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If y'all want Bret Bielema...

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5 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

then y'all can have him.
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wps88 said...
then y'all can have him.

Not happy with the hire 88? Just curious, do most Ark fans feel that way?
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You have him, you keep him...He turned me off with his anti SEC comments and crying, I do think he;s a good coach though
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I'm still pretty "unimpressed" by the hire. Some Hog fans felt the same way at first, but now most have warmed up to the thought of Bielema as our coach. We will struggle next year; it doesn't matter who we hired.
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I'm still pretty "unimpressed" by the hire. Some Hog fans felt the same way at first, but now most have warmed up to the thought of Bielema as our coach. We will struggle next year; it doesn't matter who we hired.

At least you have a coach. We may have to wait until Spring Practice to get one.
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knoxvolfan said...
At least you have a coach. We may have to wait until Spring Practice to get one.

No worries. Recruiting is overrated...
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I'm still pretty "unimpressed" by the hire. Some Hog fans felt the same way at first, but now most have warmed up to the thought of Bielema as our coach. We will struggle next year; it doesn't matter who we hired.

I think it was a good hire. I was very impressed when it was announced. Far more impressed than I'm afraid I will be when UT announces we are hiring an up and coming High School offensive coordinator.
Sorry... getting discouraged and it is starting to show.
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Auburn hired Malzahn. Y'all can't do any worse.
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I think it was a good hire. I was very impressed when it was announced. Far more impressed than I'm afraid I will be when UT announces we are hiring an up and coming High School offensive coordinator.
Sorry... getting discouraged and it is starting to show.

Going to the Sandy Creek semi final game here in Tyrone tomorrow night. We have a great coach who is playing for his 3rd state title in 4 years. I also get to watch Shak Wiggins play. He has cranked out some talent. Calvin Johnson, Kedrick Golston, Raijean Neal, Shak...
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Auburn hired Malzahn. Y'all can't do any worse.

Ah, remember we hired Dooley.
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I actually have a nice recruiting pitch if we don't have a coach by Spring.
Come to the school where no one tells you what to do.
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knoxvolfan said...
Ah, remember we hired Dooley.

I hated that hire from the beginning. He just seemed a little "slow."
Firing him before the season was over was not good pub for y'all.

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I actually have a nice recruiting pitch if we don't have a coach by Spring.
Come to the school where no one tells you what to do.

Sign me up!!!
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5 months ago

After Bielema's rant regarding Urban Meyer and how the B1G was not the SEC earlier this year, it strikes me as odd that he'd jump to the very conference he slammed before. When he has 13 other SEC schools recruiting against him the way Meyer did at OSU, how is he going to react?
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Bret B is a soft arrogant P$%^. He doesnt like the fact that someone else is recruiting his players? Then he will hate the SEC. That guy wont be able to understand the intensity and work load this conference demands. All I gotta say is he better open the check book because he wont sell one single recruit on his plan.
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Good Lord I think this is dumb. I would take BB at UT in a heartbeat. The guy makes it to 3 straight rose bowls, his W/L record is astounding and it's not like the Big Ten is a terrible conference either. He's young, he'll be allowed a larger amount of money so he can hire a better staff than what Wisconsin allowed him to come up with.
Step back and thank your lucky stars for BB 88 cuz he is top notch.
Who cares what he said about recruiting and the SEC. He was probably just upset that he didn't have the resources to compete with the SEC. You know what they say: if you can't beat em, join em. And now he'll have the resources. Look out.. I think you'll be presently surprised
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