Luke Fickell had inherited an unenviable mess.
This isn't Paul Chryst slander and you're not reading a Wisconsin season preview - we're talking about took place 13 offseasons ago in Columbus over this past weekend when Jim Tressel was abruptly separated from the first B1G dynasty of the millennium.
Fickell was handed the reins of his alma mater at the onset of summer with a coaching staff meticulously designed to support the Tresselball Industrial Complex, which meant he did not inherit a dedicated play caller or a quarterbacks instructor. A Linebackers coach would be casting the deciding vote in a play calling conflict.