There are two ways to go about doing this; first would be to rank them by skill/level of competence. IE, In a vacuum, which coach is more experienced/wanted. For example, in this way, Scalley is a better coach than Shah. OR, you can rank them by importance to the University of Utah. In this case, Shah is much more important than Scalley. As much as we love Scalley, if we lost him today, we’d be fine. Gary would hop in as DC and at worst, our defense would stay the same.
I’m going to rank them by who is most important to the University of Utah.
Tier 1:
1 – Gary Andersen – He is number one. He is arguably the best recruiter on staff (with Shah and Fred Whittingham and Harding). He has been a very successful head coach at Utah State and Wisconsin, he was an amazing DC. We could lose a lot of coaches and he could easily slip into their seat and keep this truck rolling, including Whittingham.
2 – Sharrieff Shah – What he has done for our recruiting is stunning. What he has done for our CB’s is even more stunning. I’d put him as the second most important assistant coach we have. He has built up recruiting relationships that are priceless. We are lucky to have him.
3 – Jim Harding – He is the offensive Shah. His recruiting ability, including landing Bolles, our highest ranked recruit ever, his consistency in putting players into the NFL, the job he has done with our OL and the week in, week out improvement we have with our OL, the most important position in football…when we lose Harding, we will lose a lot.
Tier 2:
1 – Scalley – I would have had him Tier 1 before getting Andersen. Now that we have Andersen, Scalley, as great of a coach as he is, is less important. In fact, I’ve said over and over that getting Andersen has hurt Scalley in that he will need to leave Utah and be a successful HC somewhere else before he is HC at Utah. I have a very strong feeling that at the end of the season he will be a HC somewhere else…and that Provo will be desperate for him to be theirs…hopefully he is smarter than that.
2 – Troy Taylor – I want so badly for him to move up. There was flashes last year that he will move up. BUT, right now, with how many OC’s we’ve had…He is in the second tier. And that is ok. Because he did an ok job last year. We did see improvement as the year went on. And I think we see a big jump this fall and he moves up.
3 – Guy Holliday – Recruiting, recruiting, recruiting. And he does it and does it well. And, he coaches a position that gets better and better every year. Holliday not being retained by BYU was about as dumb a move as anyone could have made. For being led by Jesus, that school sure doesn’t seem to have any clue to what they are doing down there.
Tier 2a:
1 – Fred Whittingham – He can recruit the hell out of anyone. Tuttle anyone?
2 – Lewis Powell – Same. AND, I’m being generous with Powell at this level. He should probably be a level lower. BUT, with his recruiting ability and Gary teaching him the ropes, he will be here in no time. Lewis Powell is Sharrieff Shah during his first couple of years. Everyone is complaining about him, he’s a Whitt guy, he hasn’t landed a big time recruit, blah, blah, blah. In two years, just like Shah, he will be a lot more valuable.
Tier 3:
1 – Kiel McDonald – If Moss is drafted in the first three rounds and we get a couple big time RB’s, he jumps up.
2 – Justin Ena – Uh….I like him.
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