All Things Fickell

[longtimefan]

Apparently his wife went up to Wisconsin to check things out about a month ago.

[Illuminerdski]

Good luck Coach Fickell. I wish you nothing but success in Wisconsin. I hope you elevate Wisconsin to the next level as you did here. While I wish you stayed, and brought continued stability. Especially during a transition to a new conference. With all due respect, my only hope is that your replacement is more successful than you. Maybe we will see each other again down the road in a late 2020s out of conference game.

[Greg7173]

This whole situation SUCKS.. Next year in the Big 12 it was going to be difficult because this team has never played up to potential and I am wondering just how much improvement there will be. We had a known quantity with CLF. I see loss of commitments and loses thru the portal. Be prepared for another rebuild and a 4-8 team next year.

[red_n_black_attack]

Know every program deals with decommittments
but wonder if the recent ones were made with
inkling this was going down ?
Also, is a million more a year significant enough
to be a motivator here or was there more to it ?

Ten times my annual salary per year is enough. At any salary a 20% raise is good

[SKell82155]

Know every program deals with decommittments
but wonder if the recent ones were made with
inkling this was going down ?
Also, is a million more a year significant enough
to be a motivator here or was there more to it ?

[red_n_black_attack]

It will become more difficult to win at Wisconsin when the Big 10 goes without divisions.

Yeah, which is why they needed a great guy like Luk.

[bearcatbret]

It will become more difficult to win at Wisconsin when the Big 10 goes without divisions.

[red_n_black_attack]

Don’t be fooled that this came up suddenly. I heard after Coach BK left UC, he had been in discussions for a month with Notre Dame. My suspicions are that CLF knew before the Tulane game he’d be leaving.

B.C.

I have been fearing Wisconsin since Leonhard got the interim tag as "coach-in-waiting" instead of a contract. Oh well, even with move to Big 12, hard to compete with storied program like the Badgers

[Bearcat Chris]

Don’t be fooled that this came up suddenly. I heard after Coach BK left UC, he had been in discussions for a month with Notre Dame. My suspicions are that CLF knew before the Tulane game he’d be leaving.

B.C.

[bearcatjd]

I ******* can’t believe this is happening 😢😢😢

[leo from jersey]

Maybe Fickell didn’t think the B12 experience was going to be all that favorable. Do people really make decisions of this kind in less than 48 hours ?

No as I said in an earlier post --- CLF had a big game on friday which he lost.

[Bearcat93]

Maybe Fickell didn’t think the B12 experience was going to be all that favorable. Do people really make decisions of this kind in less than 48 hours ?

[longtimefan]

Looks like the Wisconsin deal is 6M per year. Fickell was never about the money but I think something happened here internally

If I had to guess, I’d say it’s NIL related.

[Chewbacca2099]

Looks like the Wisconsin deal is 6M per year. Fickell was never about the money but I think something happened here internally

Do tell if you find out, this is all really shocking and fast. If the Bengals lose today it's going to be a really bad evening

[Bearcat Chris]

I honestly believe he knew his stock would never be higher, and if UC should have a bad year next year, perhaps going 5-7 in the new league, his stock would be worthless.

B.C.