Bret Bielema Takes Reins of Illinois Football

#255      
You know, Winston Churchill was also a dissolute a$$hole when he was a younger man. And there was that epic debacle at Gallipoli in WWI when he was head of the British Navy at barely 40 yrs old.

;)
 
#259      
You know, Winston Churchill was also a dissolute a$$hole when he was a younger man. And there was that epic debacle at Gallipoli in WWI when he was head of the British Navy at barely 40 yrs old.

;)
Take a look at how much Churchill would drink on a daily basis. It was pretty amazing. 🍾🍷
 
#262      
People who are worried about his behavior can rest easy knwoing he'll be gone at the right time.


Plus 2 extra years.
 
#263      

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#265      
Someone convince me that this isn't the equivalent of Kansas hiring Les Miles. I laughed at that hire. Seems like a lot of outsiders are laughing at this hire.
Les Miles never was a stable presence, he was just able to get kids at LSU...which isn’t as hard. Not saying he couldn’t coach, but I think Kansas is a tougher place to build a football team.
 
#267      
Brett needs to completely clean house. This also includes the strength and conditioning staff. The first go around with Lou, he had freak athletes. Anybody could have gotten the job done. The strength coach is the guy who really sets the culture and tone. The lack of speed develop and strength of our players the couple of years has been obvious.
 
#272      
I’m surprised. I don’t hate it.

Anyone have an idea what happened at Arkansas? He seemed to have that program more on less on track, competitive in an absolute beast of a division, bowl games and wins over top 10 teams in three consecutive seasons, and then the wheels came off in season 5.

If someone could convince me there was something flukish to his end at Arkansas and not the gradual erosion of talent that bottomed out when his predecessor’s last recruit left town, I’d feel better about this hire.
from '13-'17 Arkansas was 1- 14 versus Alabama, Auburn and A&M.

I don't know much more than this.
 
#275      
So you'd be happy with 29-34? This is your definition of success?
Looking at that win percentage (of 46%), I would indeed take a 17-19 regular season record in his first three years......with a Gator Bowl invite in year 3. The program then takes off in year 4!
 
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