Was
Was Leonard the guy that they wanted to keep (thinking he had a lot of upside and would eventually be a HC) so they let go of Hank?
No Dave Aranda who followed Gary Andersen to Wisconsin from Utah State in 2013. Aranda ended up going to LSU to DC under Orgeron in 2016. And now he’s the head coach of Baylor.
To be fair, in his three years at Wisconsin, Aranda oversaw some very strong defenses at Wisconsin. Over Aranda's three-year span as defensive coordinator at Wisconsin his defense ranked first nationally in total defense, second in scoring defense, third in pass defense and fourth in run defense. His final season with the Badgers his defense came in first in scoring defense, allowing just 13.1 points per game. He was also considered more valuable than Hank, given his recruiting prowess.
I'm just glad (and so is Fitz) that the Badgers had an embarrassment of riches at the time and Hank was made available for us. Had he not been, I guess what we see now is probably what we could have expected for the bulk of CPF’s tenure.