Former Arizona football coach Jedd Fisch isn’t exactly mending fences with his former team’s fan base with comments he’s made since leaving the Wildcats for the Washington football job.
Far from it.
Previous comments from Fisch had already upset and angered fans, and now some supporters of the team are livid with their former coach, who left for Washington after guiding Arizona to an impressive 10-3 record in 2023, for recent comments about why he left the Wildcats for the Huskies.
Fisch told The Athletic in a recent podcast that the fan base at Arizona was “irate” with him because “they don’t understand.”
“First of all, we loved Tucson,” Fisch told The Athletic’s Ari Wasserman on the “Until Saturday” podcast. “We loved our players and all of those players who came to Arizona signed with our staff. The whole team was signed by us. When I made the decision to take the job, I knew how many people I could help. I knew how many people I could take (to Washington). Selfishly, I could have stayed in Arizona. I would have been compensated really well. I think my contract would have been signed somewhere between February and May of the coming year. Hopefully, with the financial situation, it all would have been taken care of. But my assistant coach pool would still have been $3.5 million less than what it is now. And some of the things I could have done for all our support staff would not have been able to get done. So what happens is you have a very irate fan base because they don’t understand.”
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Jedd Fisch says he ‘couldn’t say no’ to Washington
On the podcast, Fisch said he “couldn’t say no” to Washington.
“Talking about their plans entering into the Big Ten, coming off of a national championship game (appearance), the resources they were…
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Author : AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Publish date : 2024-02-14 20:11:13
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