ESPN analyst Greg McElroy weighed in on Wisconsin’s head coaching search during a Tuesday broadcast of College Football Live. According to McElroy, the search in Madison should be particularly easy for the Badgers and AD Chris McIntosh.

When it comes right down to it, McElroy sees only two real candidates that make sense for Wisconsin. He also had particularly high marks for Jim Leonhard, a player McElroy was teammates with during his stint in the NFL.

“This is the easiest coaching search of all time. Should be, at least, if they handle it appropriately,” said McElroy. “The timing makes a lot of sense because now you get ample amount of games to be able to assess whether Jim Leonhard’s capable of being able to take over the job. I’m as optimistic about Jim Leonhard as anybody, I played with him at the New York Jets…

“If he doesn’t perform well over the next 7 games then you politely say ‘Hey, thanks Jim, we really appreciate all that you’ve done, but we’re gonna go hire Lance Leipold.’ The guy won 6 national championships at Wisconsin-Whitewater, and I would assume – and he’s never made this publicly stated – that it’s his dream job.”

We’ll see how Leonhard performs as the interim throughout the rest of the season.