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SC's Carroll leaving for NFL; Whittingham a candidate?

Here we go again.

Another job opening and another mention of Kyle Whittingham. It hasn't even been a month since we all held our collective breaths at the news of Urban Meyer's premature retirement and we're already faced with potential coaching speculation once again.

What we do know is that sometime this week, the Seattle Seahawks will make it official and hire away Pete Carroll from SC. It's a surprise move, since Carroll failed in his last stint at the NFL with the Patriots and Jets; but it looks to be happening. 

That means arguably the best job in the land will open up. Now there is one caveat in all of this - is Carrol leaving because of the impending throw down of the gauntlet by the NCAA? If that is the case, I'm not sure anyone touches that program with a ten-foot pole. 

Including Whittingham. But if it's just Carroll realizing it's the time to move on from the program he built, then things do get interesting. 

Of course, it is SC and they could realistically have any coach in America. At least you'd think. Would Whittingham register on their radar? Probably. But I'd wager behind such names as Mike Riley (was their top-choice in 2000 and only settled on Carroll when he - and Oregon coach Mike Bellotti - rebuffed the program), Chris Petersen and even Norm Chow. 

There is also Steve Sarkisian at Washington. Though he's only been there a year.

Regardless, don't be surprised if you hear Whittingham's name tossed around a bit until the coaching vacancy is filled. Unlike with Florida, though, I think he's a bit down their list. Maybe a hire made if no one else is interested.

And unless there is about to be a firestorm of controversy there, I don't expect that to be the case. If there is, I don't expect Whittingham to take the job anyway. 

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There is no way Wittingham ends up at USC or Florida. He’s a Ute and I feel confident in saying that, unlike when rumors were swirling about Urban. I think the fact he turned down the Y (His alma mater, the school he played for, a place he wouldn’t have had to move his family or make much of an adjustment) to stay at Utah, shows he is committed to the U through and through. I’d be shocked if he left.

by seaute on Jan 9, 2010 2:04 PM MST reply actions  

The Lavell Edwards playbook:

Remember he played for that legendary coach.

1) Accept an interview to a big name school
2) Get an offer
3) Let current school make a counter-offer
4) Take the counter offer, even if it is less than the alternative offer

BCS Evolution -- Punctuating the Equilibrium - twitter

by utesfan100 on Jan 9, 2010 6:05 PM MST reply actions  

i agree coach whitt does not need the distractions

we have the possiblitty of going undefeated next year. i could see usc at 7-6 or 8-5. aaron corp even transfered to richmond. i would laugh my head off if m.b does the same. face it if usc is hit with sanctions i see a n.d. kinda funk for 6 years. lol. the mwc the last two years has surpassed the pac-ten. in every category including head to head(count bowl games). whitt will stay with utah. we have a good thing going here.

i'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. i was building a house, i don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. bang. "unforgiven"

by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 10, 2010 3:18 PM MST reply actions  

Whittingham

Won’t go to a program as big as that one. He’s not the fiery recruiter type that all those guys want. He’s the guy the family says “that’s where you’re going, mama likes him.”

by Aardvark on Jan 11, 2010 7:05 AM MST reply actions  

i hope mike reilly does get the job.

he does not look like someone who is that fiery in recruiting. maybe looks are deceiving but he seems all laid back to me. when i see p.c. face i see calm, but behind the false front there is a guy he not only wants to win but wants it his way. example: when the bcs worked for him he was all for it. when it did not work for him he wanted a playoff. hypocrite.

i'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. i was building a house, i don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. bang. "unforgiven"

by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 11, 2010 1:52 PM MST reply actions  

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