Wisconsin fires offending planner after 2 years

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN
2 seasons with the program, while adding,”We are not where we require to be and believe this decision is in the best interest of the team.” Wisconsin ranks 97th nationally in scoring and 102nd in passing while operating an Air Raid-style offense that Longo brought with him from North Carolina and other stops.The Badgers, who lost beginning quarterback Tyler Van Dyke to a season-ending injury Sept. 14, had only three points and 88 yards in the second half against Oregon, which rallied from a 13-6 deficit getting in the 4th quarter.Editor’s Picks
Wisconsin ranked 101st nationally in scoring in Longo’s 23 games as planner and stopped working to eclipse 13 points on its present three-game losing streak. Quarterback Braedyn Locke had only 96 passing backyards against the Ducks.Fickell did not

immediately announce an interim coordinator for Wisconsin’s last regular-season games versus Nebraska and Minnesota.Fickell had actually long targeted Longo for a coordinator function, returning to his time as Cincinnati’s coach. Longo, 56, supervise productive offenses at Ole Miss, North Carolina, Sam Houston State and other areas however never regularly got traction at a Wisconsin program that had actually operated drastically in a different way on offense before his arrival.”This group still has a lot in front of us and I am devoted to doing everything we can to liquidate this season with success,” Fickell stated in his declaration.

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