Pete Thamel thinks GA is going back to Logan

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- 12/07/2018 at 9:07 PM #83872
  
  sweetgrass
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  Sources tell @YahooSports that the Utah State football search is shutting down and interviews have been cancelled. Signs point to former Utah State coach Gary Andersen as top target.
  
  — Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 8, 2018
- 12/07/2018 at 9:11 PM #83874
  
  sweetgrass
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  Looks like donor pressure may push former #OregonState HC Gary Andersen back into the head coaching job at #UtahState. The school shut down its search. This one has gotten really messy there.
  
  — Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 8, 2018
- 12/07/2018 at 9:11 PM #83875
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  Utah5410
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  I bet it will be Jay Hill. I dont think Gary really wants to leave. This is a ploy to get paid more from Utah.
  - 12/07/2018 at 9:17 PM #83876
    
    Utesbyfive
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    I think he wants Kyle’s job, and he’s willing to hang around for a few more years to get it.
  - 12/07/2018 at 9:21 PM #83877
    
    sweetgrass
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    Utah State Reportedly Done Interviewing Coaches; Gary Andersen Is Target https://t.co/0nhE3Qd3hK #USUFans
    
    — USUFans.com (@USUFans) December 8, 2018
- 12/07/2018 at 9:53 PM #83880
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  Just cause they want Gary doesn’t mean he wants them.
  
  Gary’s end game is Utah Football HC. Utah State doesn’t help him with that. Extra work, not a lot of extra money and he loses touch with people who can get him the Utah job.
  
  IF he takes the USU job, it will be because he is told he won’t be the next Utah coach and he takes USU’s job and stays there forever.
  
  BUT, Utah would be dumb to burn that bridge. You don’t have to tell him he is the next coach, but you don’t have to tell him he’s NOT the next coach either.
  - 12/07/2018 at 9:57 PM #83881
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    Also, if he goes there, BYU will quickly fall to a distant third in the state.
    - 12/08/2018 at 10:06 AM #83915
      
      GameForAnyFuss
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      BYU-P can’t fall to third in the state. They’re currently fourth. Third would be an improvement.
  - 12/08/2018 at 6:37 AM #83891
    
    iamthepreacher
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    You just contradicted yourself. Here you say it wouldn’t be much more money. Below you say “he’d get a big raise there.”
    
    Also, it would be asinine for Harlan to promise anyone the future head coaching job. Whitt still has another 3-5 years left in the tank. Projecting who will be the best option for the head coaching job at that time (and promising them that now) would be a ridiculous thing for an AD to do. I suspect Gary is smart enough to realize that as well.
    
    It’s possible that Gary just wants to be a head coach again. The most simple answer is usually the most accurate.
- 12/07/2018 at 10:15 PM #83884
  
  Utah5410
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  I think they want him, but Utah will pay him more.
- 12/07/2018 at 10:23 PM #83885
  
  cjd1
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  I understand GA gets about $450K at Utah and Utah State HC is about $1 million. Somebody correct me if I`m wrong.
  - 12/07/2018 at 10:48 PM #83888
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    You’re spot on. I’d bet USU could find 2 million per for Gary. He’d get a big raise there.
- 12/07/2018 at 10:40 PM #83887
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  Utah5410
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  If True. This is a big loss.
  - 12/08/2018 at 6:28 AM #83890
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    iamthepreacher
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    I suspect Gary is already out on the recruiting trail negative recruiting against Utah, just like he did while at Wisconsin and OSU.
- 12/07/2018 at 11:10 PM #83889
  
  Utahute72
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  I think the BYU boosters want him back so they can fire him this time around.
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