Inside Chryst's firing at Wisconsin...

The Athletic had an interesting piece on Chryst's firing.  It's paywalled, of course, so I won't bother with a link.  It was death by a thousand cuts.  Some takeaways:

He was universally regarded as a great guy.

His biggest strength was also his greatest weakness--too nice.  Wouldn't fire anyone.

He made Mork-like personnel moves rather than replacing people.

He was fired not only for the product on the field, but the trajectory of the program.

Recruiting was a mess--not organized and understaffed, and he didn't address it.

Jimmy Rolder visited for a game, and NOBODY even talked to him. Nobody even knew he was coming.

He put all his eggs in to Graham Mertz's basket and didn't bring in a grad transfer to challenge him.  Caleb Williams reportedly was considering Wisconsin, and Chryst didn't even speak to him.

There was not a lot of accountability for the players.