Badger basketball royalty imo includes Michael, Alando (recent issues notwithstanding) and Frank. Could this season Johnny is having be better than them all?
— Bob (@ajnate) January 10, 2022
I mean individual impact, since Frank’s team success is unlikely to be matched. And yes… I remember he was POTY.
The broadcast on Thursday mentioned the Kohl Center leads the league in attendance, but from what I can see on TV, it seems the stadium is less full than it was consistently 4-5 years ago. Is this incorrect? Is it just a sign of the times?
— Chris Cesar (@Cesar_Chris) January 10, 2022
Jim are the Badgers out of scholarships to offer at this point for next year ?? They only have one recruit but is Gilmore or Lindsey getting a scholarship next year ??
— Tisch (@hauser42) January 10, 2022
Front court seems like a weak spot. Any recruiting help on the horizon? I know Mors is tall but pretty slight. Feel like they need a couple more bigs who can score. Though maybe the 3 from Crowl is a start to something?
— Thunder McRobert (@ThunderMcRobert) January 10, 2022
What do you think the coaching changes will be now that Joe Rudolph is gone?
— tony hoffman (@badgerfanot) January 10, 2022
Any word on potential asst coaching candidates for the Badgers?
— Erik Grinde (@egrinde) January 10, 2022
Greg Gard hasn’t changed who he is or what the program is about, but you can see how he’s allowing this years team to play a looser, less methodical style giving the players more freedom to play. Do you see a similar correlation to the evolution needed for Chryst and the offense?
— Andrew Zimdars (@andrew_zimdars) January 10, 2022
Brett McMurphy has Badgers football at #6 in his way too early 2022 top 25. I’m not complaining, but what is he seeing that I am not?
— Douglas Greenberg (@DougGreenB) January 10, 2022
With so much of the linebacker experience leaving, other than Herbig, who steps up?
— Greg (@GGorres) January 10, 2022
Which opponent would you rather have the Packers face assuming it's either Cardinals or Rams?
— whitey (@Whiteywilhelm) January 10, 2022
For me the Dallas Cowboys are the Packers biggest threat in reaching the Super Bowl. I feel they don’t match up well on either side of the ball and the Cowboys strengths are the Packers weaknesses. Who do you think is their biggest threat and why?
— Tony (@TStrobe78) January 10, 2022
Is this the year Green Bay wins it all?
— Fred Ehle (@FredEhle) January 10, 2022
How much time if any do you get to spend in person with the other teams beat writer?
— Brian Lamboley (@brianlamboley) January 10, 2022
Fave 5: Jim Polzin picks his favorite stories of 2021
Jim Polzin stepped into a new role in June, going from University of Wisconsin men’s basketball beat reporter to Lee Sports Wisconsin columnist.
Polzin wore both hats later that month when, on back-to-back days, he broke the news about seven seniors confronting coach Greg Gard in a secretly recorded meeting during the 2020-21 season and followed up with a column about how that recording had exposed cracks in the program’s foundation.
I wish I didn’t have to write this story about the daughter of former UW football standout Al Toon, who was killed in an apparent murder-suici…
I was assigned this story when the news broke in early April that Alvarez was “retiring.” A couple months later, I’d produce what may have bee…
I wanted to get a game column in this list and there were handful from which to choose. But selected this one from the opener against Penn Sta…
Moseley is a fascinating woman who’s in the early stages of a major rebuilding project. Not as many people read this story as I’d hoped, so ma…
This story has been on a Microsoft Word document of stories I’d wanted to pursue ever since Smart, who grew up in the Madison area, was named …
