The Camp: Coaching moves, new transfer portal additions, early look at the 2-deep on offense

[@dimitri1515]

Fickell (knowing Kenny was an option) probably searched for both a QB and WR coach, and likely has identified better WR coaches available so that's why he decided to go with Kenny.

[@kommandantklink5032]

Hope all the newcomers on the DL work out better than all the guys they brought in last year at LB. Remember all that hype. Not getting excited this time until I see it happen on the field.

[@dimitri1515]

Willor Jr. (and Dillan Johnson) are built to be edge rushers.

[@leeherlache4356]

Hi Guys: Did Budmeier turn out to be a pretty good QB coach? Guyton did play QB at Ohio State. I love his passion and the energy he brings to work every day. Also, I am very impressed with our portal additions. QB, TE, WR and the DL additions. I cannot imagine what it is like to be a head coach in college football under these conditions!!

[@njBadger]

Jesse and Zach. Please explain why Grimes our OC is not able to get his guys he wants as coaches? I have no problem retaining Blazek which is mandatory. Everyone else might need to be flushed.

[@williamwojcieszek4320]

Best QB coach in the Big Ten now! On Wisconsin!

[@markforster3224]

I watched two freshman QBs play this year. The QB for Nebraska & the QB for North Texas. If UW has a great QB who will be a freshman this year, there might be a consider to use him. Or they could watch him play for somewhere else next year through the portal.

[@dimitri1515]

Ped State is going to name the Press Box after Sandusky.

[@mark8337]

I’m not a fan of their fans. Very arrogant, mocking, disrespectful. You’d think the problem you elude to would have humbled them, but it hasn’t phased them, which by itself is troubling as well.

[@Rayoguhn]

Press box rankings!!!!

[@markkovatch6180]

Hallman probably took notice of what happened with K King in the draft.

[@leeherlache4356]

Re: WI D LINE: I kept thinking was it our D schemes ve our talent? Clear... that we were not very good. Can only get better.

[@kommandantklink5032]

So much turnover with players and coaches either leaving, getting fired or moving to another position within the current staff. I guess its the world of college football we live in these days but I have a hard time getting excited right now for the future. I had high hopes for Fickell coming in and realized the cupboard of player talent was pretty bare when he came in. However I drank to much of the Kool-Aid the first two years that Fickell could do no wrong. I really need to see it on the field going forward before I can get excited again. I didn't expect great results the first two years from a wins and losses perspective but I expected a well coached team on the field that would be ready to play every week. I saw that in the first two years when Barry took over. Have not seen that in the Fickell era which is my big concern. Hearing Fickell in press conferences after some games saying he had no answers does not inspire a lot of confidence that he has a handle on the team. I said I was giving him 3 years to see improvement on the field and I am sticking to that but their is heat in the kitchen. Player wise because of the transfer portal this is pretty much Fickell's team now so we can't blame Chryst anymore for that.

[@kommandantklink5032]

NFL Draft - A Jan. 24, 2025, deadline to petition for special eligibility for championship game participants was established. NFL teams will receive a list of names on Jan. 25 with players having 72 hours (until Jan. 27) to revoke their submissions. On the opposite end, an early soft deadline of Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, will be put into place for players whose seasons have been completed at an earlier date. The traditional hard deadline for special eligibility will be Jan. 15. Also of note, the deadline to opt out of the 2025 draft is Feb. 7, 2025

[@rebelwithin4527]

#FreeYAC

[@KevinReap]

Those defensive stats were horrible, so at what point does that fall on Tressel , Whitlow and Mitchell as coaches?

[@kevinwillz6457]

Javier ...the J sounds like an H 👍

[@wesmullennix3495]

134 in tackles for a loss out of 134 .... any you still have your job i think tressle sucks balls he needs to be fired

[@markadsit]

This football program feels so dysfunctional right now. You can cover all the various position rooms and the obvious intrigue in each of them and potential fixes but then you have the continuing coaching turnover and questionable hires on top of those. How can they have an identity when there is no personnel consistency to have an identity with? Fickell himself feels rudderless.

[@kevinwillz6457]

How did the program feel when we didn't even have a recruiting dept ..hiring Oline coaches to be the rb coach and a TE coach with no play calling experience to be our OC....??

[@markadsit]

@@kevinwillz6457 Mostly the same those last 2 years of the Chryst era. At the least there was a lot more stability if not the results we all want. It actually felt more promising IMO. What we have now does not feel promising or inspire much confidence.

[@kevinwillz6457]

@@markadsit So you consider having the 44th ranked recruiting class followed by the the 59th ranked recruiting class promising??

[@lelandbuss6939]

I don't know where you get the idea this program is dysfunctional. Wisconsin has a excellent staff with some turnover but not a lot. The recruiting has been excellent (top 25) the last two years, and the portal recruiting has been near to top of the big ten the last two years. It just takes some time to mesh all the new talent. This coming years schedule is brutal as well as last years, so we can't expect much improvement in 2025 record wise, but I'm sure we'll see better on field performance. The schedule looks much more manageable in 2026, so don't be surprised Wisconsin makes some noise in 2026.

[@mark8337]

Nah