Coach of the future!

[press-on]

If this was the last year in Coach Whittingham’s contract, and you were his boss, would you give him a fresh, new 3 year contract to lead the UTES going forward?

[traviswilsons1fan]

Tough position to be in rn. I feel like the U has to go out of house for the new coach. Whitt has done his part, but scalley isn’t gonna be the answer.

[Anfernee]

He’s the coach in waiting and will do a great job. Look at the defense this year alone. Showed up every week and gave us a chance to win. He’s an exceptional motivator and good recruiter. And Morgan has already stated he wants an uptempo aggressive offense. Don’t fall into the trap of lumping him into this s**tnado of a year.

[traviswilsons1fan]

I would argue that the majority of our defensive successes came as a result of poor big 12 offenses. I think that we need a pretty major program rework if for no other reason than to show that we take losing seriously and holding the program accountable.

[pedro]

How do you explain the last 10 years under Scalley then? He’s a proven winner. Get over it.

[HATUman]

The fact that you are a Travis Wilson fan gives you zero credibility.

[RustyShackleford]

This is an idiotic statement. Travis Wilson was a warrior who gave everything he had to Utah.

[press-on]

That’s not the question. It’s about Whittingham as Utah’s coach going forward. Do you say, “thank’s Coach, but we’re moving on”..or “you’re our man for the next 3 years”.

[Anfernee]

This is a fun hypothetical. Except you’re leaving out the millions of dollars part.

[2008 National Champ]

And the fact that if you’ve let it get to one game before his contract runs out to make a decision on extending, you’ve already decided to move on.

But to play the hypothetical, no. I would invoke the 3 years of program ambassador or whatever his new title will be and move forward. I would rather let him move on one year early instead of 3 years too late. And if he’s really laid the foundation as well as many believe, the chances of the next guy having immediate success should be roughly the same as with Whitt at a cheaper price tag.

[RoboUte]

Extend his contract? Lol. I’d have to think twice before extending my hand if he fell on his ass tripping over his empty OC rolodex. Best case any of his cheerleaders have for keeping him is 16 years in the rear view mirror.

You’d have to be an absolute knuckledragging dips**t to extend a coach that spent two years rotting your program from the inside out with such frightening effectiveness. He’d have been on notice in October of ’23. Let alone Thanksgiving week of ’24. If there was some miracle like me being in a coma for Cam’s last game and he managed to somehow slither his way a few weeks up the calendar there is no chance in any set of circumstances that I don’t throw him the keys of a rented Nissan Altima in a poorly lit Houston parking lot and tell him to drive his senile saboteur ass back to wherever the f**k he needs to go, so long as it’s not with 500 yards of anyone associated with the football program ever again.

No other remotely successful team in the country would see their head coach still employed after this 2 season stretch, which is a self fulfilling prophecy. Because enjoying success entails behaving in a way that invites it. We can’t even poach the fattest guy on the soccer team to go kick a ball anymore. Successful football is so far off the table the dog ate it when it fell and s**t it on the 50 yard line.

You don’t die on the hill of 16 years ago if you want to succeed in CFB. You produce now (or at the very least, dont actively torpedo your program into the dirt), week in and week out or you f**k off. Whitt isn’t a f**king walmart greeter, his position isn’t cermonial, and he’s compensated handsomely to produce. Anyone who would sacrifice the program itself out of a sense of charity for a person who is compensated like a feudal f**king lord via a public institution is absolutely bonkers and has forgotten why the f**k we’re here and what the actual deal is when you agree to take the helm of a serious program.

[2008 National Champ]

I hate it when I can’t tell which side of the fence @RoboUte is on.,,

but the man can paint a picture

[RoboUte]

[RoboUte]

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[Brettski]

Press on and Travis Wilson fan are byu trolls. Probably the same person logging in from their mom’s laptop. Just ignore them.

[traviswilsons1fan]

Just because I disagree with you doesn’t mean I’m a byu fan lol. I’m just sharing MY OPINION, you are perfectly ok to disagree with it. At the end of the day, there is a reason we are both posting on message boards instead of making decisions for the team. If you want to discuss why I think the way I do lmk, but until then, stop name calling and grow up

[press-on]

Brettski,

You’re way too far over your skis, Man! I’ve covered this before. I have 5 GENERATIONS of UTE blood in my veins. And proud of it! Bet that’s 3 to 4 times at least more than you! But that’s not the point here.

I ask the hypothetical question to try to get some of you non-thinkers to consider where the program is headed. You may not be aware that the all time LOOSING STREAK for one season at the U belongs to Tom Levat in 1974 .. who was later justifiably fired. Whitt has now unceremoniously tied him for futility. There’s a good chance he will break that record this week! That is totally unacceptable for a proud Utah Program! Period! Full on Exclamation Point!

The House is on Fire! And some of you are saying ‘until it burns completely down to ashes, I’m on board with Whitt’.

Makes my wonder who’s really the Troll here. What’s your real Motive? Either you and a few other out- spoken ‘Whitt Homers’ here are associated with the program, pulling down a fat paycheck while Utah football is dying on the vine, or you guys are Trolling the board. From your comments, can’t imagine you really want the Utes to fix the problems and rebuild this failure of a program!

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