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A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
I really have trouble believing that one.


I can’t imagine going to the board at adidas and saying that you threw $49 million away so some school can hire a new coach and potentially get worse…
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Seems odd they wouldn’t just say that. I agree though.
 

GVLCGopherFan said:
Seems odd they wouldn’t just say that. I agree though.
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If I'm a PR guy for athletics gear company my job is to "Rah rah look at these awesome uniforms!" and etc.

I also probably know the rumors around coach's being fired and inside baseball / social media circus is endless. Easier to just direct the questions to the folks who the folks responsible for the firing.
 



Random Guy 12 said:
Chryst was a good football coach and even a better offensive coordinator. Leonhard would have been a pretty good hire. You have to wonder if they burnt that bridge.
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A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
Did they burn that bridge?

I have not kept up on that story.
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The word in wisconsin circles is that there is significant bad blood between Leonhard and Chris McIntosh, the AD who passed him over to hire Fickell. It is thought to be highly unlikely that Leonhard would consider the job as long as Mac is the AD. Possible work arounds would be either firing the AD or hiring a fully empowered GM who would hire the new coach and act as an intermediary (really a wall) between the two.
 

2nd Degree Gopher said:
The word in wisconsin circles is that there is significant bad blood between Leonhard and Chris McIntosh, the AD who passed him over to hire Fickell. It is thought to be highly unlikely that Leonhard would consider the job as long as Mac is the AD. Possible work arounds would be either firing the AD or hiring a fully empowered GM who would hire the new coach and act as an intermediary (really a wall) between the two.
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Don't know how secure the AD is or is not there but the way things are playing out this feels like the AD gets that Ax this year and then Fickell gets fired by the new AD next year if things don't drastically improve.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Don't know how secure the AD is or is not there but the way things are playing out this feels like the AD gets that Ax this year and then Fickell gets fired by the new AD next year if things don't drastically improve.
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That could well be correct, although the pressure to do something with Fickell is going to be pretty high if they don't win at least a couple of more games.
 

2nd Degree Gopher said:
That could well be correct, although the pressure to do something with Fickell is going to be pretty high if they don't win at least a couple of more games.
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I'm guessing it's a lot cheaper to fire an AD than a coach with a gazillion dollar buyout but I agree with you
 



Would be pretty interesting if they got Leonhard back as HC and he hired Chryst as the OC.
 

2nd Degree Gopher said:
The word in wisconsin circles is that there is significant bad blood between Leonhard and Chris McIntosh, the AD who passed him over to hire Fickell. It is thought to be highly unlikely that Leonhard would consider the job as long as Mac is the AD. Possible work arounds would be either firing the AD or hiring a fully empowered GM who would hire the new coach and act as an intermediary (really a wall) between the two.
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Leonhard would be a really good hire for them. We'll see how badly the people behind the scenes want him. If they really do, the AD better start polishing up his resume.
 

Random Guy 12 said:
Leonhard would be a really good hire for them. We'll see how badly the people behind the scenes want him. If they really do, the AD better start polishing up his resume.
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How about this for a twist, they can the AD and Fickell, then hire Chryst back as AD and he hires Leonhard. I just think any combo of those two coming back would be super interesting however remote the possibility.
 

PMWinSTP said:
How about this for a twist, they can the AD and Fickell, then hire Chryst back as AD and he hires Leonhard. I just think any combo of those two coming back would be super interesting however remote the possibility.
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This is the first time in recorded history that "Chryst" and "super interesting" have ever appeared in the same paragraph. I don't think that he's got the skill set for that job in today's world.
 

2nd Degree Gopher said:
This is the first time in recorded history that "Chryst" and "super interesting" have ever appeared in the same paragraph. I don't think that he's got the skill set for that job in today's world.
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Do we care? Also, are you saying it would not be interesting?
 

A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
If I'm a PR guy for athletics gear company my job is to "Rah rah look at these awesome uniforms!" and etc.

I also probably know the rumors around coach's being fired and inside baseball / social media circus is endless. Easier to just direct the questions to the folks who the folks responsible for the firing.
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Yes, unless the school then says something you don’t want them to. If that happens you’re backtracking. You’ve directed the question in a way that quasi gives someone else the authority to answer. I don’t disagree with what you’re saying…only that there’s a risk with pushing a pointed question about you to someone else.
 

Ugh...don't even know why I'm posting this, with these two douchecanoes acting like they know WTF is going on.

 



Unregistered User said:
Ugh...don't even know why I'm posting this, with these two douchecanoes acting like they know WTF is going on.

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Saban?.....he made it clear one of the reasons he was retiring was all the NIL crap. No way he is giving up a cushy TV gig to wade back into that mess.
 

PMWinSTP said:
Do we care? Also, are you saying it would not be interesting?
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Nothing Paul Chryst does or says is interesting. He is almost 60 years old and not a serious candidate to be the AD at wisconsin. You suggested him as Leonhard's OC. I highly doubt that happens, but I could conceive of a scenario where maybe Leonhard wants an OC who knows the "Badger way" and feels he'd benefit from having someone with head coaching experience on his staff. I don't see any possibility that wisconsin would hire a guy they deemed to be too stuck in the past to be the football coach as the guy with the vision to lead their whole athletic department in the new age of college athletics.
 

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