In a recent fan survey conducted by The Athletic’s Jesse Temple, coach Paul Chryst and the Wisconsin football program received extremely positive reviews.
Temple, The Athletic’s beat reporter for the Wisconsin football and men’s basketball teams, conducted a survey a few weeks ago in which he asked questions about fans’ approval rating of Chryst overall as a coach, the program as a whole, Chryst as a recruiter and as an on-field coach, whether the fans believe the team will contend for a Big Ten title in the near future, who they believe should start at quarterback in 2020 and much more.
*How likely is it Wisconsin reaches the Playoff in the next 5 years?
*Which position group has you the most/least optimistic?
*Is Wisconsin closing the gap on Ohio St.?
*Who is your favorite Badger?
Fans answered these questions and more in our survey. https://t.co/F64JNJNNvx
— Jesse Temple (@jessetemple) April 17, 2020
The results were almost all positive in terms of the state of Chryst’s tenure as coach and the outlook for the team going forward.
Specifically, on a scale from 1-5 with five being the highest, fans’ average response to their overall approval with the current state of the program was 4.41.
In terms of Chryst specifically, fans’ average response to their approval with the job Chryst has done thus far came in at 4.43, their average response to his job as an on-field coach was 3.828 and that for him as a recruiter was 3.96.
Other meaningful results were that 90.3 percent of respondents believed the Badgers would win the Big Ten within the next five years, 62.2 percent thought Jack Coan should start the season at quarterback and 49.4 percent answered “wide receiver” to what position group they were least optimistic about.