It’s standard operating procedure for the head coach to meet with the team at the start of the second semester. But, for the first time in 16 years, a different voice was addressing the Badger players. “I don’t want any surprises,” Bielema told them. “You guys understand what we’re going to do and where we need to be, and I expect the (right) attitude to be there when we get there.”
….Last week, two UW redshirt freshmen, Antonio Freeman and Jameson Davis, were pulled over for speeding and arrested after marijuana was found in the car. Both have been suspended from the team for violating the school’s student-athlete discipline policy.
“One of the things that has to be a mainstay is consistency in discipline to make sure there is an understanding and everybody is on the same page,” said Bielema, who brought the incident to the attention of everyone in the room just in case somebody wasn’t aware of the consequences: the subsequent publicity, media scrutiny and the ramifications to the program.