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Wisconsin defensive coordinator Mike Tressel is impressed with what he’s seen from the team’s veterans on defense entering the 2024 season.
He shared his sentiment with the Big Ten Network crew as they made their annual trip to the Badgers fall training camp. The focus: the presence of senior safety Hunter Wohler and linebacker Jake Chaney.
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“I think the leadership is completely different in terms of those guys really hold their teammates accountable,” Tressel said. “It’s so much better when the players hold each other accountable than when the coaches get involved in that. That is so much better.”
Wohler and Chaney both return after finishing 2023 as two of the Badgers’ statistical leaders. That season, as explained by many, was unique in that it was an adjustment period for everybody, head coach on down. It’s reasonable to assume that setting created an unusual dynamic, especially for the previous leaders under Paul Chryst and Jim Leonhard who elected to stay after Fickell’s hire.
That dynamic is all gone entering 2024. Wohler and Chaney are two of the team’s senior leaders on defense, and have clearly left a positive impression on their coordinator.
“𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙪𝙮𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚.” 🗣️
Mike Tressel talks about how Jake Chaney and Hunter Wohler have grown as leaders.#B1GFootball x @BadgerFootball pic.twitter.com/c36r0GAqJR
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“The other thing is we’ve challenged them to be problem solvers. We’ve put them in positions to see some things that they haven’t seen during practice or on film,”…
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Author : Badgers Wire
Publish date : 2024-08-18 17:56:35
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