2022 Wisconsin Season Thread

[847badgerfan]

Per one of The Athletic writers, it was a one time thing, and he doesn't think it's a thing that will scare other teams off.  That he was angry about the coaching change, and planning on leaving after the year anyway, and that it was a more of a "you are leaving after the year, everyone knows you are leaving after the year, and now this, why wait?"

Which one? I tried a search and cannot find.

[ELA]

Thind

[847badgerfan]

Must be in some comment section. Still, I wouldn't dismiss this as "not a big deal" just yet.

People close to Wisconsin think it's serious enough for him to not play football again. Last Chance U maybe.

[ELA]

Must be in some comment section. Still, I wouldn't dismiss this as "not a big deal" just yet.

People close to Wisconsin think it's serious enough for him to not play football again. Last Chance U maybe.

I don't know, I let my subscription lapse, I wasn't using it enough.  I have a hard time believing one practice punch could possibly end a kids chances.  Guys get DUIs and get second and third and fourth chances, and I'd put this below that.  Practice fights happen all the time, and we don't know, for us to not only know, but for it to lead to a parting of ways, it's certainly something more than that.

[CatsbyAZ]

I wonder how much this uncharacteristic mid-season firing trend is 'transfer portal' related?

That's about the only thing I can figure as to why this is now a thing?

Yes, the transfer portal, but I’m thinking it also has to with the newly inflated size of head coaching contracts. Maybe this doesn’t apply to PC, but I don’t see Michigan State putting up with another 12 games of bad defense from Mel Tucker given how much they cut his contract for.

Speaking of Michigan State, in this week’s Wisconsin Vs MSU thread there’s a bit of brief commentary on what it’ll take from Leonhard’s ongoing audition to seal the job. Blowing out Northwestern in a game where both sides of the ball looked far more organized and motivated is a good start. Followed by a likely win this Saturday Vs the Spartans. I think 5-2 wins Leonhard the gig.

It helps that there seems to be a lot of goodwill behind Leonhard. The players and admin seem to have nothing but friendly things to say.

From the article linked at the bottom:

“In his first week as interim head coach, Jim Leonhard adjusted Wisconsin's Monday practice schedule, to rave reviews… it's always interesting to see what changes interim head coaches make once the team is placed in their hands, because those changes are ones they would've made before if only they had the power to do so.”

“Paul Chryst had the players meet with coaches at 7:30 am. Mondays before a 9 a.m. walk-through, which inevitably required coaches to process the previous Saturday's game and begin having a plan in place for the following week's game by late Sunday or early, early Monday. Now under Leonhard's leadership, though, those meetings and walk-throughs do not happen until Monday evening. ‘I think (the change) is huge for coaches really having an extra 10, 12 hours to detail this thing up,’ Leonhard told the Wisconsin State Journal.”

https://footballscoop.com/news/jim-leonhard-adjusts-wisconsin-football-practice-schedule

[847badgerfan]

I was going to post a similar article written in the Wisconsin State Journal.

[847badgerfan]

And another. I thought this kid would be a good one too.

[847badgerfan]

Wisconsin has always been a developmental program. 

With NIL and the transfer portal, it's gonna be an irrelevant program.

Oh well.

It was a nice run.

[FearlessF]

things can change

especially with a change in coaches

[847badgerfan]

The Chancellor could not care less about athletics. That's a problem.

[MrNubbz]

Wisconsin has always been a developmental program.

With NIL and the transfer portal, it's gonna be an irrelevant program.

Oh well.

It was a nice run.

Stop it! Keep getting lineman and there is always disgruntled QBs/RBs/WRs a plenty.One good recruiter is all it takes,don't know what to tell you about NIL as Nicky Saban doesn't seem to like it.Guess it brings more coin than bagmen . Also Leonhard already has them playing much better ball it's evident.Really don't know what happened to PC but he got sloppy or perhaps soft ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[MrNubbz]

things can change

especially with a change in coaches

FF how did the Wedding go? Any TVs so you could catch the games? Must of been distressing to miss the links for a day. Hope you're in counseling

[FearlessF]

everything went well

better than I expected

not many TVs for games

[bayareabadger]

And another. I thought this kid would be a good one too.

Per homer board insiders, likely not a bad roster loss.

I’d have to look back, receiver seems like a less developmental spot unless it’s a walk-on at UW, but I’d have to see.