This winter, Badger basketball and hockey fans have been given much to gripe about — two teams that underperformed with large expectations.
Traditionally, when a team underperforms, fans point their fingers to the coach and in both cases, they may have an argument.
For the basketball team, their recent success has jolted Badger fans’ views of Head Coach Greg Gard and flipped them upside down. Gard went from a coach who couldn’t recruit in-state players to the “silent assassin,” written on shirts worn by players and now being sold to fans.
For the hockey team, however, their continued lack of success has caused the feelings of fans toward Head Coach Tony Granato to get worse.