Potential impacts of Leonhard not being retained at Wisconsin for UM
So obviously the players at UW wanted Leonhard but they went with Fickell. This could affect us in a postive way. DT Rod Pierce decommitted from UW tonight and he has UM at the top of his list. We are also interested in DT Jamel Howard who decommitted last week.
And finally, might this provide some more smoke about Braelon Allen transferring here? I think he would be the perfect complement to DE next year and both could get 15-20 touches a game. Allen said as long as Leonhard is at UW, so is he. And that will not be the case anymore.
November 27th, 2022 at 10:47 PM ^
Come on down
November 27th, 2022 at 10:48 PM ^
All of your croots are belong to us.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:18 AM ^
U(W) have no chance to survive make your time
November 28th, 2022 at 3:41 AM ^
For great justice!
November 27th, 2022 at 10:50 PM ^
Lets just keep loading up the D-Line each year. That is a direct path to success right there. Kenneth Grant is likely to be a good one and Mason Graham is already a dude. Would love to see it happen again.
November 27th, 2022 at 11:26 PM ^
Elston is the D-line whisperer
November 28th, 2022 at 12:31 AM ^
I feel like McGregor is the next stud in waiting...
November 28th, 2022 at 12:40 AM ^
He had a good game…think we saw what next years team is going to look like a bit.
November 28th, 2022 at 2:43 AM ^
Mason Graham. Legitimately a dude, as a freakin’ Freshman.
November 28th, 2022 at 6:52 AM ^
Give that monster another year with Herbert, let alone 2 and watch the F out. That wrestling background pays huge dividends in the trenches.
November 27th, 2022 at 10:51 PM ^
Additionally, in a negative potential outcome, it sounds like Cincinnati is interested in Minter.
Let’s lock him up.
November 27th, 2022 at 10:56 PM ^
Cincinnati Bengals or Cincinnati Bearcats (as HC obviously, assuming Kerry Combs is not going to retain that position)?
November 27th, 2022 at 10:57 PM ^
For HC? Given the fact they're going to the Big 12 next year I assume they'd want a proven commodity at HC, or at least a guy who's got a bit more of a track record. Minter has been solid this year but that would feel like a stretch for a program that went to the playoffs last year.
November 27th, 2022 at 11:04 PM ^
Jim Leonhard may as well come to AA as well and be our DC
November 27th, 2022 at 11:33 PM ^
So pass up Clinks for Leonard, we will have a new defensive staff then
November 27th, 2022 at 11:35 PM ^
Clinks need an appreciation thread considering he teaches the secondary that have shut down that vaunted OSu pass game for 2 straight years.
November 28th, 2022 at 1:03 AM ^
November 28th, 2022 at 4:59 AM ^
Yep...think Clinks been a bit overlooked...but he's done an unbelievable job with the secondary from the day he stepped on campus.
November 27th, 2022 at 11:06 PM ^
Would Jesse want to go to the school that fired his dad?
November 27th, 2022 at 11:31 PM ^
Does a guy who doesn't have an affinity for recruiting really want to deal with that as a head coach??? Or is he eventually back to the NFL
November 27th, 2022 at 11:41 PM ^
I thought Minter recruits
November 27th, 2022 at 11:48 PM ^
You're thinking of Mike MacDonald.
November 28th, 2022 at 5:52 AM ^
Where have you heard Minter doesn’t have an affinity for recruiting?
November 28th, 2022 at 6:55 AM ^
I’ve not heard that ever. He was DC at vandy and I doubt that players just fell in his lap there.
November 28th, 2022 at 8:22 AM ^
I love Minter but his demeanor and personality has never struck me as HC material at this point. Just seems like more of a quiet guy
November 27th, 2022 at 10:57 PM ^
There may be a few Bearcats back on the market as well.
November 27th, 2022 at 10:58 PM ^
Allen would be a HUGE pick-up. The perfect compliment to Edwards.
Thunder and Lightning 2.0.
November 27th, 2022 at 11:42 PM ^
I’m not sure why so many ppl think Allen is a legitimate transfer possibility to us. This was all a rumor that Allen himself, said was not true. The only quote that could suggest he could transfer is him saying ‘I’ll be here (Wisconsin) as long as Jim Leonhard is here.’ That says nothing about Michigan.
