A long time ago someone gave me some advice. “Never hire anyone you can’t fire”. I would say it especially holds true in the college football business.
Interested in your thoughts here. Consider grading out the Ute Position Coaches and Head Coaches as well as other associated groups like Strength and Conditioning based on player’s performances. Give out Grades something like this: Outstanding; Very Good; Mediocre; Under Performing.
So what did you come up with? Remember the objective is ‘to Upgrade’ to Outstanding performance at every position and level, year in and year out.
In actuality, I’m seeing a steady drop-off year over year at quite a few positions. People should have been fired a long time ago for Under Performance.
Furthermore, because Whitt either couldn’t (family and friends) or wouldn’t upgrade over time it has now blown up in his face all at once. It’s like ignoring your car’s maintenance and then scratching your head in surprise as suddenly the wheels drop off and it all falls apart. Quick fix patches won’t repair this jalopy now.
Conversely, I noticed down south, Kaloni ‘canned’ quite a few of his coaches over the years for under performance and in their place brought in some difference makers. Good on Kaloni.
So, what’s the final take here? Probably best to wait til season’s end. But for me, I’m going with Whitt’s line on this one, “Next Man Up”. (From Whitt all the way down; and throw in Harlan as well. New staff can cherry pick who to keep on)
This is not a troll question, but do you know Whitt personally and associate with him? There’s got to be some people here that really know what’s going on in his mind. If I’m 65, in a high-stress/high-pressure job and I’ve already made more money than I’ll ever be able to spend in my lifetime, I don’t spend more than a minute after the season is over as Utah Head Coach.
Move to the P12 with those teams? I’d fire everyone associated with that decision on the spot — the President, the AD, the Associate AD’s, their spouses, kids, aunts and uncles — everyone would have to go.
He’d come back to Utah as Head Coach. There are people associated with Utah he’s told that to directly.
Offensive recruiting would explode if he was the HC.
5* skill players would be lining up to play for him.
You want to talk dirty programs? Look at this list and come back to me when you see Miami.
The NCAA stripped former Penn State football head coach Joe Paterno of 111 wins because of the Jerry Sandusky scandal before returning the wins in 2015 as part of a settlement agreement.[33][34]
The 2005 USC vs. Notre Dame football game, famous for the “Bush Push”, was later vacated because of monetary benefits Reggie Bush received from sports agents while in college.[35]
The 2009 ACC Championship Game victory by Georgia Tech was vacated due to Georgia Tech’s athletics department hindering an NCAA investigation into Demaryius Thomas receiving $312 worth of clothing from a former player, by informing Thomas and another player ahead of time that they were going to be interviewed, which the NCAA viewed as evidence of intentionally playing an ineligible player.[36][37] While some reports indicate that Georgia Tech was also made to vacate two losses (to Georgia and Iowa),[36] Georgia Tech does not recognize the losses as vacated in their media guide, as of 2023.[38]
Bowl game victories that have been vacated by the NCAA include:
2005 Orange Bowl, USC[39]
This was also the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) title game for the 2004 season; the 2004 USC Trojans football team was forced to vacate its national championship,[40] although the Associated Press (AP) still recognizes USC as winners of the 2004 national championship.[41]
2006 Emerald Bowl, Florida State[42]
2011 Sugar Bowl, Ohio State[43]
2011 New Orleans Bowl, Louisiana–Lafayette[44]
2013 New Orleans Bowl, Louisiana–Lafayette[44]
2013 Pinstripe Bowl, Notre Dame[45]
2014 Outback Bowl, LSU[46]
2015 Texas Bowl, LSU[46]
2020 Gator Bowl, Tennessee[47]
Rarely, losses have been vacated in NCAA records, which does not affect the winning team. The intention of this penalty has been to vacate a losing team’s appearance in a game, which in the following two cases, were the BCS National Championship Games of the 2005 and 2012 seasons, respectively.
2006 Rose Bowl, USC[48][49]
2013 BCS National Championship Game, Notre Dame[50]
In addition, the 1998 SMU Mustangs football team had to vacate the results of their first 10 games (4 wins and 6 losses), due to use of an ineligible player, resulting in their initial 5–7 record being recorded as an official 1–1 record.[51] This is the only known time in major college football history (FBS or its historical predecessors) that a team has had to vacate more losses in a season than wins.
Miami has the dirtiest program in college football history? Another clueless take. I guess you weren’t around when SMU got the death penalty from the NCAA. Am I right? And funnily enough, Miami never even came close to that or had to vacate anything due alleged infractions. I knew Shapiro was next in your playbook. And I’m ready for it. It’s just so happens that Shapiro has absolutely nothing to do with the university. He never went there and isn’t even from Miami. He was just a lowlife sleazeball that has delusions of grandeur by being associated with the team. And guess what, during the time he was associated with the Hurricanes, the team went from world class to an also ran.
Tony Russell? That also has nothing to do with the school. Russell, who acted alone, helped players on scholarship defraud the government by filing fraudulent Pell Grant applications. He did this because he had a then $200 a day cocaine habit. The guy was a straight up crook and did time in the Big House for his actions.
So, you see, it’s easy to point fingers at the school but hard to justify when you know the details. Now, let’s stick to Utah football from here on in.
Wild conspiracy theory: Cam’s gonna play, and Whit has instructed everyone associated with the team to hint that Isaac Wilson will be starting this week.
It’s nice that we have a semi-competent offense with Cam out this year, at least.
I think he had to show up at the BYU game letting every one know in the fanbase that he was merely supporting his little brother Isaac and is not a traitor. Trust me, that’s how both fanbases think! Guilty by associate if your seen associating with the enemy. LOL!
There is some truth in that Cam has not started in a very long time. He is also likely still trying to overcome some of the mental (and physical) challenges associated with the recovery to some degree.
Hopefully he is able to shake off that rust early.
The rules are there to be broken. Look up the last 20 champions and associated violations. If you don’t cheat you don’t win. It’s all about who hides it best.
