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New Badger Coach Gary Anderson is the Anti-Bielema

By 11W Staff - 19 December 2012
14 Comments
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After the news broke, he made 106 or so phone calls to each of his players, informing them personally. (twitter.com)

Source @TomMulhernWSJ

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Comments

Nkohl13 on 19 Dec 2012 - 7:56pm #

I assume this means he called his Utah State players not the Badger players. Also I feel kinda sorry for the players getting the 2 am phone calls.

toledobuckeyefanjim on 19 Dec 2012 - 8:49pm #

Fall semester is done at Utah State. Their season is finished. The players were probably up at that hour.

DefendOhio on 19 Dec 2012 - 7:58pm #

Classy move. I feel like many coaches don't practice this today when bolting for other jobs. This guy seems pure Utah.

cplunk on 19 Dec 2012 - 8:02pm #

I've been building up a healthy hatred of Wisconsin in the past few years; I'm not sure I can allow knowledge of their new coach being a decent guy to enter my brain.

bedheadjc on 19 Dec 2012 - 9:35pm #

After watching Keener run the offense like a fifth year senior as a freshman, and the overall quality of USt efforts, I am very excited to have Anderson leading the Badgers. We need a strong Whisky (!).

causeicouldntgo43 on 19 Dec 2012 - 10:39pm #

Let's hope this nice guy finishes last................in our division every year.

AngryWoody on 19 Dec 2012 - 10:39pm #

Man I was hoping he was going to be a douche. I don't know which coach I'm gonna hate on now. (aside from the jabba the hoke)

Our honor Defend!

highwire on 20 Dec 2012 - 1:35am #

Dantonio.

Rfahncke on 20 Dec 2012 - 9:36am #

That's class. Those kids will never forget that and will respect him in the future for it. Are we sure he's going to Wisky with that attitude?

"Have you earned your buckeye today?"

GoBucks713 on 20 Dec 2012 - 9:39am #

Classy guy here. It's probably what Wisky needs after that mouth breather they had the last 7 season. Welcome Gary. Now eat your damn cake.

-The Aristocrats!

Doesntwork on 20 Dec 2012 - 9:51am #

Makes it harder to hate him like we hate bielema. We will see once he gets to Wisconsin though, maybe bielema wasn't too bad until he started working for Alvarez

Poison nuts on 20 Dec 2012 - 5:29pm #

Right. My first thought was: Damn - I may not be able to hate Wiscy as much now...I mean - half the fun of CFB is despising rival coaches!

The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.

bassplayer7770 on 20 Dec 2012 - 2:24pm #

I'm curious how Anderson will do at Wisky, and I'm referring to recruiting as well as coaching.

Before Anderson, Utah State hadn't had a .500+ winning percentage since 1997 when John L. Smith was their coach. Anderson coached them to 4-8 records in his first two seasons, but then they finished 7-6 in 2011 and 11-2 in 2012. Perhaps Wisky fans should be excited...

Doc on 20 Dec 2012 - 4:14pm #

Seems like a real nice and classy dude. I'm still not thrilled about the hire. I figure if your getting a B1G time coaching gig, like Wisky is/should be, your overall record should be above .500, but that's just me.