Paul Chryst Fired
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Should we hire Chryst as our OL coach?
One of the many reasons fans ****-measuring about how much their schools make is stupid. Most of that money will flow in to pay stupid **** like ever larger buyouts.
Yep, exactly this. Just look at their blowout loss at Ohio State this year, blow out by Michigan last year. They haven’t been competitive with anyone at the top of the conference for 4 years now.
another @cyclones500 alert for a nominee in the next notable posts thread.
This is one of the main reasons, the other is that he is god awful at recruiting. Has a class in the 50’s this year, class in the late 40’s last year. That’s a recipe to not be competitive. Franklin has a worse record but the guy recruits very well.
Yeah if he goes 500 or better they may go for that if they are playing better.
The brian ferentz one was a joke fellas. Jokes....
He wouldn’t be picking Nebraska over Wisconsin because Wisconsin wouldn’t be available. That’s the point.
Good time of year to buy a bunch of lake front land in the north woods and retire.
There’s no doubt the B10 West is the weakest division in college football.
I get why we’re making the change. It looks like Wisconsin has plateaued at best, recruiting isn’t going well, play calling is not good, our dc appears to be the next great head coach, and Chryst has terrible charisma.
That being said, I think this is an incredibly stupid decision and I only see this being a smart move if our next coach wins a Big 10 title. Chryst is pretty good for 8 or 9 wins at least. And apart from someone like Nick Saban, I don’t think we’re beating Ohio State for a conference title. So realistically you’re firing a guy in the hopes that the next coach will get you 3-4 more wins. And that’s the upside, the downside is this could be like Nebraska or Texas.
I also think Jim Leonhard is a good coach and can be successful. But I also remember what happened when Iowa State hired a hot young dc who was supposed to be the next great coach.
I’m biased. I’m conservative when it comes to coaching changes, I’m a “give it the old college try” type of fan, and I loved Chryst. But to me this looks like Wisconsin playing Russian roulette for $100.00
That being said, I think this is an incredibly stupid decision and I only see this being a smart move if our next coach wins a Big 10 title. Chryst is pretty good for 8 or 9 wins at least. And apart from someone like Nick Saban, I don’t think we’re beating Ohio State for a conference title. So realistically you’re firing a guy in the hopes that the next coach will get you 3-4 more wins. And that’s the upside, the downside is this could be like Nebraska or Texas.
I also think Jim Leonhard is a good coach and can be successful. But I also remember what happened when Iowa State hired a hot young dc who was supposed to be the next great coach.
I’m biased. I’m conservative when it comes to coaching changes, I’m a “give it the old college try” type of fan, and I loved Chryst. But to me this looks like Wisconsin playing Russian roulette for $100.00
Well not their current individual coach anyway.
Part of it was Illinois putting 8-9 in the box yesterday, but when Allen has 2 yards, things aren't going well.
It's early but his time was coming, they just don't have talent and the recruiting is slipping hard. It was either now or next year.
I entirely agree with your thought process. Having a recruiting class in the 50’s a year after one in the 40’s is a quick path to becoming Indiana. Have to bring someone in who can recruit otherwise they are just another Nebraska. That’s the advantage texas has had, even with their awful on field performance their recruiting has always been strong.
Id agree that theyre not going to take the top away from OSU.
However, I think a fairer target would be being competitive vs the likes of MU\PSU and anyone else that rises up towards the upper end behind OSU. With the playoff expanding to 12, a team like Wisconsin doesnt need to be at OSU's level, they just need to be at the level behind it. Basically being consistently a top 15-20 team, with occasional years in the top 10 and make the expanded playoff, which I think there is at least some historical precedent for. They aren't there this year and weren't at that level 3 of the last 4 seasons.
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