One thing is for sure.....Coaches have left there due to the lack of funding support for the Program. And Barry runs the program with a Smothering Iron Fist. Chryst will have no excuses, he's been there and knows what he is getting into. Quite frankly if I were Pittsburgh I would be ecstatic....it shortens the inevitable.
It will be the same old offense for Wisconsin. Three yards and a cloud of dust. Chryst did not exactly light the NCAA Fooball world on fire at Pitt, going 19-19 in three years. He went 6-6 in each of his three regular seasons there and 1-1 in his bowl games. A whole lot of nothing. Wisconsin is really headed in the wrong direction, but as long as Alvarez is the A.D, do not expect a turn-around for Wisky. This hire is great news for Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska.
Good deal for Chryst. Sure he has to work under the watchful and meddling eye of Alvarez. But at least he won't get fired there. Odds are he'll win just enough games for a decent program to come whisk him away. At Pitt, Chryst was under the football-incompetent Steve Pederson, whom I'll remind you fired Frank Solich at Nebraska when he was AD there. Then went on a 40 day failure of a search with all kinds of rejections before getting the guy that buried Jon Gruden's Raiders team in less than two years. Three years at 6-6, Pederson was probably looking for a way to fire him.
Minnesota and Jerry Kill must be celebrating right about now. Chryst to Wisconsin. Riley to Nebraska. Ferentz still at Iowa. With many starters returning for Minny next season, and home games against Wisky and Nebraska, Minny is a legitimate contender in the Big 10 West. With all of these coaching changes, the big winner so far is Oregon State, snatching Gary Anderson away from Wisconsin.
We'll see. I think you are totally clueless about Riley. If nothing else I think he'll have Nebraska more competitive in big games. The problem with that division is there are no teams who are head and shoulders better than anybody else in recruiting. So your probably going to see musical chairs played with the division winners each year. Much of the same that is going on with the Big 12 right now until Texas and OU start recruiting better again.
People who know little about any conference except the Big 12 really should just stick to the Big 12. Obviously you know little about Pac 12 football. If you really think Riley is competitive in big games, how do you explain this year's 5-7 record? How do you explain the fact that Riley never defeated USC in the Coliseum? How do you explain the fact that Riley was 0-7 S/U in his last 7 games against Oregon? What about his three straight losses to Washington? How about his 0-5 S/U record against Stanford? I believe that those are competitive games and he lost the vast majority of those games.
As far as Texas and OU recruiting better, that is a cop out. You know as well as I do that OU's major problem has been their questionable coaching. Texas ran into the same problem. Brown burned out and Stoops is doing the same thing. Texas A&M now owns the recruiting crown in Texas, not Texas or OU. A&M is in the Top 10 in most recruiting rags. Texas is around 15, OU is around 20. Not very good considering that Arkansas is right up there with OU.
There is like 10 programs in the country better than this one over the last 15 years and you keep taking shots at the guy. OMG they lost to Arizona St and LSU in non conference the last 2 years. Discontinue to the program right? Great program that has produced tons of pros and sells out every single game with 80k in the stands. Yeah Barry Alvarez is a regular train wreck!
The football team has definitely overachieved if you look at the recruiting. But here is the problem as I see it. Alvarez is too old school. He coached and did a fine job without all the bells and whistles, and it comes off like he thinks that is how it should continue. The hemorrhaging of assistants and now head coaches puts in doubt if the leadership is on the right course.
You have to admit that it does smell when two coaches leave back to back to take jobs at weaker programs where they have less chance at winning their division or conference. The money is a big lure. But I haven't seen a coach yet who doesn't like to win. And both were at a perfect spot at Wisky to do so. I'm actually more baffled by Biliema leaving than I am Anderson. Biliema went to a school and conference where he was a complete fish out of water who has little chance of being successful against the likes of Bama, Auburn, LSU. Anderson at least went back to his roots.
Biliema went to more money and a better conference. Sure he may not win it big at Arkansas, but he gets the challenge of doing so and considering Mizzou won there, why cant Arkansas?
I thought the only reason Anderson left to OSU was location. He wanted to go back West....not sure what other history he had besides Utah area.
I dont think Wisky was ever beating MSU or OSU and his best player is leaving to the NFL....so going to OreSt and being mid-tier is probably OK with him since he likes the location better.
It does look shitty but people taking shots at this program over the last 5 years are out of thier minds. Even the bowl losses are all to quality teams in quality bowls. I would never have thought Anderson would have left for a 2 bit program like Oregon St with half the people in the stands every week. Bielima looks like he is getting that program going and had some quality wins this year.
People taking shots at this program are spot on. 4 straight bowl losses. Two head coaches leave in two years. An apparent question about who the new head coach may be. Alvarez is old fashioned and totally out of touch with today's College Football game. Only losers accept losses. Only losers would try to make excuses as to why their team loses. I do not see GoSooner making excuses for Oklahoma. I do not see myself making excuses for USC.
Hey loser, you are comparing USC to Wisconsin? A little bit differnent in terms of talent pool and tradition wouldn't you say? No Wisconsin ties here at all. Just a college football fan who admires what they have done over the last 20 years which is better than any 20 years in thier history and that includes a decent year in 2014. Running the ball with Melvin Gordon/Ball/Dayne whoever doesn not mean you're "out of touch" with todays college football.
Why don't you tell us what running the ball that much does mean? Are you saying that this is the way to challenge for the NC? No one is arguing that Wisconsin has not won a lot of games. All I am saying is that as long as Alvarez is there, Wisconsin will never challenge for a NC. I do not know if they can even challenge for a Big 10 chapionship with the likes of Dantonio and Meyer coaching in the Conference.
You're 100% correct. I like how Jimmy's only response is "Hey Loser". What a joke. Wisconsin COULD be a great program w/ the fan base and money they have. They have an old codger interfereing w/ the head coach and it's not working. You said they won't compete for an NC with the plan they have....hell, they won't compete for a Conference Championship! And the B10 is the second worst conference in the power 5!! Funny how blind their fans are. Two coaches leave, one for Oregon State, and they still can't see it. Hilarious!
