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When Fisch is gone in a couple years months I have a feeling we're going to hear a lot of stories about kids skipping workouts, film, late to practice, etc

The recruiting is pretty good? That was the consensus

To be fair to Fisch, the new portal rules gutted the OL. The 2024 team was returning its 3 interior starters and already had Azzopardi coming in at RT (who has been good this year outside of the Iowa game).

If UW had had a managed coaching transition like Alabama and Michigan had, they would have had time to convince players to stay. Instead, the 3 returning starters left and Fisch and co had to scramble to replace them. They got LT Chris Adams but then he decided to go to a school closer to home so they pulled the McCree rabbit out of the hat and he has been solid. There's a big drop off after him so I hope he can come back.

The guy who really worries me is the RG from Ohio State. In the last 3 or 4 games, he has missed blocked that have led to at least two blocked field goals and has had at least two false starts in the red zone. Even though he's a RS-SR, he really shouldn't be starting. If McCree and Memelaar are healthy after the bye week, why not try Hatchett or Tafai at RG?

@PostGameOrangeSlices ok.. so i just looked and this is a little better than I was thinking… 8 “4 star” guys and a bunch of ”high 3 star guys” so maybe they do have some guys to start to build on after all…

I'd give Rogers 70% of the snaps and Demond 30%. Demond should take over in the red zone, because Rogers panick scrambles every play in the red zone and throws duds there.
Demond still needs to gain 15 pounds or he won't last long as a full-time starter.
Other transfer QBs will look at Rogers getting potentially benched by Fisch and say "no thanks, next".
UW will need to get a backup QB next year in the portal.

He overthrows everything that's more than 10 yards downfield.

Im definitely not defending Fisch but I am curious what next year looks like. He won 1>5>10 at Arizona. His MO was never the same as DeBoers that he just wins every game so if he can get to 7 this year I'd still be hopeful in year 2

Special teams problems solved.