ORLANDO, Fla. – University of Wisconsin linebacker Mark Zalewski had a Dennis the Menace grin on his face, a playful, mischieveous grin. He was responding to a question about his new head coach, who just happens to be his old coach, his old position coach, Bret Bielema.
How, Zalewski was asked, will life change, if at all, now that Bielema was in charge of the whole football program and not just the linebackers or the defense. After kidding about the potential for giving Bielema some grief if he didn’t like the way the new head coach was running practice, Zalewski turned serious and said, “I can’t see a better candidate for head coach – just based on the energy that he brings and how much he loves the game….”