2024 Wisconsin Offseason Thread

[847badgerfan]

May as well get it started. 2023 is over.

There is a new WR coach coming but has not been officially announced by UW yet. From what others say, it's Kenny Guiton.

Kenny Guiton | Arkansas Razorbacks

There was some thought that the OL coach might be out too. No official word and not many rumblings.

Lots of transfer activity. The LB room is being re-made. 

[bayareabadger]

Like this new linebacker from Arkansas 

[847badgerfan]

Love this hire, for many reasons.

[FearlessF]

Gonna run air raid

Gotta coach the kids to catch instead of block

[MrNubbz]

Or least learn how to trip 

[847badgerfan]

This hurts really really bad. By far the best recruiter on the team. F you, Bama.

[847badgerfan]

This could be a great hire for Fickell. Lots of experience in the B1G and former Iowa OL player.

Wisconsin Athletic Communications Department

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin football officially announced the hiring of new offensive line coach AJ Blazek on Wednesday afternoon. Blazek, who spent the past three seasons in the same role at Vanderbilt, returns to the Big Ten having played at Iowa from 1999 to 2000 and coached at Rutgers from 2016 to 2018.


“We’re thankful to have AJ joining our staff,” said head coach Luke Fickell. “He has a track record of success across college football. AJ brings a familiarity of playing in the Big Ten, as well as recruiting experience in traditional Big Ten areas, to our program.”

[847badgerfan]

This guy might make some sense for UW safeties coach. Why did OSU let him go?

What say @Honestbuckeye @medinabuckeye1 @MrNubbz ?

Perry Eliano - Safeties Coach - Football Coaches - Ohio State (ohiostatebuckeyes.com)

[Abba]

He was a reasonable on the field coach.  His issue was that he missed on too many recruits.

[847badgerfan]

Thanks @Abba .

Who did he miss on, and where did they land?

Wisconsin needs to replace an ace recruiter.

[Abba]

I don't follow recruiting that closely anymore, but it seems the big ones that are brought up are KJ Bolden and Caleb Downs.  Hard to pull kids from the south though.  He did bring in a few 4-star guys.  Just wasn't on the same page w/ the recruiting strategy I guess, which is a bit vague.  In the end, his 2-year contract ended and they chose not to renew.

Of all of the firings so far for the Buckeyes, this was the biggest surprise.  He wasn't really on my radar as an underperformer.

[MrNubbz]

This guy might make some sense for UW safeties coach. Why did OSU let him go?

What say @Honestbuckeye @medinabuckeye1 @MrNubbz ?

Not really sure as I've not followed that real close with NIL, the Portal and  games and cheating going on. But I've read/agree what ABBA stated

"The Safety play was good this year, but the recruiting simply hasn't been. You can only miss so many times before you run into a big time issue like we did with the CB room last year." or  "Still missing on his top targets" or "Eliano did a solid job leading the on-field product in the secondary over the last two years, but there were recruiting misses and it felt at times like there was a little bit of a disconnect with the defensive staff overall. Either way, the decision has been made and the Buckeyes officially have the first open spot to fill on the staff."


those type of posts on homer boards

[847badgerfan]

Not sure what to think of this. Not a bad safeties coach. Definitely not a good DC.



Has some recruiting chops at least.

[bayareabadger]

Not sure what to think of this. Not a bad safeties coach. Definitely not a good DC.



Has some recruiting chops at least.

Wild that he was once a real up and comer.