Leonard Staying as Wisconsin DC

[GretnaShawn]

Jim Leonhard plans to return to Wisconsin under new head coach Luke Fickell, likely as defensive coordinator

Jim Leonhard, who played four seasons at UW and has been a member of the coaching staff for seven seasons, has decided his heart remains in Madison.

www.jsonline.com

 

[HominidHusker]

Will make their transition easier for sure.

 

[Hford]

What a bitch

 

[TruHusker]

They have a very good combination and will be better.

 

[jteten]

Guess he didn’t get the interim coach assault memo.

 

[WHCSC]

Does Tressel get the HC job in Cincy?

 

[SeaOfRed75]

Wow. After being treated like that.
Not sure if that's loyalty to your alma mater or being a bitch. I'm guessing Whisky hopes/thinks Fickell is their coach for the next decade. So what do they think of you then Jim? Or ole Barry convince you that your their boy and they'll take care of ya going forward?

 

[dand84]

Well, they will be better with him.

 

[king_kong_]

reports of the badgers demise seem to have been premature

they'll be tough

 

[Harry Caray]

His wife must really not want to move

 

[SuperBigFan]

reports of the badgers demise seem to have been premature

they'll be tough

Eh, they sucked this year, their recruiting generally is lame.

I would expect them to be a pretty lame team.

 

[nick614]

Wow. After being treated like that.
Not sure if that's loyalty to your alma mater or being a bitch. I'm guessing Whisky hopes/thinks Fickell is their coach for the next decade. So what do they think of you then Jim? Or ole Barry convince you that your their boy and they'll take care of ya going forward?

He probably looked at Fickell's path and maybe they talked about it.

 

[king_kong_]

He probably looked at Fickell's path and maybe they talked about it.

I thought you were only allowed to hire coordinators you've worked with in the past?

 

[beaglehusker]

Simp

 

[The_Man_Behind_The_Man]

Will make their transition easier for sure.

They’ll still be tough to beat

 

[SuperBigFan]

This will be a backfire.

 

[headcard]

This will be a backfire.

It could. Reports were Fickel planned to bring Tressell as well, who runs a completely different system.

 

[SuperBigFan]

It could. Reports were Fickel planned to bring Tressell as well, who runs a completely different system.

I mean, once there is an issue it will just create a divide and a "Hey, Coach, can I talk to you about the other coach" drama

 

[Walleye79]

Was this a Barry Alvarez influence?

 

[redwine65]

this is why we get our ass kicked..wisconsons interim coach is a team player

and we get thrown under the bus by ours.

 

[19Football19]

They have a very good combination and will be better.

Rich get richer. Wish we would have. We’d have a few more 4* on our roster, but no…….mid 3* U at it again playing checkers against chess.

 

[drubendall]

What a bitch

He's no one's b****. Keep up the good defense for another year or two and he's on the Aranda fast track. I bet he'd like to observe how a guy like Fickell runs a program. Don't kid yourselves, people have their eyes on Leonard. I wouldn't be surprised if he's coaching Iowa one day and spends the next 20 years taking it to Wisconsin.

 

[stucknks]

They have a very good combination and will be better.

Lol. You know this how?

 

[stucknks]

He's no one's b****. Keep up the good defense for another year or two and he's on the Aranda fast track. I bet he'd like to observe how a guy like Fickell runs a program. Don't kid yourselves, people have their eyes on Leonard. I wouldn't be surprised if he's coaching Iowa one day and spends the next 20 years taking it to Wisconsin.

Oh boy

 

[HuskerHusaria]

Leonhard just needs to strangle someone

 

[stucknks]

Rich get richer. Wish we would have. We’d have a few more 4* on our roster, but no…….mid 3* U at it again playing checkers against chess.

Yeah Wisconsin really pounded Nebraska this year...oh wait!

 

[stucknks]

this is why we get our ass kicked..wisconsons interim coach is a team player

and we get thrown under the bus by ours.

Yeah N got kicked lol snicker snicker 15-14 ass kicked lol

 

[stucknks]

Was this a Barry Alvarez influence?

Lol

 

[TheHuskerFreak]

It would be hard going from being captain of the ship(even as an interim) back to first mate especially when you were a legit candidate for the job. Fickell did the same at Ohio State and it worked out for him, so he probably sold that notion to Leonard.

 

[Mr.Scary13]

This will be a backfire.

It could. You could possibly get a divided locker room if they ever hit a bump in the road.

 

[maly]

Wow. That's huge for Wisconsin. He could have got a P5 job IMO

 

[huskerfan1414]

Eyeroll at any idiots trying to twist this into a bad thing for wisconsin.

Wisconsins coaching moves are clearly better than nebraskas thus far. No kool aid is going to change that.

 

[drubendall]

Eyeroll at any idiots trying to twist this into a bad thing for wisconsin.

Wisconsins coaching moves are clearly better than nebraskas thus far. No kool aid is going to change that.

We should demand Bo Pelini come back and Coach our defense and Bill Callahan our offensive line since we paid them so much money. Frank Solich could have push up contests with the lineman to get them in shape