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Oct 21, 2024
7:12:06am

shoganai All-American

You're missing the key subtext.

There likely isn't another cycle for Whittingham to coach through. Odds are this is the end of the line for him and the curtains are going to drop on a very anticlimactic note and with no particular reason to believe his replacement will be better than average.

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Originally posted on Oct 21, 2024 at 7:12:06am

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shoganai

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I think we are seeing a lot of wishful thinking

Socrates Johnson

6:16am

I think it's a combination of things. The fact that they have had P5 money for ten plus years and yet still

P-Boy Squad

6:23am

They are in a down cycle. That doesn’t mean they are dead tho

Socrates Johnson

6:25am

This. They'll be decent w/Scalley, but not great like Ute fans assume they are

runnincoug

7:28am

This is cougarboard where recency bias reigns supreme.

Sea Chicken

6:25am

Under Whitt the challenge has always been offense. There is no guarantee in

maYbe

6:25am

There is no guarantee he won’t either. I’m just saying dancing on Utah’s grave

Socrates Johnson

6:27am

Someone probably said that about their basketball program

Carnac

6:37am

And imagine all the money those schools have to work with compared to what Utah has. If they have the similar struggles

Chemish

7:16am

Maybe true but they have been bad ever since they stopped stealing signs

Beggar

6:39am

It’s called rivalry smack

airbug

6:41am

I agree- take their basketball team for example once majerus left…

bigbluecougar

6:41am

You're missing the key subtext.

shoganai

7:12am

You may be right it’s just nice to be able to dunk on Utah for a bit. That’s all

Iman23

7:21am

Utah working overtime to figure out how to hang curtain in RES

YankeeCoug

7:23am

Why would they hang curtains on a quite full, sold out stadium? Dumb comment

NYC and Japan

8:20am

So...let me explain...what the poster is predicting is the demise of Ute

bigbluecougar

8:32am

Except the poster clarifies below he does NOT expect the demise of Utah football

NYC and Japan

9:02am

no he doesn't

bigbluecougar

10:35am

RE: Utah working overtime to figure out how to hang curtain in RES

jtm0001

11:23am

Socrates, your post contains a big non sequitor

Brandoblueblood

8:02am

Uh, my post was more about Whitt than it was about Utah’s program. Unless Whitt has the magical ability to extend life

Brisket

8:12am

Plenty of posts and comments about the program, even in this thread and yours

NYC and Japan

8:27am

Then make a separate thread which talks about overall sentiment instead of a reply to my thread.

Brisket

9:14am

Are they having a down year? Don’t they always lose 3+ games every year?

MacGyver

8:58am

I think it's worse than you think. This is the beginning.

YOHONOMOTO

11:53am

and it seems their access to NIL dollars is below market average (this could change overnight though - it only takes

HarlemCoug

12:11pm

Utah's best power conf year has 3 losses. BYU's best finish is 11th in 2020

VB2

12:36pm

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