UPDATE: Barry Alvarez will interview two more candidates, including Greg Schiano

http://collegefootballtalk.nbc...dates-for-wisconsin/

 

OSU's AD has a daughter attending UW. 

 

Looks like GA's buyout will be around 3 million.  

Give the money to Aranda.

Meaning Oregon State has to pay UW that?

GA is on the hook for the $3 mil, it's the buyout clause in his contract, but he will likely recoup that cost in his Beaver contract.

If it had said he was interviewing Kirk Ferentz you would have needed  and  and  and  and . 

It would be tough for Ferentz to make it to Madison to interview.   Pretty sure they don't allow horse drawn buggies on US151.

What about Childress?  Was pretty good here back when.

No he wasn't.  He was absolutely loaded with tallant and ran the SOB offense - stretch play, option, bomb.  Every time.  Alvy always talked up his assistants who got promoted, whether they ultimately succeeded or not.  The one guy he didn't do that for?  CKA himself.  

 

I'd rather see Sherman than CKA.

Looking at Chryst's track record so far as a head coach and it's not very impressive.

 

This last season was his third year as Pitt's head coach and they haven't gotten any better over those three seasons.  This year includes home losses to Akron (3-5 in the MAC!) and Iowa (7-5 overall).  They lost a road game at Virginia and Virginia had a 3-5 record in the ACC.  Their six wins came against Delaware, Boston College (4-4 in ACC), Florida International (4-8 overall), Virginia Tech (3-5 in ACC), Syracuse (1-7 in ACC), Miami Fl (3-5 in ACC).  They missed Florida State, Clemson and Louisville on their conference schedule and they could only manage a .500 record?  Not impressive at all.

Interesting.  There seems to an overwhelming vote of approval to bring Chryst back to UW around here.  You guys sure that's the best UW can do?

College football is half talent, half coaching. Why would any kid look at Pittsburgh when Dave Wannnnnstadt was coaching there?  It takes a long time to reload the talent. 

Who else is there?  Who would be better?  If Barry can identify someone better how does he get him to Madison? 

 

I like most Liked Chryst when he was here, to be honest what has he done at Pitt since he left?  A positive is I do not think he will leave for just another job, he is a Badger.

Agree.   Who else knocking down Barry's door to interview for the job?  Would they be a good fit? 

 

Chryst seems to be the best fit at this time.  Especially some of the assistants/recruiters that will come with him.  I, too, believe that it's easier to recruit to Wisconsin than Pitt.

Wisconsin may be more attractive to recruits, but Chryst is in a talent rich state and is close to other hotbeds like Ohio and the DMV. He's consistently pulled in recruiting classes ranked in the 30's and 40's. He may have inherited a mess and a bare cupboard, but he hasn't restocked it.

Why does it seem like Pat Narduzzi never gets interviews? Is he just content to be a DC forever and turns down jobs or is he just waiting for Dantonio to retire or is there something schools keep finding wrong with him? I know he's the highest paid coordinator, but he's only making 1+ mil when he could be getting between 3 and 4 mil as a HC.

       
       


Not from me.  If he can find a good defensive coordinator, yes.  Love Chryst's.offense.

Chryst the lord of .500

 

The only time $connie has been able to do anything is with a Hawkeye at the helm.

 

Better scour Kirk's staff...might have a chance at Camp Rundown

I would bet there are a few assistant coaches out there who would make very good HCs that never get a chance (for whatever reason) to interview for a HC gig.

Barry said he was limiting the search to guys with head coaching experience, which I think is a mistake.  But I don't have a statue outside camp Randall either.  

I can see his logic. It's tough to jump from no HC experience to a major D1 power. A lot of those guys need to cut their teeth at a smaller school first just to get some experience. It may only take 1 year, like with Gus Malzahn, but it's probably better they get that time than not.

Pitt is sandwiched in between PSU and Ohio State territory and they typically don't get the best recruits. 

What I liked most about Chryst was the guy drew up great schemes and plays and their offense was a force to be reckoned with.  He may also be the guy to help them land better QBs and WRs and TEs.

Pitt should have been able to take advantage of Ohio St's postseason ban and all the turmoil at Penn St. Not saying he should have been pulling down top 5 classes, but they should done better than the 30's.

Certainly the running game was elite and I think they utilized the WRs and TEs better than they have since Chryst left, but I wouldn't call the offense "a force to be reckoned with". The offense was elite overall with Russell Wilson and if Chryst can find another QB of that caliber then the O could be really strong, but that's true with almost any team.

Ohio State has as good of athletes as any team in college football.  They didn't get there overnight.

