Former Pitt intern backslides in new post
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Chryst should be a gym teacher and football coach at Baldwin. Its amazing he's made as much money as he has at a high level.
He has the aspiration to recruit MAC level players. He should be coaching there ... or at Canon-McMillan.
No one is more screwed than Wisconsin when the Big 10 scraps divisions. The Fighting Chrysts may never see another New Year's Day bowl.
He reminds me of one of those random gym teachers they interview after he wins the WPIAL Championship who can barely speak English.
He makes the point pretty well. Since the end of the 2017 season, Wisconsin has a record of 32-17 under Chryst. with the vast majority of wins coming from sub .500/ bad non P5 teams.
Is It Time For Wisconsin To Make A Coaching Change?
Is it time for the Wisconsin Badgers to move on from head coach Paul Chryst? Will Jim Leonhard become head coach? Will Chryst be fired?
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pittdan77
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Whisky had a nice run while the B1G was down a little. With other schools elevating, Chryst really hasn't done himself any favors. Hung on to Rudolph as an OC for way too long. Really not sure where they go next, though.
Bobby Engram is the classic "buddy hire" and isn't an improvement over Rudolph because they both are running Chryst's offense.
pittdan77
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Well, they dumped Rudolph. Demoted him last year and he's at MD now coaching linemen.
That was a typical "fall guy" move by Chryst. He's the real problem there. People are starting to accept it.
pittdan77
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Probably but Rudolph was pretty bad. Actually think that crew could move over to Iowa and be beloved by the fan base for throwing an occasional pass.
This first part is key. It happens all the time. Wisconsin’s best years in the early 2010’s came when three of the programs who have more structural advantages than Wisconsin were down: Penn State (sex scandal), Ohio State (sanctions), and Michigan (hiring Rich Rodriguez and Brady Hoke). So you have a few good years, and you can either believe that your success is due to some special Wisconsin-ness, or you look at the situation and say, “we carved out a great couple of seasons, now let’s use that success and leverage it to be able to match what the traditional powers are doing once they’re back up and running at closer to full strength.”
Wisconsin and Iowa have chosen the first one, and they’ve been able to get away with it for a while because they’re in the weaker division. Michigan State, too, started down that path before they hired Mel Tucker to try to build an SEC clone in East Lansing.
pittdan77
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Those are two programs that have benefited from divisions. I just can't imagine that any schedule changes that are made when USC and UCLA move into the conference are going to benefit those two.
A little off topic but I expect the conference will turn on MSU. That bunch loves to go at each other and they won't tolerate a little guy threatening the big boys.
I'll take him back in Pittsburgh as O line coach. College or professional team.
I'd say Narduzzi is more old school midwestern Big Ten coach than WPIAL gym teacher. I get that the 2 are close
Dude he’s from Youngstown. He might as well be an Ampipe alum.
I could see one of his players telling him he’s just a HS typing teacher…just like Stef did to Nickerson.
pittdan77
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I used to be a bigger Chryst defender. I thought he did an admirable job here after the rapid coaching hires debacle holding the ship together and did somewhat upgrade Wisconsin with his return from the seasons of his absence. But the last couple years, it's been really surprising to me how poorly Graham Mertz has progressed. I thought if Chryst could get good play out of Tino, he'd have a conference title contender with the QB who Clemson and Alabama couldn't get. But they really have struggled to throw the ball. Their fans are getting antsy.
Chryst was given way too much credit for inheriting a 6-6 team and going 6-6 3 years in a row vs a very weak schedule
I don't think anyone loved him. The credit he got, rightly or wrongly, was for not getting fired or quitting in one year or less and for patching together a few recruiting classes. No scandals or high profile arrests I can remember. Chaney, Canada, and even Watson to an extent scored a lot of points with Chryst's offensive recruits.
He helped stabilize a roster that essentially lost 2 recruiting classes due to coaching churn .
