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Norm Chow and Tim Davis to the Utes?

Chow was not a good fit in Tennessee. Jeff Fisher is a defensive coach and wants his offense to control the ball and not take risks. Now he's going to Utah where Whittingham has a similar approach. Chow will be an improvement, but I don't see him and Kyle having a long term partnership.
 
jazzman12 said:
I admittedly didn't follow Chow's career at UCLA, but I assume he was running his usual Pro-Style offense? I'm interested to see if that's what Utah adopts 100% if Chow is hired. On one hand it makes sense because Wynn is obviously not a spread QB but it seems as if Utah's most current QB recruiting targets are more spread oriented.

It will be interesting to see if Utah dumps the spread completely.
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Exactly what I was thinking. Does Chow have any experience at all with the Spread? Granted, he could probably adapt, but it seems to me that it would be in Utah's best interest to go Pro. Chow will be a decent enough fit at Utah if they can change up the offense a bit.
 
I don't doubt that Chow's most prolific years are far behind him, but I still see enough upside to the move. While Utah already recruits Hawaii and So Cal fairly well, Chow can only help but enhance those two areas. 3 and 4 star recruits are nice to have when you play in the MWC, but if Utah truly expects to be a threat in the Pac12 year in and year out, it's time to start pulling in some 5 stars along the way.

As I said earlier, I haven't really followed Chow at UCLA but I do know he's been part of a ground up rebuilding effort at UCLA. That probably makes it harder to quantify the job he's done there. YB also makes a good point about his time at Tennessee, but I don't know if he'll encounter a similar situation with Kyle. Whit seems to be less about a ball control and more about an offense that can score a decent amount of points while protecting the ball. If those two requirements are met, I don't think Whit is too concerned with grinding it out like Fisher is.
 
bordelais7 said:
Still, the ex-BYU guy going to Utah. Wild. What's next? Cats sleeping with dogs? Unicorns and leprechauns running about freely? Smartphones replacing computers?
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You know Chow actually played for Utah, right? What is so wild about an ex Utah football player returning as an assistant coach?


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SaltyDawg said:
You know Chow actually played for Utah, right? What is so wild about an ex Utah football player returning as an assistant coach?


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Not to mention that Utah's head football coach kinda played his college ball at BYU.

BYU's girls hoops coach is a former Utah man.

Exchanges like these happen all the time
 
FWIW. This article is nearly a year old, but I thought it was interesting in retrospect. By they way, I don't agree with the underlined bits. I just wanted to highlight them.

https://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2010-05-18/sn10-best-offensive-coordinators-college-football

3. Norm Chow, UCLA. Forget about UCLA's struggles the past two seasons; much of that was inexperienced personnel, poor protection and limited difference-makers on the outside. Coach Rick Neuheisel has upgraded the talent in Westwood, and if QB Kevin Prince plays with confidence, Chow, the game's best play-caller, will get it rolling again
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8. Robert Anae, BYU. Like Holgorsen, Anae spent time under Leach at Texas Tech (2000-04) but has added more run-based sets to the passing system. Doesn't get nearly enough credit for the success of BYU under coach Bronco Mendenhall.
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I was hoping we'd have heard a definitive answer on Chow by now. I would guess that news leaking of Utah's interest is slowing things down. UCLA now see's a way to get out of paying Chow a good chunk of cash.
 
CONAN said:
I actually thought Chow's play-calling was pretty good. I'd say that was the biggest difference between Chow and Anae.
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I've heard more than one pundit call him one of the best, but I have a hard time getting over his recent history. Or his team's history, I guess...
 
Bronco70 said:
I've heard more than one pundit call him one of the best, but I have a hard time getting over his recent history. Or his team's history, I guess...
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For sure. Those things are not mutually exclusive. It is possible to be a good play-caller and still not have success.
 
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