3 great names to consider

[Blackout]

We'll have to offer 4 mill or over to get Herman. Hell Houston is offering him 3 mill right now as a starting point.

So upgrade the coach and keep the pay the same as we have been paying?

Yes all day

[Blackout]

Rich Rod

6-6 this year.

[Todd4State]

Larry Fedora? Is that a joke? And no to Hud. He has too much going on with the NCAA at ULL. Whittingham is my first choice. Fuente would've been a good pick, but he's gone.

Whitingham is Morman. That's a huge issue when we're talking recruiting in MS and the south. Especially with Hugh Swaggert in Oxford.

[Sacrifice]

So upgrade the coach and keep the pay the same as we have been paying?

Yes all day

Hell yeah, to me he'd be worth every penny.

[BhamDawg]

Rich Rod

17 no. He beat up a bunch of nobodies in the Big East and has been .500 since. Would be a terrible hire.

[Political Hack]

I would consider Kyle Whittingham a pretty damn good hire. He would be my first choice. Not sure if there is any mutual interest, but I would go there first. Surround him with the right people and this is a successful program. We need to be committed to shelling out some damn money though. Malzahn makes less than Mullen and he does that on purpose. He wants his assistants to make a lot of money so he can get the best ones. We need to commit to the same. Pay the next coach 3-3.5, then spread some around to assistants. We need our assistants to make really good money for this to work. The head coach is a huge factor, but the quality of assistants is extremely important.

Yes.

[msstate7]

Should we call rhule?

[Todd4State]

Yes.

Why do y'all want Whittingham so badly? I think he is a good coach but I'm not sure he is a good fit.

[Quaoarsking]

Herman is on this list because I suspect LSU, Texas, Georgia, etc., aren't coming open. Supposedly he turned down South Carolina to hold out for something better, but if that doesn't happen, he may look at us.

However, we could hire Montgomery or Fritz today -- not a lot of buzz on those two for whatever reason. We'd probably have to wait a few weeks on Herman if he's looking for a top job.

[Quaoarsking]

Why do y'all want Whittingham so badly? I think he is a good coach but I'm not sure he is a good fit.

I echo this question. He'd be fine, but he hasn't had a lot of success since Utah joined the Big Boys table. I'd much rather have Herman, Fritz, or Montgomery.

[msstate7]

Why do y'all want Whittingham so badly? I think he is a good coach but I'm not sure he is a good fit.

We say we want a recruiter... Kyle has consistently had Utah at the bottom of the pac12 in recruiting

[Quaoarsking]

We say we want a recruiter... Kyle has consistently had Utah at the bottom of the pac12 in recruiting

He's also 20-25 in Pac-12 games. That's not a splash or home run at all.

[Todd4State]

We say we want a recruiter... Kyle has consistently had Utah at the bottom of the pac12 in recruiting

I think he would be Dan 2.0 but actually Morman. I don't know if some of our more vocal posters

[Quaoarsking]

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP-
Utah Utes (Mountain West Conference) (2005-2010)
2004	Utah*	1-0	0-0		W Fiesta-	5	4
2005	Utah	7-5	4-4	T-4th	W Emerald
2006	Utah	8-5	5-3	T-3rd	W Armed Forces
2007	Utah	9-4	5-3	T-3rd	W Poinsettia
2008	Utah	13-0	8-0	1st	W Sugar-	4	2
2009	Utah	10-3	6-2	3rd	W Poinsettia	18	18
2010	Utah	10-3	7-1	2nd	L Las Vegas	23
Utah Utes (Pac-12 Conference) (2011-Present)
2011	Utah	8-5	4-5	T-3rd (South)	W Sun
2012	Utah	5-7	3-6	5th (South)
2013	Utah	5-7	2-7	5th (South)
2014	Utah	9-4	5-4	5th (South)	W Las Vegas	20	21
2015	Utah	9-3	6-3	T-1st (South)
Utah:		94-46	55-38	* Was Co-head coach with Urban Meyer of the Fiesta Bowl[5]
Total:		94-46

[Blackout]

I echo this question. He'd be fine, but he hasn't had a lot of success since Utah joined the Big Boys table. I'd much rather have Herman, Fritz, or Montgomery.

Absolutely

[cheewgumm]

Todd, sadly you're right about KW. I'm not sure who we should get but you have to take that aspect into account. Especially recruiting kids in MS. Freeze will take advantage of that.

[Quaoarsking]

Philip Montgomery is a Freeze-style super Christian: http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextr...da8dd8b88.html

[Todd4State]

Todd, sadly you're right about KW. I'm not sure who we should get but you have to take that aspect into account. Especially recruiting kids in MS. Freeze will take advantage of that.

It's Southern culture. It is what it is. Momma's like it when they see the entire Ole Miss team pray in the end zone before kickoff.

[Coach34]

So after an adjustment period into a major conference for the 1st time- he has won 9 games the last 2 seasons? And this is bad why??

He is a proven HC in a P5 conference. 9-3 this year with recruiting limitations and very little talent in his home state.

[War Machine Dawg]

I think he would be Dan 2.0 but actually Morman. I don't know if some of our more vocal posters

I'll say what I've always said: We're hiring a football coach, not a Sunday School teacher.