The meeting included specific grievances in which they felt Gard did not have their back, did not care for them or that they were being used by him only to improve his coaching resume.
“I just feel like, coach, we don’t have a relationship,” Nate Reuvers said on the audio file obtained by the Wisconsin State Journal.
“Ultimately coach, we just want the guy that came to us last year and apologized in tears,” Potter said on the recording.
Only senior Brad Davison elected to exercise his extra year of eligibility and return to Wisconsin of the seven who were eligible from last year’s roster, with four turning pro and two transferring.