No one likes the waiting game.

With how long this has gone, we’d better have someone lined up and ready to sign that’s still coaching during the season… as in someone coaching in the superbowl…

As a side note, Hello! I’ve been checking / reading this blog nearly daily for over a year, finally broke down and created an account.

I assume whitt figures he can always fall back roderick if all other names are gone..it makes u scared to think maybe he’s fearful recruits will leave uf he doesnt bring in the big name

That first it’s not going to be an NFL guy. People need to realize that.

Secondly, the method mainly is, wait till Feb. 1st in the midst of all the hype and excitement about our first ever top 25 recruiting class and quietly release a 1 paragraph statement that we’ve hired Gary Crowton and Robert Anae to share OC duties.

I hate to say it, but of all the options mentioned my two favorites are Anae and Roderick (assuming Kragthorpe is out). Of those two options, I would go with Roderick because I don’t think you want to lose him later on down the road. I’m not saying its my first choice, but it’s the best one available given the names posted on this board. I think Ver Steeg would be a major step back to an era that, while somewhat grateful for, I never want to go back to again.

Because Kyle has waited so long, no name is going to be big enough to satisfy the anticipation and suspense. I don’t blame him for waiting, but at this point with the names released I’m becoming a bigger and bigger fan of Roderick. I would be led to believe that he’s grown and learned from his mistakes. Another thing Ute fans need to remember is that the University of Utah and Kyle Whittingham specificly are VERY good at keeping things under wraps and keeping the public in the dark. I can only pray this is the case and that he has someone bigger than Anae or Crowton ready to go….

Tom Clements of the Green Bay Packers. That’s who we should hire. Not sayin’ it’ll ever happen, but it sure would be awesome.

Kidding (mostly)

Last year was a great surprise to hear the announcement of getting Chow. But it made sense, he had UoU and BYU roots and luckily was an awesome and proven coach. He was a get that they won’t be able to duplicate for a long time if they are going to focus on the obvious “core” roots.

To put the football (or any other athletic program) on the correct path to be a potential long term great in the PAC-12 the leadership needs to revise its roots and think big. We can’t be complacent and think they have time to train the primary coaches (DC/OC). They need to be able to come in as a known producer and to do that it takes $ and vision. The Chow hire showed both from the leadership, but this waiting game makes me worried that the vision might have just been dumb luck.

I’m crossing my fngers and holding my breath (I’ve actually passed out a few times during the waiting session) that when an announcement does come we fans and the team are not in for a huge let down. For me the let down would be a hire for specific Utah past ties over someone who can flat out get the job done. Spread or Pro style makes no difference to me as long as the coach can make the players work it out and produce.

I assume 2/1 or groundhogs day will produce an announcement. Let’s hope we can smile and not be hanging our heads in disgust once we hear it.

how about hue jackson…. offense he ran at USC, Cincinatti and Oakland is the same type of offense kyle whittingham wants on the field (without the inconsistent play of carson palmer of course)

back when he was HC of the TDS: he sucked.

You always hear talking heads say things like, “He didn’t just wake up one morning and forget how to coach!” Well, Crowton didn’t just wake up one morning and forget how to suck either. Just sayin.

During his Pac-12 chat, Ted Miller had this to say:

Just gossiped with someone on this… but I don’t have anything I feel comfortable reporting. It appears that Whittingham has kept it quiet and will announce on signing day… My guess: Someone from NFL.

Hey it’s the closest thing we’ve had to a legit rumor since the devastating Crowton news.