Fickell to Wisconsin
Thanks Fickell for what you did for Cincinnati Football, Good Luck at Wisconsin
Comments on Badger board
"Let’s hope it’s not like frost to Nebraska"
"The "Wisconsin Way" is great, but I just hope Fickell keeps the tradition of the "Wisconsin Worry", where we constantly fret about how bad things could go and whether we are a stepping stone to better programs."
"I also fear that a tepid response from the fan base - again having nothing to do with Fickell’s quality as a coach - will make it easier for him to jump ship down the line. I certainly hope I’m wrong."
"Fickell is a shiny bright object for Mac and a bunch of people on this board.
He has zero connection to Wisconsin, probably couldn’t name three cities in the state after being given Madison and Milwaukee. He likely could not give you a single name of a state HS coach, and before you dismiss that as irrelevant, the UW is still, and always will be, a program that develops in-state players, particularly on the O line. He’ll have to restock a program with players after what will surely be a portal busting exodus by this year’s team.
I’m willing to bet the current players absolutely detest Chris McIntosh right now, He fired Chryst, the guy they came here to play for, and now just publicly boned Leonhard up the butt, the guy they clearly wanted to get the job."
"Not overly impressed with Macintosh at this point. Seems like a Gary Anderson part 2 hire"
"So…the AD has decided to throw overboard not one, but two “Wisconsin guys” for Luke Fickell. Two guys that were both super well-liked by those around them and were well-regarded professionally, if not now at some point in the past. This significantly raises the standards against which this hire will be measured.:
" Keep an unproven head coach to lead a Major D1 program? ...or hire a coach with a mildly proven resume?"
"What a ing joke. "
"Badgermaniac is tweeting that he might cancel his season tickets and that there is a 60% chance the program is in a worse place and only a 10% chance it's in a better place as a result of this move, so I'd say you are taking it better than him."
"How many had Luke Fickell pegged as your 'swing for the fences' hire. More likely would have been a punchline. "