Thoughts on Kyle Whittingham to Michigan?

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IANit

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I found it surprising. I think he's a good bet to get the program back on track from an integrity standpoint. From an on-the-field standpoint, I think it's interesting. His philosophy seems like a good fit. But I thought some of his teams at Utah underperformed, and he's not getting younger. I feel like CMC was a better get right now. I'm just glad they didn't get DeBoer.
 
Personally I think this is about as good a hire as they could have pulled off. And it is timely before the portal opens. I was hoping they would go into portal season without a head coach.
 
LudicrousSpeedGO! said:
Personally I think this is about as good a hire as they could have pulled off. And it is timely before the portal opens. I was hoping they would go into portal season without a head coach.
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I agree, really good hire for the cheaters. But I'd have been disappointed with KW as our hire. And I think the cheaters fans would have absolutely preferred CMC.
 
There were some tumors that Utah wanted him to make some changes. He didn’t like the oversight so retired. It will be interesting to see how older crusty Coach handles the big time program like Michigan. But he’s always been considered to be a solid guy and a solid coach
 
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IANit said:
I found it surprising. I think he's a good bet to get the program back on track from an integrity standpoint. From an on-the-field standpoint, I think it's interesting. His philosophy seems like a good fit. But I thought some of his teams at Utah underperformed, and he's not getting younger. I feel like CMC was a better get right now. I'm just glad they didn't get DeBoer.
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LMAROFL. They need to drop DEI and fire their fat slob AD. No problems are solved until you recognize them. Keeping him is typical Michigan arrogance.
 
IANit said:
I found it surprising. I think he's a good bet to get the program back on track from an integrity standpoint. From an on-the-field standpoint, I think it's interesting. His philosophy seems like a good fit. But I thought some of his teams at Utah underperformed, and he's not getting younger. I feel like CMC was a better get right now. I'm just glad they didn't get DeBoer.
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Wittingham has had Utah ranked in the top 25 for each of the last dozen years. I don't know if he's a better coach than Campbell but IMO he has a more proven resume and that attracts recruits.

What do you have against DeBoer?
 
bdroc said:
Wittingham has had Utah ranked in the top 25 for each of the last dozen years. I don't know if he's a better coach than Campbell but IMO he has a more proven resume and that attracts recruits.

What do you have against DeBoer?
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I don't know. Wittingham is pretty old. There is a very good chance that his best coaching is behind him. He could have more to work with at UM but I'm not sure old and final poll unranked in 3 of the last 5 years, 5 of the last 8, 9 of the last 15, and 12 of his 20 completed seasons is going to attract recruits. His highest final poll ranking was in 2008 and his only other top 10 finish was #10 in 2022. Most of the kids he will be recruiting weren't even born in 2008.

Granted it is at Utah but very consistently throughout his head coaching tenure his teams have only been ranked 40% of the time and most of those rankings have been the lower half of the top 25. If you count his years that they didn't finish in the top 25, they might have averaged being a top 25 to top 30 team over his 20 years. That's not bad for Utah but it doesn't scream come play for me at 66 years old.
 
I think he will be a good coach but not a great coach. Better than Brady Hoke or Rich Rodriguez. Doubt that he will ever be elite. Seems to me that the really elite coaches come from assistants to Great programs (Kirby Smart, Joe Paterno) or from very small but extremely successful football programs (Jim Tressel, Curt cignetti)
 
bdroc said:
Wittingham has had Utah ranked in the top 25 for each of the last dozen years. I don't know if he's a better coach than Campbell but IMO he has a more proven resume and that attracts recruits.

What do you have against DeBoer?
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I love DeBoer. He was my number one choice for PSU. Every national writer was falling all over themselves to tell us that he was a serious option for Michigan, but not for us. That's likely complete BS. But since we didn't get him, I'm glad they didn't either.
 
marylovesthelions said:
LMAROFL. They need to drop DEI and fire their fat slob AD. No problems are solved until you recognize them. Keeping him is typical Michigan arrogance.
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I feel Warde Manuel should be gone, also, no doubt. Too much has happened on his watch. Michigan has an interim president, so they probably prioritized the football coach hire to beat the transfer portal window.
 
IANit said:
I found it surprising. I think he's a good bet to get the program back on track from an integrity standpoint. From an on-the-field standpoint, I think it's interesting. His philosophy seems like a good fit. But I thought some of his teams at Utah underperformed, and he's not getting younger. I feel like CMC was a better get right now. I'm just glad they didn't get DeBoer.
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He's like a fish out of water in Ann Arbor. Surprised he took the job with the current AD still in place. Nothing has changed at Michigan, and much more will come out.
 
IANit said:
I found it surprising. I think he's a good bet to get the program back on track from an integrity standpoint. From an on-the-field standpoint, I think it's interesting. His philosophy seems like a good fit. But I thought some of his teams at Utah underperformed, and he's not getting younger. I feel like CMC was a better get right now. I'm just glad they didn't get DeBoer.
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Methinks he was hired as a temp to put out the raging infernos.

He is 66. At that age he has to be old school. Probably not the best at working the portal. Or managing NIL.

Won’t be there long. His job is to keep players from fleeing, keep a good recruiting train on the rails. Keep donors engaged.

And buy a couple three years to look for a solid coach. Will be interesting to see who the coordinators are and which will be head coach in waiting.
 
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The Spin Meister said:
Methinks he was hired as a temp to put out the raging infernos.

He is 66. At that age he had to be old school. Probably not the best at working the portal. Of managing NIL.

Won’t be there long. His job is to keep players from fleeing, keep a good recruiting train on the rails. Keep donors engaged.

And buy a couple three years to look for a solid coach. Will be interesting to see who the coordinators are and which will be head coach in waiting.
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This is 100% correct. He is a place holder to keep things moving relatively well, then they hire a big.
 
IANit said:
I found it surprising. I think he's a good bet to get the program back on track from an integrity standpoint. From an on-the-field standpoint, I think it's interesting. His philosophy seems like a good fit. But I thought some of his teams at Utah underperformed, and he's not getting younger. I feel like CMC was a better get right now. I'm just glad they didn't get DeBoer.
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They need someone to clean house at this point. Their program has a foul odor, although it can and certainly does happen anywhere. I believe he is a good fit for now, but he may not stay the duration of his contract.
 
I hate to see a gentleman like Whittingham go to UM. But maybe he won't last long with that collection of clowns he'll have to deal with there....

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