Chryst was able to get a lot out of guys like Stocco and Tolzien before Wilson.  I expect more if he becomes HC.

If you want to talk about Chryst's successes at QB, look at Texans QB Tom Savage. He's a physically gifted QB who Chryst had playing some good ball his last year at Pitt. He's a guy that I thought could be the best QB to come out of the 2014 QB class if he was put in the right situation. His numbers were poor against Indy, but he had some really nice plays also that should give Texans fans hope. Chryst took a guy who hadn't played football in 2 years and got him playing pretty well. 

It's not like Luke Swan and Garrett Graham were household names but he got the most out of them

Nick Toon and Lance Kendricks and Travis Beckum did pretty well also.

The latest in the Madison, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Corvallis newspapers.

 

Pitt running back recruit Darrin Hall told a reporter that one of the assistant coaches at Pitt told him that Chyrst is in negotiations with Pitt to remain the head coach there.  Chyrst wants some things changed, and Chryst might stay if those changes are made.  Other recruits are saying that the assistants really don't know what Chryst is going to do, he hasn't shared his intentions with the rest of the coaching staff.  The majority of writers still think that Chyrst will be Wisconsin's head coach by the end of the week.

 

It's unknown if Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Tight End Coach Joe Rudolph would come to Madison with Chryst.  Rudolph if from out east so he might stay there.  There is also some talk that if the Panthers lose Chyrst then they may elevate Rudolph to head coach, although that seems like a long shot.

 

The situation with defensive coordinator Dave Aranda seems to be completely up in the air.  No real thoughts as to where he will end up, but Andersen apparently wants him in Corvallis.  One thing is for sure, Barry Alvarez likes Aranda and would like to see him stay in Wisconsin.

 

Chances are pretty good that offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig will be looking for work.  Andersen is looking around for a new offensive coordinator, it's not expected that he will hire Ludwig or retain current Oregon State offensive coordinator John Garrett.  The Corvallis paper thinks that the leading candidate might be Eastern Washington head coach Beau Baldwin.  There is the possibility that Chyrst would retain Ludwig, but most think Ludwig is out.

 

Andersen did decide to retain Oregon State's wide receiver coach, Brent Brennan, so it's possible Chris Beatty remains with the Badgers.  Beatty seems more valuable from a recruiting standpoint, as during the last couple of years he's gotten six players out of Florida.

Badgers also have had their first post-Andersen decommit, Florida WR-Marvin Robinson (2 star prospect - Rivals).  It must be noted that Robinson had just given a verbal to Wisconsin earlier this month and that was pending a test score.  So the coaching situation may not have had anything to do with this, he may be an academic casualty. 

 

From Mil JS,

 

potential assistants for the new staff are coming into focus.

According to two sources with knowledge of the UW and Pittsburgh programs:

Dave Aranda, in his second season as UW's defensive coordinator, is interested in remaining at UW.

Aranda on Friday received a strong endorsement from athletic director Barry Alvarez, who has been impressed with the ability of the defensive staff to replace the entire front seven from last season. Alvarez said several assistants have expressed interest in remaining at UW, though he declined to identify those coaches.

GA's game plan against LSU was insanely deliriously ****ty bad.

 

Good riddance, bozo. 

It looked pretty strong in the first half.

 

The thing with Gordon in the second half never quite felt right.  

Make it so Barry!

Yes any decent coach wants the AD to have his handprints all over picking the staff...good idea Alvarezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

IC get a hold of yourself man. You're starting to sound like a Queens fan.

Yes, it would be nice to see Aranda back in charge of the D.

 

 

ICs obsession with WI is getting kind of creepy. Seriously.

Chryst had a bowl game press conference yesterday and admitted he talked to Alvarez.  He certainly gave the impression that he wants to be back in Wisconsin.

 

Latest speculation is that if Chryst comes back to Wisconsin that he will bring offensive coordinator Joe Rudolph and defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Matt House with him.  Rudolph would be the offensive coordinator, but House would NOT be the defensive coordinator.  Does that mean Aranda is leaning Wisconsin?

 

It's expected that Wisconsin coaches Chad Kauha'aha'a (Defensive Line) and T.J. Woods (Offensive Line) will follow Andersen to Oregon State.  Kauha'aha'a could be a huge loss because it's pretty likely that he may take both Badger 2015 DT recruits with him, which would open a huge hole in this recruiting class.

Would like to see Ben Strickland stay on the staff as well.  He's got decent recruiting ties and if they got Chryst then Rudolph would be a must as well.

The word is that Rudolph is going to be part of the package.

What will Santa do if it's foggy?