Wisconsin OC and DC Hired

I like both hires, especially Longo. Curious to see if he can overhaul Wisconsin’s offense.

Going from that traditional offense Wisconsin has run to Phil Longo’s air raid with a lot of power spread running formations should be interesting. I liked him at Ole Miss but man his offense could be frustrating. His entire playbook was half a page of paper and both AJ Brown and DK Metcalf said they had routes called “get open.” He never had a complete route tree and it caused both of them to fall in the draft. Bills starting TE Dawson Knox who is close to a top 10 TE in the league did not catch a single touchdown in college under Longo.

Any word on Jim Leonhard and where he might go?

Wisconsin has the potential to be very very good quickly if Tanner Mordecai can perform.

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Any word on Jim Leonhard and where he might go?

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I would think since he's been so quiet so far, he's likely waiting for an NFL DC job to open.

Wisconsin ended the regular season going 1st and Goal at the 5 to 4th and Goal from the 30 that resulted in an overthrow out of bounds! Anything will be better than that

Seriously, though, someone on this board did post that UNC had 19 more red zone TDs than Wisconsin this season. The two red zone efficiencies weren't far off from one another and, of course, Wisconsin's issue under the old staff was putting up points... Think most Wisconsin fans would sacrifice some efficiency in the red zone for more scoring opportunities.

In any case, Longo offenses in 2020-21 and 2021-22 ranked No. 19 (Tied) and No. 12 in red zone scoring percentage with Javonte Williams, Michael Carter and Ty Chandler. He'll have another NFL RB at Wisconsin, and a big one at that, so I don't think running the ball will be totally lost on him.

Looks they are hiring away Minnesota’s DB coach and co-DC. Paul Haynes. He’s coached with both Fickell and Tressel before. Solid

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Tressel is a good coach. Was part of some solid defenses at MSU under Dantonio.

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I’m more excited about improvement in the offense than I am concerned about a falloff in the defense.

With Fickell and Tressel, we aren’t going to have a crappy defense.

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Wisconsin ended the regular season going 1st and Goal at the 5 to 4th and Goal from the 30 that resulted in an overthrow out of bounds! Anything will be better than that

Seriously, though, someone on this board did post that UNC had 19 more red zone TDs than Wisconsin this season. The two red zone efficiencies weren't far off from one another and, of course, Wisconsin's issue under the old staff was putting up points... Think most Wisconsin fans would sacrifice some efficiency in the red zone for more scoring opportunities.

In any case, Longo offenses in 2020-21 and 2021-22 ranked No. 19 (Tied) and No. 12 in red zone scoring percentage with Javonte Williams, Michael Carter and Ty Chandler. He'll have another NFL RB at Wisconsin, and a big one at that, so I don't think running the ball will be totally lost on him.

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Don't worry, Longo does run the ball, he just does it very differently than traditional Wisconsin offense.

I think it's an upgrade, but I worry that the ceiling is capped by the simplicity of the offense.