Was he the favorite coming in yes. But to me just saying stick with Mertz a guy who has major issues last two years is not smart either. Just can't hand the job to a kid who has done nothing to keep the starting job
Ask me next year.
How this team has been acting dismissing kids from roster I can see some others leave at end of seaon
Badgers stick with Mertz next year might as well keep him as senior and just say then we screwed 4 years away
Last year was an outlier. He played really well vs Illinois and Michigan then be got Covid.
This is a weak argument sorry. Berger got the boot because his work ethic was awful, hell the kid missed practice and conditioning. Not to mention other off field crap. Crawford was a problem child before he got it Madison. If that’s the kind of kid you want fine, 100% do not. Who else was “dismissed”
Yeah not a fan of the portal when kids can jump for whatever now
But we can't expect perfect angel kids to come in you wont' get winning kids if you expect them to be perfect at 18-20 years old
I think a lot of issues are in his head right now and hears footsteps at times. Can that be fixed?