mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
It's a fun question - is Fickell safe with a 6-6 season? 7-5 season? I feel like missing a bowl again would put him on the chopping block.
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It's a fun question - is Fickell safe with a 6-6 season? 7-5 season? I feel like missing a bowl again would put him on the chopping block.
ptgrd23
- orange county CA
Fickell contract runs 6 more years on contract w $40M buyout. I don't think he is going anywhere soon unless he crashes a motorcyle with a coed intern riding behind him.
Fickell averaged 11 wins per season for 6 seasons at Cincinnati. 7-6 and 5-7 at Wisconsin is not spectacular.
His predecessor Paul Chryst averaged 9 wins per season over 8.5 seasons. It could be Wisconsin was too quick to pull the trigger on Paul Chryst. I am surprised he was not candidate for Purdue or UNC opening.
Fickell averaged 11 wins per season for 6 seasons at Cincinnati. 7-6 and 5-7 at Wisconsin is not spectacular.
His predecessor Paul Chryst averaged 9 wins per season over 8.5 seasons. It could be Wisconsin was too quick to pull the trigger on Paul Chryst. I am surprised he was not candidate for Purdue or UNC opening.
Wisconsin also just spent $285 million on facilities upgrades. They're stuck with him for a few more years
Writing was on the wall for Chryst when key recruiting staffers left...and were replaced by absolutely no one. New AD knew the wheels were falling off. Chryst absolutely had to go. Whether or not Leonhard should've been given the job is up for debate
If you take out the Covid shortened season and his last season where he got fired 5 games in, he actually averaged over 10 wins a season. He had four 10+ win seasons. In retrospect it does seem really shortsighted to jettison him so quickly.
They did look really awful in his last game, but maybe that was just because of the quality of their opponent
He hasn’t taken any job yet
If you take out the Covid shortened season and his last season where he got fired 5 games in, he actually averaged over 10 wins a season. He had four 10+ win seasons. In retrospect it does seem really shortsighted to jettison him so quickly.
They did look really awful in his last game, but maybe that was just because of the quality of their opponent
Wisconsin fans got tired of being a ball control team and wanted to have a high powered offense. The same thing will happen in Iowa when Ferentz leaves
I still can't believe it.
there is a whole lot about college football these past 5 years that I cant believe is happening
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
Jerry Jones, you are an idiot
Illinivek23
- Gurnee
Or maybe not
pretty nice to hire football and cheerleading coaches in one deal
Yes two for one hire.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
One of the weirdest hires in recent memory.
It makes WAY less sense than Lovie, across a number of different dimensions.
Alright who gets fired first for a scandle with a trainer/Cheerlearder when things go sideways Bill or Steven?
I totally don't get this. This is not a long term solution to the W/L record. I get they need NIL, but west of the Hudson River, is he really that popular?
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