When I was in college I worked at an elementary school for four years teaching at-risk kids how to read, do math, all the usual stuff. I was not an education major. I didn't particularly enjoy the teaching part of the job (trying to get the kids to listen or care, going over the same fraction examples over and over). I have nothing to do with education currently besides dreading teaching the young men every Sunday. The point is the world of teaching means relatively little to me but I'll always love that job because it was the most satisfying job I've ever had. I saw growth, change, and improvement in these screwed up kids every day. I saw them become better people. It was awesome to be a part of.

Is it possible that this is what being a head coach is to bronco? Is it possible that he doesn't like coaching football at all, but that it's the only channel currently available to him wherein he can witness and contribute to the growth of young people?

Consider what we know:

He does not like recruiting
He does not like preparing game plans for opponents
He does not enjoy rivalry games
He does not like interacting with fans/media/former players/admins
He does not remember nor care to remember specific plays from games (contrast this with the Peyton Manning types who can recall formations, down and distance, score from any moment of any game of their career)
He does not place an emphasis on helping players advance their careers by getting to the NFL
He does not maximize the time available to prepare his team for games (2013 bowl game anyone?)

Are those the attributes you would link to someone who loves being a college football coach?

I know it sounds TIC but I think this is the only logical explanation for how Utah could pull off yet another fake punt on BYU. Of all the shocking things that happened today, this for me was the most incomprehensible. How could you be so unprepared? Whit has a history of running these types of play. Utah's punter is arguably the best player on their team. BYU had all the momentum on their side. Utah needed to do something to swing things back to their side. Everyone who had ever watched Utah football or cared about football in general knew the fake was likely coming. Everyone except our head coach.

My only guess is that our staff hadn't watched a minute of film on Utah or scouted their punter or thought for one second about anything that had transpired in our previous ten or so encounters with Utah. And the only way I can explain why that would happen is if you don't enjoy the game.

If it had happened just this year I'd chalk it up to the new jobs and transitioning and all that, but as we all sadly know, it wasn't just this year.

Godspeed you poor, poor Virginia fans.