For all of you fine young men who are dumbfounded and confused by the departure today of UW head football coach Bret Bielema.  You are not alone.  Many, if not all, of us alumni and fans are as well.  This was truly something that 99.999% of the people did not see coming.
 

But, don't despair.  Don't give up on the great academic institution that is the University of Wisconsin.  Don't give up on one of the premier college football programs in the country.  Everything will be just fine.  Remember why you committed to the school in the first place; the academics, the very solid football program, the beautiful campus and the great talent that is in place and will still be there and the commitment the University and football program made to you.
 

Yes, we lost our head coach of 7 years.  However, we have not yet lost any players, administrators or other coaches.  If you take time to sit back and look at what that program represents and what the future holds I am sure you will see that there are so many positives that they far outweigh this one negative (if you want to view it as negative).  People change jobs all the time, so do college coaches.  However, the talent that is in the program will not change but will only get better.

Why am I so certain of this you ask?  Because I am a proud alum of the school and 20+ year season ticket holder.  2013 could be a really special year for Wisconsin, 2014 and beyond might be even better.  You have to put faith in Director of Athletics, Barry Alvarez that he will do the absolutely best thing possible for the University and the program.
 

Take some time to digest the events of today but please look at the situation with rational thought.  If you feel you are better served elsewhere then I wish you the best.  However, I am confident that after stepping back a bit you will see that the positives greatly outweigh the negatives and that you will still get a world-class education and be part of a great football program that will win its share of Big 10 titles, Rose Bowls and possibly a national championship at some point.
 

On Wisconsin!

LennonSt wrote: 3 straight conf champs and a school that refuses to pay its coaches? You didn't see it coming? You must be blind.

LennonSt wrote: 3 straight conf champs and a school that refuses to pay its coaches? You didn't see it coming? You must be blind.

JamaicanJake wrote:

LennonSt wrote: 3 straight conf champs and a school that refuses to pay its coaches? You didn't see it coming? You must be blind.

You're talking out of your a**. You didn't see this coming so don't pretend like you're some all-knowing soothsayer. Bielema isn't worth 4+ million and paying him as such would be a waste of resources. Chryst would do the job as well for half as much and i suspect he just might.

huskerpower15 wrote: NCAA Recruiting Violation on a website! hahaha, just kidding guys, I feel truely sorry for your program that a coach would bolt for the money like that. Good luck in your hire.

LennonSt wrote:

JamaicanJake wrote:

LennonSt wrote: 3 straight conf champs and a school that refuses to pay its coaches? You didn't see it coming? You must be blind.

You're talking out of your a**. You didn't see this coming so don't pretend like you're some all-knowing soothsayer. Bielema isn't worth 4+ million and paying him as such would be a waste of resources. Chryst would do the job as well for half as much and i suspect he just might.

If you say so buddy, sorry you're so blind-sided.

JamaicanJake wrote:

LennonSt wrote:

JamaicanJake wrote:

LennonSt wrote: 3 straight conf champs and a school that refuses to pay its coaches? You didn't see it coming? You must be blind.

You're talking out of your a**. You didn't see this coming so don't pretend like you're some all-knowing soothsayer. Bielema isn't worth 4+ million and paying him as such would be a waste of resources. Chryst would do the job as well for half as much and i suspect he just might.

If you say so buddy, sorry you're so blind-sided.

The evidence and reasoning to support your facts are just astounding!

BuckYeah wrote: I love a good picture of a kid getting injured in a game.  In fairness, it was the only time a Nebraska player laid a finger on a Badger all night.

Stay classy, Nebraska.

i'm just suprised that a Nebraska fan would have the guts to show up on a Whisky board after that pasting they got last weekend.  70 points?!? really?  how embarrassing.  Snot-bubbles Pelini better get back to the drawing board.

stlbadger wrote: We are an incredibly attractive program with a great team in line for next year and a nice pipeline of recruits. PC would be a nice hire as would Doeren but I hope Barry at least takes a shot at a higher profile guy like Patterson. Go get 'em Barry!!!

multimed wrote: Way off the mark. The timing on this couldn't be any worse.

Another distracted Rose Bowl
2013 was positioned to be a great year. Anyone who doesn't appreciate the difficulty of coaching transitions wasn't actually watching Badger football this year.
Our recruiting classes were looking like quite possibly the best ever. Now we'll have to fight like hell to keep as many as we can, but almost certainly will lose some.
We just lost probably our best successor prospect last year - and he has a substantial buyout clause.
He took a bunch of quality assistants with him - and the replacements have all been here for less than a year, so no HC prospects among them.
The other good possible successor just got hired to coach NC State.

Losing Bielema - I can deal with. It happens. But the timing is absolutely devastating.

chinaglia wrote:

For all of you fine young men who are dumbfounded and confused by the departure today of UW head football coach Bret Bielema.  You are not alone.  Many, if not all, of us alumni and fans are as well.  This was truly something that 99.999% of the people did not see coming.
 

But, don't despair.  Don't give up on the great academic institution that is the University of Wisconsin.  Don't give up on one of the premier college football programs in the country.  Everything will be just fine.  Remember why you committed to the school in the first place; the academics, the very solid football program, the beautiful campus and the great talent that is in place and will still be there and the commitment the University and football program made to you.
 

Yes, we lost our head coach of 7 years.  However, we have not yet lost any players, administrators or other coaches.  If you take time to sit back and look at what that program represents and what the future holds I am sure you will see that there are so many positives that they far outweigh this one negative (if you want to view it as negative).  People change jobs all the time, so do college coaches.  However, the talent that is in the program will not change but will only get better.

Why am I so certain of this you ask?  Because I am a proud alum of the school and 20+ year season ticket holder.  2013 could be a really special year for Wisconsin, 2014 and beyond might be even better.  You have to put faith in Director of Athletics, Barry Alvarez that he will do the absolutely best thing possible for the University and the program.
 

Take some time to digest the events of today but please look at the situation with rational thought.  If you feel you are better served elsewhere then I wish you the best.  However, I am confident that after stepping back a bit you will see that the positives greatly outweigh the negatives and that you will still get a world-class education and be part of a great football program that will win its share of Big 10 titles, Rose Bowls and possibly a national championship at some point.
 

On Wisconsin!

JamaicanJake wrote:

LennonSt wrote:

JamaicanJake wrote:

LennonSt wrote: 3 straight conf champs and a school that refuses to pay its coaches? You didn't see it coming? You must be blind.

You're talking out of your a**. You didn't see this coming so don't pretend like you're some all-knowing soothsayer. Bielema isn't worth 4+ million and paying him as such would be a waste of resources. Chryst would do the job as well for half as much and i suspect he just might.

If you say so buddy, sorry you're so blind-sided.

The evidence and reasoning to support your facts are just astounding!

If Wisconsin had beaten Ohio State last year they most likely would have been in the national title game.

If Alabama had not blown a huge lead against Auburn the year before the Badgers would have had an argument to be in over TCU as well.

I don't get why you say they're incapable of competing for national titles

DocWrestling wrote:  UW is still a stepping stone job.