Cut Fitz’s salary in half and give the rest and whatever we were paying JON to Leonhard. All coaches need to interview with him to keep their job. Otherwise let him bring whoever he wants.
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Why would Leonhard come here? Where he has to pitch a shutout every week in order to win because his counterpart on offense can't be counted on to even put up 10 points?Cut Fitz’s salary in half and give the rest and whatever we were paying JON to Leonhard. All coaches need to interview with him to keep their job. Otherwise let him bring whoever he wants.
The major incentive would be to take the defense from 84th (or whatever) to (insert impressive higher rank here). Swing at the softballs and swing for the fences.Why would Leonhard come here? Where he has to pitch a shutout every week in order to win because his counterpart on offense can't be counted on to even put up 10 points?
Hire him asap for a million bucksThe major incentive would be to take the defense from 84th (or whatever) to (insert impressive higher rank here). Swing at the softballs and swing for the fences.
I could see him being interested if he knows/likes Fitz and if he likes the defensive personnel we have available for next season/sees potential. I don't see him as being a Hank-like long-term coach here, though.
Hire him asap for a million bucks
I am in no way expecting Leonhard to come to Evanston, but it's really not that far-fetched to imagine he has a pre-existing relationship with Fitz - B1G is a small pond, these guys all know each other for better or worse.How about we hire Kliff Kingsbury as our OC when the Cardinals can him, too?
I think each likelihood is just as possible. As in, highly unlikely to happen.
Good point. But JON was handed a high performing defense and it’s now messed up beyond recognition. Talent dropoff, maybe, but last year we had BJo, Mitchell and Tomi, all possibly future NFL players. Shouldn’t have gone from Top 10 to rock bottom.I would definitely take Leonhard if we could get him. But I don't think I'm as high on him as some of you.
I get the impression he was handed a high performing defense and managed to not mess it up. He doesn't have a track record of taking terrible defenses (which ours is currently, unfortunately) and revamping them.
Fair points to be sure, but he did do it for long enough that it was a completely new set of players in the system by this year.I would definitely take Leonhard if we could get him. But I don't think I'm as high on him as some of you.
I get the impression he was handed a high performing defense and managed to not mess it up. He doesn't have a track record of taking terrible defenses (which ours is currently, unfortunately) and revamping them. Like, he could be more of a Justin Wilcox than we really want. Wilcox, IIRC, was there for like a year and basically just kept things running. Also, Leonhard's defense this year wasn't as great and didn't live up to expectations, just middle of the pack for the B1G and solidly behind Illinois, Minnesota, and Iowa. Perhaps the line of great Wisconsin defenses was starting to wind down.
Don't get me wrong. I'd definitely be happy if we can get him. There may be some other great options out there too.