Wisconsin Hockey 23-24: Hastily Making Wisconsin Hockey Great Again

[Timothy A]

Stange has been a huge disappointment from where I thought he would be.

The same thing could be said for all the guys who were on last year's team. Who wasn't a disappointment? Cruz? Moe? TG dragged everyone down bigtime.

Oz picked up a gig as a midwest scout for an NHL team. Connelly is a goalie coach for the Caps, hopefully he can succeed at that level.

[druzy192]

That’s not 100% accurate. NIL affects basically the top 1% of players. Jack Nelson ain’t getting NIL $, trust me.

so it’s really a tough argument to make becaus e NIL is for the fab five’s of the world.

players can transfer at will now like coaches leaving but most aren’t doing it for $.

K so not all of the starters on Wisco get NIL money? I assumed they would but I honestly don't know.

They have to be getting money at a big time school. Right? There is no public information on this I assume?

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

I’m still annoyed from going to that obnoxious football game against U. Buffalo.

I’m definitely giving it til mid season to see if they’re doing that same “drown out the crowd and the band with the PA” bull**** before I even consider buying a ticket.

I will not spend that much money to drive in from out of town if I have to leave in the first period over my kid having a panic attack just because some idiot in the AD thinks that having a crowd actually participate at a game is too old fashioned.

To say nothing about needing to see if Hastings is another All Bluster hire like Fickell.

[WiscTJK]

I’m VERY disappointed to hear Chris McIntosh screwed over Mike Lucas by booting him off the broadcatsts of football and basketball. What a classless ******* move. Max favors jocks. This is a terrible look for him and he needs to remember what the word integrity means.

I agree with you most times. But, I am sorry, Lucas was terrible. The broadcast is much better with him gone and Tauscher in there with Lepay. And he is still doing articles for uwbadgers.com, so he wasn't completely removed.

[WiscTJK]

Leonard’s defenses would get carved up by the new air-raids. It’s just a fact of the modern game.

Tressel was assistant coach of the year last year in Cincinnati. I don’t recall Leonard ever winning that award. Tressel uses man coverage. That’s a foundation of the 3-3-5. Wisconsin doesn’t have the horses to run that but they’re going to coach the kids up by the end of the year to at least be decent at it. When the Fickell recruits come in (and look at how many dbs he has coming in over the next 2 years) you’re going to see a radical change in this team’s defense.

I was at the game Saturday and they were in zone most of the day and got destroyed. Maybe it is because the players he has can't handle that currently. That's fair I think. I am not going to get worked up yet, but I expected more from football.

I am super excited about hockey. He turned around MSU in year 1, taking a team with a losing record in 8 of the previous 9 seasons and had a winning record. I think if the guys buy in and work they will make the NCAA's this year.

[WiscTJK]

I’m still annoyed from going to that obnoxious football game against U. Buffalo.

I’m definitely giving it til mid season to see if they’re doing that same “drown out the crowd and the band with the PA” bull**** before I even consider buying a ticket.

I will not spend that much money to drive in from out of town if I have to leave in the first period over my kid having a panic attack just because some idiot in the AD thinks that having a crowd actually participate at a game is too old fashioned.

To say nothing about needing to see if Hastings is another All Bluster hire like Fickell.

I wasn't at Buffalo, but was there Saturday and noise lever was back to what I remember in the past. I agree with you and and in the Kohl Center the band is almost as loud as the speakers.

[solovsfett]

I agree with you most times. But, I am sorry, Lucas was terrible. The broadcast is much better with him gone and Tauscher in there with Lepay. And he is still doing articles for uwbadgers.com, so he wasn't completely removed.

I prefer Tauscher to Lucas but Lucas basically called Mac a coward for how he handled the situation and it kind of makes sense as to how quiet the whole thing was. Lucas wrote it up this week.

[WiscTJK]

I prefer Tauscher to Lucas but Lucas basically called Mac a coward for how he handled the situation and it kind of makes sense as to how quiet the whole thing was. Lucas wrote it up this week.

Can you post a link to the article? I can't find it.

[solovsfett]

Can you post a link to the article? I can't find it.

Sure: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sport...b/70844271007/

[digitalbooya]

Sure: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sport...b/70844271007/

Honestly, just sounds like sour grapes from a guy who was fired.

[HighToTheGloveSide]

But, I am sorry, Lucas was terrible. The broadcast is much better with him gone and Tauscher in there with Lepay.

I love Mark Tauscher - the Wilde and Tausch radio show is pure gold - but there's a lot of room for improvement. Tausch feels like he needs to talk for 15 seconds between every play and that is hard to listen to over a three hour broadcast. I was pretty much neutral on Lucas - LePay is the star of all Badger radio broadcasts, one of the very best in the business.

I hope to god that Tausch doesn't do basketball - that would be a disaster.

[solovsfett]

Honestly, just sounds like sour grapes from a guy who was fired.

I think he has a right to *****. He was calling hockey games then moved to football and basketball and we’re talking 30+ years. He has a right to be given a choice to go out on his terms.

[GoBucky18]

Sorry, been on hiatus with fam and such...a few thoughts:

1) Huh...thought this was a hockey board...I say we keep it at that. Football opinions should be posted on a football board lol

2) We need a full breakdown of roster turnover. Im curious to see numbers. I also feel they will be mich improved but the NC still sucks in my opinion AND they KNOW how much NC record factors into PW going into tourney. Augustana and Lindenwood do absolitely nothing for the boys.

3) Glad to see Lucas go. He incessantly talked over people on his radio show and his voice was just annoying to me. LePay commands the booth. He probably was provided an options on how he went out and he chose to not go out gracefully. If a "jock" works better (i.e. Tausch), so be it.

[Timothy A]

I think he has a right to *****. He was calling hockey games then moved to football and basketball and we’re talking 30+ years. He has a right to be given a choice to go out on his terms.

I humbly don't agree with this. Sometimes people overstay their abilities and it's time to move on. Just like old guy on a football roster or hockey roster, or coach was out of touch with reality despite some great past. He does however, have every right to be ticked off as anybody who gets fired has the right to be ticked off. Tauscher simply doing a better job. On the positive side now he can actually write what he wants to write opinion wise and not be bound to rah rah ran / spin for UW in his writing or even have spoken words which he had to do while employed for them. I'd love to know what he really felt about the Chryst firing just like I would truly love to know how Brian Posick really felt about TGs regime at the end.

[WiscTJK]

Sorry, been on hiatus with fam and such...a few thoughts:

1) Huh...thought this was a hockey board...I say we keep it at that. Football opinions should be posted on a football board lol

2) We need a full breakdown of roster turnover. Im curious to see numbers. I also feel they will be mich improved but the NC still sucks in my opinion AND they KNOW how much NC record factors into PW going into tourney. Augustana and Lindenwood do absolitely nothing for the boys.

3) Glad to see Lucas go. He incessantly talked over people on his radio show and his voice was just annoying to me. LePay commands the booth. He probably was provided an options on how he went out and he chose to not go out gracefully. If a "jock" works better (i.e. Tausch), so be it.

Roster wise, I think we have 8 freshman (most if not all where TG recruits), 4 transfers all forwards: (David Silye jr MnSt, Christian Fitzgerald RSFR MnSt, Tyson Dyck RSFR UMass, Simon Tassy RSFR MnSt) and 14 players from last year.

Transfers out were Brayden Morrison, Shay Donovan, Zac Urdahl, Caden Brown, Ryder Donovan, Liam Malquist. Most were before the end of the season IIRC.