What in the name of Elroy Hirsch am I talking about, you ask? Not …

… but this, from Mike Lucas:

After speaking to the group as a whole, Paul Chryst conducted an impromptu meet-and-greet with individual Wisconsin players following a brief team meeting Wednesday afternoon. Some he had met before, some he was greeting for the first time.

“I had a chance to say, ‘Hey, good to see you again, good to see you got back here,’” recounted quarterback Joel Stave, who had been targeted by Chryst and former UW offensive line coach Bob Bostad during the recruiting process and agreed to walk on with the Badgers in 2011.

“I knew the kind of coach that he was from my experience with him. Obviously, I’ve never had him as a head coach. But having him as an offensive coordinator and quarterback coach (as a freshman), I got a chance to get to know him and I thought he did a tremendous job. I enjoyed playing for him.”

Stave’s freshman class included fullback Derek Watt, who was then a linebacker.

“After the meeting, he (Chryst) went out in the hall way,” Watt said, “and as every guy left the room, they had their minute or two to talk to him. All the kids he didn’t know, he’d ask, ‘Where are you from?’ to get as much information that he could in a quick, short time.

“You could tell that he definitely cares about the players. The whole meeting was all about us. He was obviously grateful for the opportunity (to coach here) but then it was about us — about the guys who play between the lines like he said (at his press conference).”

The one-on-ones, however short in length, served a valuable purpose, according to Watt. “He wanted to know where you’re from and where you’re coming from,” Watt said. “I look forward to having more football-related contact with him over the next couple of days.”

Watt did get a chance to ride over to the Kohl Center with Chryst. “And it was good to catch up with him a little bit and hear what he had to say,” Watt related. “It was small talk. But he actually asked about my exams and how I was doing in school. So I thought that was pretty cool.”

Sophomore tailback Corey Clement had the most interesting exchange with Chryst.

Upon greeting Clement, whom he bumped into during a tour of the Badgers’ facilities earlier on Wednesday, Chryst said, “Remember me?”

Clement nodded and said, “I remember you, Coach.”

In June of 2012, Clement verbally committed to Chryst and Pittsburgh. In October, he decommitted and eventually signed with Wisconsin.

On Wednesday, Clement noted, “He said, ‘You can’t run away from me forever.’”

That spawned further conversation. “That was the first thing we talked about,” Clement said. “We looked back at that moment and laughed. I did verbal to him but things do happen (in recruiting) and Wisconsin came into the picture. Now he’s got me back. This is what it was meant to be.”

What was Chryst’s recruiting pitch? “He’s a very humble guy,” Clement said. “When I was on my recruiting visit, all he did was talk about his players and how much he appreciated them. He said if I went to Pitt, I was going to be loved like I was one of his own family; it would feel like my second home.

“I remember just how welcoming he was. He was in the process of building Pitt after it had been down for a few years. And I respected him for being able to create such a positive attitude and path for the university. I wanted to be a part of that initially, but I was premature in where I really wanted to go.”

All’s well that ends well? “I wouldn’t want anybody but him now,” Clement said.