Nooga,
I’m not comparing Whitt to anybody nor putting him down. I’m just saying there have been a number of coaches at Utah who have left their mark, and frankly, in their own respective eras I believe could claim to have made as significant a contribution or more-so than Kyle. Whitt kept Utah football in the conversation. A few championships but mostly middle of the pack stuff for 25 years. That’s a lot of time. Not lighting the place on fire but I’ll take it as a win.
Just for the record and historically, look a number of other highly thought of Utah coaches …. Ike Armstrong 1925-49. 25 seasons and 13 conference championships. Now, that’s a Wow performance! Or, Jack Curtis, 1950-57. Four (4) championship in 8 seasons. .500 batting average. Again, obviously, a different time. But, still impressive coaching talent and championship results with ‘the material’ they had to work with.
And since you’re not wanting to compare apples and oranges, I won’t throw Urban’s stats out there.