The next athletic director at the University of Wisconsin will step into a quagmire. Not since Pat Richter in 1989 has the footing been this unstable for the next leader of a department that was a model of success for 25 years or so until several factors, both internal and external, stripped at least some of the appeal from the job.
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Polzin: Why Wisconsin must cast a wide net for its next athletic director
- JIM POLZIN
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