We are doing a two part series on the case for Utah Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham to be on the hot seat and the case against that. Neel Limaye wrote the case for why Whittingham should be on the hot seat. While I respect Limaye’s opinion, I have to disagree that Whittingham should be on the hot seat.
To me, Whittingham’s biggest failure as a head coach at Utah in the Pac-12 is the November slump each year. I think we can partially attribute this to injuries that pile up as the season drags on. It also took Utah several years to fill the program with Pac-12 recruits to build the depth necessary to get through a Pac-12 schedule, which they just did not have in 2011-2013.