The high water mark for PC was the Orange Bowl win. I think things started sliding when they lost the RB against Oregon.
JT was a great recruit and covered up so much, but he was what kept the offense going and masked PC's problems.
Credit to PC for hiring Wilcox and Jimmy. Both guys kept the boat afloat.
PC picks Mertz over Coan...Coan leaves.
Jon Budmeyer leaves and PC never really addresses this hole.
Has an offensive staff where no one really knows who's calling the plays.
Promotes Rudolph as "OC"
Saeed Khalif leaves after two really good recruiting classes, and doesn't really address the recruiting department for 8-1/2 months.
Takes over recruiting the QB position, fails miserably.
Loses out on 4 of the top six 4 star recruits in Wisconsin....3 of which are OLmen.
Moves away from Rudolph and hires a guy who's never done the job.
Doesn't change the offense, move Mickey to RC, and keeps Haering.
Not sure I have everything, but I read a book one time and it had a chapter on plane crashes...generally they have found that there are an average of 7 bad decisions which result in a plane crash. This is similar to where PC had taken the program...there had been a pattern in the last 3+ years that were taking the program doen from where it was. It wasn't one, but the Coan/Mertz decision was a really bad one for sure.
JT was a great recruit and covered up so much, but he was what kept the offense going and masked PC's problems.
Credit to PC for hiring Wilcox and Jimmy. Both guys kept the boat afloat.
PC picks Mertz over Coan...Coan leaves.
Jon Budmeyer leaves and PC never really addresses this hole.
Has an offensive staff where no one really knows who's calling the plays.
Promotes Rudolph as "OC"
Saeed Khalif leaves after two really good recruiting classes, and doesn't really address the recruiting department for 8-1/2 months.
Takes over recruiting the QB position, fails miserably.
Loses out on 4 of the top six 4 star recruits in Wisconsin....3 of which are OLmen.
Moves away from Rudolph and hires a guy who's never done the job.
Doesn't change the offense, move Mickey to RC, and keeps Haering.
Not sure I have everything, but I read a book one time and it had a chapter on plane crashes...generally they have found that there are an average of 7 bad decisions which result in a plane crash. This is similar to where PC had taken the program...there had been a pattern in the last 3+ years that were taking the program doen from where it was. It wasn't one, but the Coan/Mertz decision was a really bad one for sure.
