Is it a good job to go 4-3 with a team picked to win the division
Decent, good, whatever. He stepped in and didn’t look totally out of place. I’m certainly not scared of facing him for the next 20 years, but I think he’s a solid hire for Bucky. He’s no PJ but he won’t be a total disaster. I do think we will beat him more often than not.
If I am then, this is our time to hire as a top 25 job
Mertz is horrible. When he goes the badgers will be just fine. You got a front seat for it today. I was a Mertz apologist for 2 years but I’ve thrown in the towel on that one. They can’t pass so they can’t run. Which is a big problem for Bucky.
He is probably the second best QB in the west.
Who’s the replacement? If there was a better option he would likely be playing, no?
I didn’t say there was and that’s the problem currently. We are just kind of stuck with him.
That isn’t possible. He racked up a bunch of stats against garbage teams. 3 touchdowns in the last 3 games I think. Throws horrific picks at the worst times. Defense looks pretty good. Tough game with Allen out and the gophers played well and deserved to win. But you’re not going to convince me or any badger fan on earth Mertz is even decent. Like I said I defend him for 2 years but he just never progressed.
Ok.
All I’m saying is badgers used to be a power. 13 wins in 17 and a big new years 6 win. Really good in 19. The last 3 seasons were pretty marginal by Wisconsin standards and all with him at the helm. I don’t have a better idea I guess but the offense is just so shitty.
He's a defensive Paul Chryst.
It has more to do with their average o line that doesn’t have nfl guys instead of being an nfl machine
That’s not helping either but he misses lots of wide open guys. Just a bad year, has happened before and they bounce back. They had a young team also.
They also don’t seem to have the talent at tight end or wr that they’ve had some years.
Main TE got hurt early in the year and didn't come back.
I’d have Athan Kaliakmanis over him and he’s better with way less experience.
I have Casey Thompson over him.
Their first-string TE--Cundiff--went down early in the season. They've always featured the TE in the passing game, so that injury set them back.
Absolutely. That offense needs a te for sure and they lost the only decent one they had.
Sounds like you need to live in the now.
On the contrary. For the gophers yea and on the badger board I’m live in the past. Goddam boy, everyone kno that
I think he won the job in the last minute of play!
I haven't looked at the stats, but I'd 200% take O'Connell over any of them. But there's a lot of mediocre QBs in the West lol
would like to send over an embellished CV for consideration