Salt Lake Trib reporting Whittingham turned us down

[Gee-Rant]

If a repost, sorry. Board is running so slow I couldn't search and this was posted about 20 minutes ago.

Utah football: Whittingham turns down Vols - Salt Lake Tribune
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Add Utah coach Kyle Whittingham's name to the list of coaches who have turned Tennessee down as a possible replacement for Lane Kiffin.

Whittingham met with Tennessee officials who flew into Provo on Thursday night. Whittingham was offered the job, but turned it down Thursday morning, according to sources close to the Tennessee search. "

Why he would turn down 4 million a year when he is only making 1.2 is a mystery to me.

 

[Volasaurus Rex]

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Add Utah coach Kyle Whittingham's name to the list of coaches who have turned Tennessee down as a possible replacement for Lane Kiffin.

Whittingham met with Tennessee officials who flew into Provo on Thursday night. Whittingham was offered the job, but turned it down Thursday morning, according to sources close to the Tennessee search. "

Why he would turn down 4 million a year when he is only making 1.2 is a mystery to me.

My guess is he did not want to face Urban!

 

[3 Rocky Top Cove]

If a repost, sorry. Board is running so slow I couldn't search and this was posted about 20 minutes ago.

Utah football: Whittingham turns down Vols - Salt Lake Tribune
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Add Utah coach Kyle Whittingham's name to the list of coaches who have turned Tennessee down as a possible replacement for Lane Kiffin.

Whittingham met with Tennessee officials who flew into Provo on Thursday night. Whittingham was offered the job, but turned it down Thursday morning, according to sources close to the Tennessee search. "

Why he would turn down 4 million a year when he is only making 1.2 is a mystery to me.

Maybe he read this board and saw the idiotic ranting about every name that has been mentioned.

Or maybe he saw the riot when Kiffin ran.

Or maybe he is happy where he is and doesn't see the attraction of moving his family to a place that is as fickle as we seem to be.

It is starting to appear that the biggest enemy of the UT football program is...us.

 

[VOLup2uous]

If a repost, sorry. Board is running so slow I couldn't search and this was posted about 20 minutes ago.

Utah football: Whittingham turns down Vols - Salt Lake Tribune
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Add Utah coach Kyle Whittingham's name to the list of coaches who have turned Tennessee down as a possible replacement for Lane Kiffin.

Whittingham met with Tennessee officials who flew into Provo on Thursday night. Whittingham was offered the job, but turned it down Thursday morning, according to sources close to the Tennessee search. "

Why he would turn down 4 million a year when he is only making 1.2 is a mystery to me.

Maybe because he has some morals and not wanting to screw over his team an recruits like Kiffy did us....

 

[Cooleyvol]

UT flew in Thursday NIGHT, but he turned the job down Thursday MORNING? Im not buying this story at all.

 

[Gee-Rant]

UT flew in Thursday NIGHT, but he turned the job down Thursday MORNING? Im not buying this story at all.

HaHa... great point.

 

[Velo Vol]

Why he would turn down 4 million a year when he is only making 1.2 is a mystery to me.

Actual quote: "Sources indicate Tennessee is offering candidates from $3-4 million to replace Kiffin"

That does not say that UT offered Whittingham $4 million.

Reading is hard work.

 

[nashvol1]

I also believe he does not want to directly compete with CUM. Also, maybe he like Mike Reilly and really enjoys his job.

 

[Lulu]

My guess is he did not want to face Urban!

If that is the case, then he and Orrin Hatch can just shut their pie holes about the BCS. If you want to compete for NC's, you do it in a major conference, not at Utah.
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[Dudley Smith]

If that is the case, then he and Orrin Hatch can just shut their pie holes about the BCS. If you want to compete for NC's, you do it in a major conference, not at Utah.
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Exactly. I don't want to hear any griping from Utah, Boise, TCU, etc when they are playing in the Card Table Bowl again after going undefeated. You want a chance to play for a championship? Come play in the big leagues.

 

[Cooleyvol]

Maybe he wanted to keep his staff together...........something that Hammy was not able to allow him to do.