Duck has shot up the tater totem poll with his shtick. His prompt engineering is basically “why is #2ndChoice better than Rhule” and spamming the board with whatever he finds.
But it’s worth it to add some context that Mandel and Feldman provided. Both were very high on these hires. Mandel had #2ndChoice higher because he rejected other jobs and he’s viewed as being a hotter commodity. That, plus what he’s achieved at Cincy in the AAC building it back to how it was under Brian Kelly.
Feldman had an interesting take that we’re playing with house money. That we are so beaten up as a program and a fan base that he’ll have a lot of room to do what he needs to do to get it done. Meanwhile at Wisconsin, they are going through a major shift and the first time the fan base and program will feel let down by their AD. I’m paraphrasing here, but in essence LF has a tougher gig to repair bridges and not given the freedoms to burn the house down. MKR is almost expected to burn it down.
The duck tater poll:
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