Show WL Who 10 0 SW houd OL O Coach oa Utah la In The e Fiesta ie la Bow ow 1 Eric Larson Sports Editor Let the circus begin Utah has officially become the first school from a non conference conference conference con con- ference to play in a bowl game That by itself drew nationwide attention from the media but that was only the beginning Utah's head coach and offensive coordinator are both headed to coach at other schools Their defensive coordinator is rumored to also be leaving That means that the Utes Ute's top three coaches in inthe inthe inthe the Fiesta Bowl could all be recruiting for other schools Shortly after he took the head coaching job at Florida Urban Meyer stated he hoped to still coach Utah in the Fiesta Bowl Utah granted his wish I met with the leadership of our team and they want Urban to coach them in the bowl TT L A game Utah Ulan Athletic J Director Chris Hill said continuing Their opinion carries a lot of weight with me and I approved of the request This decision has sparked debates but Hill feels he made the right choice saying Im comfortable with this deci deci- sion Meyers Meyer's players appear to agree with Hill I think that if you lose a coach for a bowl game you take a step backward backward backward back back- ward said senior defensive back Morgan who is isone isone isone one of many Utah players to publicly support Hills decision deci deci- sion sion Despite the show of confidence confidence confidence dence many people question if Meyer will be able to stay focused on helping Utah win with all Lall the all the 1 distractions he he- he will face Meyer is already behind in the battle to land top recruits and will have to work to get their attention Normally coaches begin to visit recruits in December in hopes of setting up official visits to their school in January Many wonder how Meyer will manage to handle Florida's recruiting while running practices for Utah on ona ona ona a daily basis In addition to Meyer leaving leaving leaving leav leav- ing offensive coordinator Mike Sanford has agreed to become next head coach While it is still unclear it appears possible that Sanford will help coach the Utes Ute's in their bowl game If he does the two people in control of running Utah's potent offense will be preparing preparing preparing ing for the game by attempting attempting attempting attempt attempt- ing to lure recruits to play at i other schools I In addition to Sanford Utah defensive coordinator Kyle is considered to tobe tobe tobe be one of BYUs BYU's top choices to replace Gary Crowton Even though former B BYU YU assistant coach and the current current current cur cur- rent offensive coordinator for number one ranked Norm Chow appears to be BYUs BYU's first option appears to be near the top of their list and has openly expressed his interest in the B BYU YU job Utah will probably have a anew anew anew new head coach hired before the January 1st Fiesta bowl which means he could possibly possibly possibly bly be watching three opposing opposing opposing ing coaches walk the sidelines with his current team Not a great start for a new head coach With each of the coaches headed in a different direction some have wondered how well they could function as unit for one more game Especially given that Sanford and possibly could be using the publicity they receive to recruit for two of Utah's Each of Utah's coaches deserves the credit they have received for helping to lead the Utes Ute's to their current the position The thing Chris Hill has to tomake tomake tomake make sure is that he doesn't hurt Utah in the long term by satisfying players and coaches wishes for the short term |