Barry Alverez will be the head coach in the Rose Bowl Game

[SwirlinLingerie]

Not surprising at all. From what I've heard from some of my Badger buddies in Madison, Barry has had trouble keeping his hands out of the cookie jar. Perhaps his inability to relinquish control is one of the reasons BB said screw it. But that's just speculation on my part.

That's got to be it. Honest to god, how could anyone serving full-time as an athletic director and 7 years removed from a coaching position, be better suited than a current assistant to take over the team a few weeks before the biggest game of the season?

What could he have been doing as athletic director? He must have have attended every single football practice, watched film, studied the playbook, discussed personnel and schemes with the assistants...I always thought Bielema was kind of an a**, but thinking about Alvarez's overbearing ways makes me feel sorry for him.

Alvarez is like the cranky, former college athlete who refuses to coach his son's little league team, but shows up for every practices and tells the players and dad who volunteered to coach what they are doing wrong.

 

[GhostofBTT]

hmmmm, getting back in the saddle?

will see if Wisky can find a good coach, otherwise it wouldn't surprise me to see BA back in coaching. he's younger than i thought he was.

He looks 65 going on 90.

 

[SirJamaLot]

Take this for what it is worth but on espn radio they interviewed a Madison beat writer and he said they had a great relationship, very close almost father and son, maybe BB wanted some space but usually it comes down to $, program control, and maybe he felt underappreciated in Madison.