Wisconsin doing throwbacks for the Miami (OH) game in a week.
They are throwing back to 1988 - the worst time in history to be a Wisconsin fan.
WTF?
https://twitter.com/BadgerFootball/status/1958514427705143705
Yikes. This isn't feeling very funny anymore.
And some guy said this a while back:
Listened to Fickell’s press conference from Monday…the only tangible piece of news is the lack of team captains. They have a large group that he’s choosing from, which means they don’t have a small group of obvious leaders. I find that worrisome.
And another guy said this:
The first two games will be telling. If they struggle against Miami (OH) and MTSU, we'll know we can do other things on Saturday this season.
So Barry doesn't like the fans booing. On the one hand, I probably wouldn't do it. On the other, they bought tickets to those football games expecting to see a quality product. That is part of the deal. And McIntosh and Fickell aren't delivering on that. Does it suck for the players? You betcha. You know what else sucks? Paying to watch your tribe--a proud tribe--crumble into a laughing stock, and knowing that change needs to come from the top, but the leaders aren't making those changes.
So yeah, the booing sucks, but it's the result of a team that is an embarrassment. Does that hurt the players' feelings? Yup. So does getting smoked at home by Maryland. It's up to the leaders to save this thing, and one way to save the players is to show they haven't been abandoned to their fate. They need something to hang onto and Fickell said in his press conference that he doesn't know what that is. Ok, leader, you don't know how to rally the troops, then we need a leader that does. McIntosh firing Fickell would show the players that he knows they aren't getting the leadership they deserve. That's something to rally around.
