It’s really interestingThis is pretty surprising since both Fickell and Leonhard are defensive guys but they run different styles of defense. Maybe Leonhard is just biding his time until the Packers fire their DC.
Who runs a different schemeWith a defensive guru as his DC.
We'll see. Sometimes they just don't work out.With a defensive guru as his DC.
It definitely is on paperBig win for the Badgers.
Seems like it.I wonder if he ... just doesn't want to move.
This is pretty surprising since both Fickell and Leonhard are defensive guys but they run different styles of defense. Maybe Leonhard is just biding his time until the Packers fire their DC.
I actually think it makes the hire worseAnd I was laughed at for wondering this in the Luke Fickell thread. Now I laugh. This just made the Fickell hire that much better. Without Leonhard I don’t think it’s the great hire people thought it was.
You, and several others, wondered that.And I was laughed at for wondering this in the Luke Fickell thread. Now I laugh. This just made the Fickell hire that much better. Without Leonhard I don’t think it’s the great hire people thought it was.
Yeah I didn’t laugh. I just said it makes no senseYou, and several others, wondered that.
If it helps, I didn’t laugh at you.
Mortgage rates are high!I wonder if he ... just doesn't want to move.
I also didn’t laugh… about that…You, and several others, wondered that.
If it helps, I didn’t laugh at you.
Or they keep the defense scheme Wisconsin runs.It’s really interesting
Either Wisconsin hired a head coach who calls a defense to just be a CEO OR Wisconsin just hired a DC to run a scheme he has never run before OR JL just took a DC Job where he doesn’t get to call the defense.
All of which would be curious choices.
CorrectOr they keep the defense scheme Wisconsin runs.
trueThe irony is that the last coach I can remember following the same path as Jim Leonhard is...Luke Fickell. Served an interim term at Ohio State, didn't get the permanent job, but stayed on staff there as defensive coordinator under Urban Meyer for another 5 years. Turned out well for him in the end.
I'm sure that came up when the two men talked.
He might more care about geographic and cultural fit for his life than he cares about schematic fitYou’d think he could have found a better fit elsewhere with all of these new coaches being hired.
The King of Bad Takes hasnt lost his stuff.I actually think him staying in Madison is good for the rest of the big ten west.
You essentially just turned a defensive guru into a CEO head coach.
He is fine as long as they win.Loyalty is the only reason he’d stay. This probably isn’t the best move for his career.
He’s fine if they lose too, as long as the defense isn’t to blame.He is fine as long as they win.
I think that not moving your family is as good of a reason as any.