Don’t get me wrong, I think he’d be a great addition. If there is some additional smoke, then we can fantasize about Thunder and Lightning next year. As of now, I don’t get the belief around here about this.
https://theathletic.com/3877220/2022/11/13/braelon-allen-wisconsin-transfer-rumors-michigan/?amp=1
November 28th, 2022 at 8:24 AM ^
Multiple insiders said there was smoke with Allen to Michigan. And when asked about it, Allen’s response didn’t exactly quell that smoke
November 28th, 2022 at 8:34 AM ^
Multiple ‘insiders’ said there is smoke.
Yet Allen himself says he has had zero contact with Michigan, and if you read the above article, is specifically confused why Michigan is even mentioned.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:19 AM ^
...has he tweeted very nice things about Donovan? I missed it
November 27th, 2022 at 11:06 PM ^
I wonder if Wisconsin notoriously also being sticklers for credits will help Allen’s chances of transferring. Also, he enrolled early from what I recall and is very young for a sophomore, so I wonder if that also has any bearing.
November 27th, 2022 at 11:06 PM ^
Did I miss an announcement that Leonhard has parted ways with UW? I know he was passed over for HC in favor of Fickell, but he's still the DC until Fickell fires him, no? And given the comments I've seen so far, it's not clear that's a given.
November 27th, 2022 at 11:12 PM ^
I feel like that would create a conflict of interest for Fickell since most of the players wanted him retained as HC.
November 27th, 2022 at 11:09 PM ^
Need tough FB players. Braelon Allen coming here would be AWESOME!
November 27th, 2022 at 11:12 PM ^
I like Stokes. But he probably only has 1/2 the playbook available to him and will only be a sophomore. Would love Allen to come. He should be able to transfer as Wisky is a similarly rigorous school and he would enter as a junior. So he shouldn't lose too many credits or be forced to retake multiple classes - which is the real reason we don't get transfers. You can only transfer 60 credits ,and if some don't transfer, and your scholarship won't cover all that is needed for a degree, leaving you to pay your own way a 5th year, why would you transfer to UM? But he may like the Fickle hire. I wouldn't put stock in his allegiance to Leonhard.
November 27th, 2022 at 11:14 PM ^
Braelon Allen would be quite a nice addition
November 28th, 2022 at 1:17 AM ^
Absolutely. I love what Edwards brings, but he seems a bit injury prone. It would be great to have both.
November 27th, 2022 at 11:27 PM ^
Bring 'em in. Let's keep RELOADING on the lines and at RB. Reloading is the key.
I really hope we can keep Minter, though.
November 27th, 2022 at 11:36 PM ^
Hoping Leonhard not going to OSU as defensive coordinator. Knowles big 12 defense is just perfect.
November 27th, 2022 at 11:57 PM ^
It has to be said when OSU hired Knowles I cocked an eyebrow. Had Day ever watched and Oklahoma/Oklahoma State game at all.
November 28th, 2022 at 12:31 AM ^
It seems Harbaugh has surpassed those kind of concerns. He will scheme out of whoever they hire. Harbaugh came with a game plan for the first half that did included throwing the ball around. Who would have thought that?
November 28th, 2022 at 7:00 AM ^
First and foremost we need to lock up Minter, McDonald was always going back to the nfl. If we somehow can’t then I’d be all for Clinkscale taking it over. He knows the D inside and out, which I think we can all agree needs no changing.
November 28th, 2022 at 8:28 AM ^
If we can get QB Brady Drogosh to flip from Cincinnati, that would be a great way to alleviate missing out on Moore in 2023. He’s a Michigan fan but it seems like we started actually recruiting him hard only after we missed out on Moore and at that point he was solid with Cincinnati. But since Fickell has left, maybe we can pry him away. Drogosh has risen to be a 4* in the composite and just won the Michigan Division 2 State Championship with 250 yards passing, 2 passing TDs, 150 yards rushing, and 3 rushing TDs
November 28th, 2022 at 10:49 AM ^
Several invitations from Schembechler Hall were extended to various individuals in Madison WI this morning.