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<blockquote data-quote="altgeld88" data-source="post: 1767893" data-attributes="member: 2886"><p>+ regardless of whether BB works out (say, he plateaus at 7-5 and gets canned eventually) it seems at this point that the program will be in substantially better shape than it was in the wake of Beckman/Cubit and Lovie, which would make attracting a successor HC of high quality much easier for Josh than it was when Lovie departed. BTW, I'm bullish on Bielema. (There's a slogan for a T-shirt.)</p><p></p><p>I disagree, however, that we can only reasonably expect a MAC coach. I think of Mike White, who had great success at Cal in the '70s before moving to the NFL, and John Mackovic, who was (IIRC) QB coach under Tom Landry at Dallas and the HC of the Chiefs before we hired him in late '88. (And had a thoroughly mediocre stint for three seasons at Wake Forest.)</p><p></p><p>Those two hires were of high quality and directly related to the AD Neale Stoner. The quality of candidate we can attract depends on the overall program infrastructure in place when we're out in the coaching market AND the national extent of the network that the AD has. After Turner and Zook were fired, in each case the infrastructure was lacking, Zook's recruiting notwithstanding. After Beckman and Lovie... it seemed fairly nonexistent. Plus Mike Thomas and Guenther seemed to me to be really parochial and limited in their scope of candidates. </p><p></p><p>(And ugh... thinking of Turner. He really drove us into a ditch after that BT title in '01 and a fair showing in '02.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altgeld88, post: 1767893, member: 2886"] + regardless of whether BB works out (say, he plateaus at 7-5 and gets canned eventually) it seems at this point that the program will be in substantially better shape than it was in the wake of Beckman/Cubit and Lovie, which would make attracting a successor HC of high quality much easier for Josh than it was when Lovie departed. BTW, I'm bullish on Bielema. (There's a slogan for a T-shirt.) I disagree, however, that we can only reasonably expect a MAC coach. I think of Mike White, who had great success at Cal in the '70s before moving to the NFL, and John Mackovic, who was (IIRC) QB coach under Tom Landry at Dallas and the HC of the Chiefs before we hired him in late '88. (And had a thoroughly mediocre stint for three seasons at Wake Forest.) Those two hires were of high quality and directly related to the AD Neale Stoner. The quality of candidate we can attract depends on the overall program infrastructure in place when we're out in the coaching market AND the national extent of the network that the AD has. After Turner and Zook were fired, in each case the infrastructure was lacking, Zook's recruiting notwithstanding. After Beckman and Lovie... it seemed fairly nonexistent. Plus Mike Thomas and Guenther seemed to me to be really parochial and limited in their scope of candidates. (And ugh... thinking of Turner. He really drove us into a ditch after that BT title in '01 and a fair showing in '02.) [/QUOTE]
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