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Mertz had already seriously contemplated leaving before Chryst was fired. I mentioned it back then. This whole thing just made it easier for him to do it, without it appearing like sour grapes.Just one more thought/ note on Mertz. Assuming Fick brings a similar system to UW, that’s not the skill set #5 brings to the table and I would think he’s smart enough to understand that. Lot of nice “coach speak” that he wanted him to stay and that’s fine, no issues with that. Even JL has made comments that he would prefer a dual threat type QB so even if he would have got the gig Mertz was about as good as gone
Just spitballing but the guys on D like Herbig should be able to adjust more so than a guy like Allen to your point. Guerendo leaving was a bit surprising to me. Melvin not so much.Mertz had already seriously contemplated leaving before Chryst was fired. I mentioned it back then. This whole thing just made it easier for him to do it, without it appearing like sour grapes.
Good for him! The guy deserves an opportunity to show what he can really do.
Now you need to question whether or not you're going to lose Allen, and a few other better players on the team. How do they actually fit into the schemes that Fickell will be running? Same thing on the D. We might ask ourselves if there's a couple guys, maybe more, who contribute greatly, who will leave, if Jimmy does.
Then, ask yourself if they fit into the new defensive schemes that the new staff will be bringing to the table, if there's no Leonhard input.
In reality, not too much of it really matters, because we have no idea what the roster will look like next August.