2025 Wisconsin Season Thread

[MrNubbz]

King Barry wasn't perfect, but he did know what he wanted the team to be, and he was always focused on that. Even when things weren't going well, he knew what his north star was. Same for his proteges Bielema and Chryst. The same cannot (yet) be said for Fickell. And that is a major failing for a head coach in this kind of a program.

Correct - he collected the cast and stuck to the script

[SFBadger96]

McIntosh fired Chryst and hired Fickell. Alvarez was already retired.

[MrNubbz]

https://twitter.com/badgerbarstool/status/1970505409489416417

Hey unless he is a Chinese American Citizen then okay otherwise this is punching below the belt and the CCP attempting to unsurp our culture 😜

[medinabuckeye1]

Honest questions that may have been discussed somewhat upthread (I didn't read through all 25 pages to find out):

• Does Wisconsin have sufficient booster/contributor cash to compete at the level that they are accustomed to in the NIL/Portal era? 
• Is the historic "Wisconsin Method" as implemented by King Barry viable in the NIL/Portal era? 

From my view as an outsider, the "Wisconsin Method" was mostly to recruit instate and regional 'under the radar" guys and develop them over a period of years to where they were top-notch starters in their last couple years in the program.  I'm questioning the viability of that strategy in the NIL/Portal era because if UW doesn't have the cash to keep them around then I see those guys getting poached by bigger fish. 

Please understand three things about this:

• #1 is an honest question, I have no idea how much cash UW has available. 
• #2 is highly dependent, IMHO, on the answer to #1.  If UW doesn't have the cash then I think that the answer to #2 is a resounding no.  King Barry wouldn't have been able to keep all those road-grader OLs and record-setting RBs on the roster if "Helmet Schools" like mine had been able to wave more cash in their faces whenever they needed to buttress their OL or RB rooms. 
• Even as a helmet fan, I'm not celebrating this.  I don't like NIL, I don't like the Portal, I DEFINITELY don't like the combination of NIL and Portal turning the players into one-and-done mercenaries simply playing for the biggest paycheck.  

[847badgerfan]

This crew would help a great deal right now.

[FearlessF]

are they still alive???

heck that was so long ago, nebraska was still good

[847badgerfan]

And this is what happens when you suck and your coach is ickell.


https://twitter.com/Rivals/status/1974571098663686265

[FearlessF]

I'd guess the Badgers have a fightin chance this week with Kirk's Hawks visiting Camp Randall

since the Hawk's don't throw the ball much and like to keep the score down

can Fickell get the upset vs the most winningest coach in Big Ten history???

will you say there's a chance?

askin for a friend

[FearlessF]

[847badgerfan]

I'll take him so long as he brings all of these guys with.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Would anyone in Madison be able to understand him? 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I'm pretty sure "leaving a little bit of meat on the bone" is something that Ed O has never been accused of. 

[847badgerfan]

Would anyone in Madison be able to understand him?

People in Madison can't understand the Buckeye reject, so it won't matter.

[Mdot21]

I'll take him so long as he brings all of these guys with.

the only way anyone in Wisconsin should even consider this guy is if he brings Joe Burrow, JaMar Chase, and Justin Jefferson with him. Buddy was a doghsit coach before those guys and was a dogshit coach after them.