nate82

https://www.mlb.com/news/bob-uecker-with-brewers-in-spirit-celebrating-playoff-berth? That letter reads weird but ok.

Yes but they also need to at least push the line forward a bit and not be so stagnant. The DT on one play got absolutely destroyed on one play that was a passing play.

I am not sure how much playing time Dinges will get as Mitchell is the #3 rated catching prospect over at MLB Pipeline. Dinges is definitely the #2 catcher on that team. Adam McCalvy has an article up on Josh Adamczewski and it looks like he will be an OF going forward in the Brewers system. With Pena, Made and Pratt already in the INF that makes sense to move him to the OF. https://www.mlb.com/news/josh-adamczewski-continues-outfield-transition-for-brewers-in-arizona-fall-league?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

As LouisEly has stated money. UW may not be able to give out a contract like a Michigan or Ohio State but they can still give out a big payday. If you are going to replace Fickell you better get someone who is better than him and not a mid major college coach who won't be better than who you are replacing. You don't want the recruiting to suffer and under Fickell the recruiting has been far better than it was under PC. Going from Bielema to Anderson and then to PC really killed the Badgers recruiting. Anderson wasn't all that bad at recruiting it is just he couldn't get the recruits he wanted due to UW's academic requirements. PC wasn't good at recruiting and you can see that in last years team and during PC's last year. PC is the reason this program is in the trouble it is in. I will say this again he should have been fired one or two years earlier when he first started showing he wasn't interested in recruiting. The Badgers lost out on so many good recruits because PC decided he didn't want to do recruiting anymore. Leonhard was starting to do the same. Neither PC or Leonhard were big on doing the recruiting part of the job they just wanted the HC position and nothing more. In college you can't do that you need to be able to recruit players. You just can't be the HC and that is it. It doesn't work like that in college football. If you want to do that then go to a Conference USA, MAC, WAC or go coach in the D3. You can't expect to just be a head coach in division one football in a major conference. So if you want to go with someone like Jason Eck then the Badgers football program needs to move out of the Big Ten. You can't stay in the Big Ten and hire someone like Jason Eck or someone like Leonhard (who doesn't want to recruit). You just can't do that you have to find someone who can recruit and can change with the times.

No thanks he looks to be an Anderson or PC level HC. Strong pass on him.

No but I thought they play a little bit better. The refs really swallowed those flags in the 4th quarter a lot of roughing the passer calls should have been made against Alabama in the 3rd and 4th quarter. A few that were similar to the one they called against WI in the first half.

No pass rush from the dline. The only time they have been able to provide some pressure is on blitz's.

Yeah no the Badgers are not Northwestern right now they are better than them and by a lot. If the Badgers go back to someone like Leonhard they should just get out of the Big Ten and go to conference USA or something like that. The recruiting would return to PC levels of well we tried to get a 3-star recruit but we couldn't get them. We also tried for a 4-star recruit but we gave up after saying hi to them. The HC that the Badgers should have kept was Bielema but the Wisconsin wasn't willing to pay the assistants enough. Which is the reason the Badgers have lost some good assistants. So why wasn't Leonhard offered a HC position? The answer is obvious he didn't want to do the recruiting similar to PC. The changing of the offense wasn't good but the recruiting has been far better under Fickell than it ever was under PC. Again losing Bielema who was and is still able to recruit in the current environment. You have to be able to recruit to be successful in college football. Leonhard wasn't going to do that. You can't win by getting in state 1-3 star players. I don't see how Leonhard would be any better than Fickell. Defensively maybe but offensively it would be the same boring run ball down the middle of the line play after play after play. There had to be a change and Leonhard wasn't going to change. They needed to go back to the Bielema offense where they actually did more than run straight down the middle. You see it at Illinois now with Bielema they do more than what Leonhard would have been comfortable with. I hate this stupid it is Wisconsin football you have to run the ball and that is all you can do. It is just stupid.

This is not Fickell’s last year. There is a reason no other team offered Leonhard a HC position. He is not a HC and would be a terrible HC in college. Recruiting wise if this was the 90’s sure he would be fine but now no. He is a relic of the past recruiting wise. If you want the team to be Northwestern sure go with someone like Leonhard.

The refs on the take and stupid penalties. Yeah this one is over.

Two late hits on the QB and no penalty. The refs look to be on a take for Alabama.

That was a BS roughing the passer call.

Giants walk off the Dodgers. I don't really care about clinching more want to see the Dodgers sweat this out. The Giants have 6 more games against the Dodgers after today's game. Would love to see the Giants sweep the Dodgers this weekend. The Dodgers could be looking at not making the playoffs if the Giants can sweep this weekend and then take 3 of 4 next week.

Giants have the tiebreaker I believe and that is why the Brewers haven't clinched a postseason birth. The Brewers would have to lose every game from here on out and the Giants would have to win every single game here on out. It is possible that could happen but highly unlikely to actually happen.

Can’t complain too much on the position players. Though I still wish Burke would have been on the roster.

Tucker going in the IL hurts but Ballesteros is a really good hitter. Defensively he is not a catcher but offensively he fits anywhere the Cubs want to put him. Kind of a Schwarber type where his bat will be what keeps him in the majors. I am not sure he will hit as well as Schwarber but the potential is there. Probably the best Cubs prospect in a long time. Though he may eat himself out of baseball.

The ball is considered part of the body. Knee was down so any contact makes the player down by contact.

Still down by contact.

That is a lot of rambling to say what exactly?

The Dodgers are closer to missing the playoffs than they are catching the Brewers. Would be crazy if the Padres and Giants passed the Dodgers. Though I think the Giants are sinking faster than the Dodgers are.

I really want to see Burke in the AFL.

When does the Cubs easy schedule start again?