Wonder what Scalley is thinking

I love Whitt as he’s a Utah Man, BUT he is only going to hurt the program and the team for the long term!

K-Whitt is an anchor of Utah football, but is he now a drag on finances? His $7mm per could be used in a lot of ways…hopefully to win more than 5 games. Rumor is Scalley is upset that Whitt is making all the decisions, despite Scalley being told he could be part of the hiring process. This is just pure internet rumor from those claiming to know the inside goings on. But what’s not rumor is that Scalley had the opportunity to go be DC at USC, but was dissuaded with the coach in waiting and promise that he would be involved int he new hire coaches process. I wonder if Whitt just can’t let go.

Everyone on here should listen to five minutes of this interview (specifically from 16:30-21:30). Curious to hear if this changes anybody’s speculation about what’s going on behind the scenes.

Coordinator’s Corner: DC Morgan Scalley on the team morale, Use of PFF to evaluate players, His involvement in team decision making + more

Who says he was involved in not hiring? Or that Whitt shut down those hires? Just because you offer someone a job, doesn’t mean they have to take it.

There are plenty of reasons Arbuckle would prefer Oklahoma over Utah, and Leftwich may want to stay closer to home and the recruiting grounds he’s more comfortable with.

It’s also possible I missed the article about Utah declining to offer those guys at all.

We keep talking about Whitt’s money but tied up in his decision to stay or go is that Scalley is leaving millions on the table every year Whitt stays. I may have the number wrong but I thought someone posted that Scalley’s first year as HC would be valued at 5.4 MM.

Not sure how long you ignore that delta from your coordinator salary before exploring other options?

I don’t trust any of the gossip and rumors about culture dynamics (between coaches and players, etc.) b/c my own experience indicates that it’s turned out to be mostly just that: gossip and rumors. If I had reliable information about the situation and if I wasn’t part of the problem, there’s no way I would be spreading gossip and rumors as a “source”…

Scalley has worked w/ Whitt for 20 years. Whitt (and the program) gave him a second chance after he made a mistake that could have sunk his career (or at least set him back much further than we let him fall). I highly doubt he has changed his opinion in two weeks.

So we can trust gossip and rumors, or we can consider the facts about the situation: 1) Our recruiting class was not a disaster. It was pretty good. 2) We haven’t seen an exodus of important players leaving. Sure, we may have a few, but we also know that more of the most important players are staying. If the coaching staff was disgruntled and Whitt was causing problems, the evidence would be different (I think).