IMO... When Jack Coan was ready to come back from his injury and we went with the sexy decision of Mertz. Coan was a hard working leader that had the respect of the players, was accurate and was what Wisconsin football was all about. He had another year left as well. I just think from that point the hard hitting and
physical nature of us changed.
Of course we would still have had to revamp the recruiting department from ground zero and adapt to NIL/TP but things would be much different now.
We'll get back there! And when we do it's going to be sweet.
Now this is all hindsight, When was your turning point...
How likely do you think it is that Fickell takes another head job this offseason - whether its OSU, Cincinnati, or somewhere in between? Knowing nothing, it would not surprise me. Plenty of jobs will open and he has a good reputation.
The recent Michigan QB de-commit will visit Wisconsin for the Oregon game next weekend and it looks like the Badgers are definitely the frontrunner in his recruitment right now. The Fort Myers (Fla.) Bishop Verot four-star is also talking with Florida State but it seems preliminary and no visits have been scheduled there yet.