Speak the truth? Here’s the truth:
These are the FBS coaching positions open so far this year that are better than the ASU job.
Nebraska – Likely gonna get Scott Frost
Florida – Hired Mullen
Tennessee
UCLA – Hired Kelly
Texas A&M
Miss. St.
Arkansas – It’s a stretch, but still SEC.
Under Graham ASU averaged 8 wins a year, which is better than ANY other ASU coach outside John Cooper and tied with Frank Kush – They beat UW, Oregon, and Utah on the road, beat their rival, and took second in the South in what was supposed to be a down year for them. The AD comes out and blasts these results essentially saying they won’t settle for anything less than conference championships.What kind of coach are they going to get with that kind of volatility? Especially when there are so many other jobs that are better in so many ways available? They want Sumlin, but are going to end up with Herm F**kin Edwards
Bill Connelly wrote a great article on the subject
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/11/27/16704020/kevin-sumlin-todd-graham-texas-am-arizona-state-coaches-fired
Particularly this quote
“When you find yourself stuck with a coach who is good but not good enough, the problem often isn’t him. It’s infastructure. It’s history. It’s program support. It’s something other than the head coach. But the head coach is the easiest thing to change, so schools follow the same fruitless road over and over and over again.”
Utah is doing things the right way. Upgrading facilities. Addressing areas of need. Improving recruiting in more fruitful areas (Florida, Texas, California) Whitt has done a damn fine job transitioning this program into the Pac-12. This year was supposed to be down for us. We had 15 players from last year’s team get paid by the NFL at some point this year. Now, if we take a step back next year with all the young talent we’ll be returning that’s on the head coach. All signs point to that not being the case.
Get back to us in 1-2 years. You’ll see which school made the mistake
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