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.

[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.

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