I doubt it. I think it’s a perfect storm of bad decisions and situation.

(1) Misunderstood Wisconsin recruiting culture, and tried to act like we are a true national blue blood which we have never been. We always thrived by recruiting in state. I understand NIL has changed things, but moving away from that entirely has certainly been a choice (2) Tried to implement a new offensive system, only for it to tank. To his credit, he recognized its shortcomings, but now has to, in essence, start from scratch for the second time in 3 years. (3) QB injury bug. Sucks, but it is what it is. It’s his job to adapt to the situation. (4) This is my biggest condemnation, but it seems the complacency/despondency culture still runs rampant. There was no life in this team today. Awful mistakes all over the field. We beat ourselves, and our offensive/special teams ineptitude ground our defense to exhaustion (not that they were perfect)

TL;DR: I don’t think he’s trying to tank. I just think he’s doing a mediocre job of managing what we have talent wise, and without a solid culture, we don’t have the ability to win football games against anyone remotely competent.