically? What the?

If you were Whitt or Cam wouldn’t you want to let everyone know the extent of the injury and any updates. Much easier than listening to your fanbase bitch all the time about it. We as fans have a right to know the status of our players. Lying about players status doesn’t win games or fans.

This is surreal—actual talk from our HC about Cam not playing this year!?!

F.F.Sake! This is the problem. This close to playing 3 weeks ago, and now its a Dr. decision. Hopefully the league steps in and saves us from this insanity. What we want to hear- “Cams recovery took a step back and we won’t see him for another week or two” or “Cam hurt his hand while handling bags of money” or “Cam’s butler accidentally shut his Rolls Royce door on his finger, extending the recovery time another week or two.”
An 8th year of eligibility?!! Is that where we’re at? Please somebody wake me up from this crazy dream!

If cam can’t play for the remainder of the year, I look for Whitt to step down prior to now season. Even if cam plays, I bet he looks hard at leaving. 8-4 or 9-3 is a definable possibility. 7-5 could happen as well with key losses on the interior line on either side of the ball.
By the end of the year, Whit will have 30 years in the Utah retirement system. He will also be 65. He will receive no penalties on his pension. He stands to get 60% of his base salary plus a maximum social security distribution. He will also have 100% access to his 401k and independent portfolios with no penalty for early withdrawal. I’d imagine his retirement benefits will exceed his entire base salary after you add things up.
He turns 65 on November 2. He could announce right after the UCF game. There’s no financial planner alive that would recommend another year of being locked in to football 7/24/365 when he has earned the right to be home with his family and do whatever he wants to do.
If he wasn’t turning 65 this year, I’d think a little differently.
I’m 100% certain that when I turn 65, I will work 3 more months to finish the fiscal year so I get a full time bonus full fair share. There’s absolutely no raise possible that would make me stay. Even if they gave me a regional VP of operations job with a $120k raise, I’m out. Money doesn’t buy time off. My family is priceless. For the past 7 years ive been on the road for 23/31 day of the month. 7 western states including Hawaii and Alaska. I’m one yr away from lifetime platinum membership at Marriott. I’m currently concierge level. No amount of money or benefit would tease me enough to stay. I believe Whitt will feel this way tomorrow if he contacted his financial advisor.

My goal is to “retire” in the next 5-7 years, so 59 to 62. It’s a stretch until I hit 62 but will have lots of options to work part-time and enjoy yelling at a little round golf ball more. I do think Whit is in his last year, the “coach in waiting” status for Scalley suggests he has a date. At the latest, maybe after Wilson’s junior season. I believe him when he says he wants to enjoy his family while he’s still “Kyle”, who wouldn’t want that? His calling and election to Utah Football is made “sure” already.