each other in high school. I played at Hillcrest when he played at Provo. He was a very good player. It came to him naturally because of his dad, who I loved as the defensive coordinator at BYU. Football requires a passion and emotion that is not as obvious in other sports. He has that in spades, and that is what made him a good player and good coach. He is much like Jordan. If there is not something there to get him that emotion and passion he "finds" it. That's ok preparing for and during the game. I have seen that in Sitake, and I have no problem with that.

What I admire about Kalani is that when the game is over, and when he is in public leading up to a game, he keeps perspective. He is the guy I want teaching my grandkids how to become good adults. He doesn't throw gas on the fire just for effect. Whittingham could have tamped things down early on if he would have just made a few well thought out comments. He went to BYU and coached there. He could have reminded his fan base of that, and taken the high ground. He could have made comments like Kalani does now. He could show some respect for his opponent. That would have sent a signal to the radicals that he wasn't taking his program there. He didn't, and that disappoints me.

So, Bronco didn't make Whittingham, Whittingham made Whittingham.