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Bret Bielema Takes Reins of Illinois Football
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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1567485" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>There are a lot of similarities between Les Miles at LSU and Mack Brown at Texas. Older guys whose knowledge was centered in an older era of football and who weren't naturals at being the CEO of an operation of the size and complexity of the modern college football superpower. They reached an expiration date on those projects.</p><p></p><p>The Mack Brown project at UNC was from day 1 much more thoughtfully planned and structured than the Les Miles project at Kansas. Some of that just reflects the relative strength and resources of the programs of course, but it's also pretty clear that Miles took the first P5 job that offered on a lark and doesn't really think of his LSU tenure as anything to transition away from.</p><p></p><p>The quality of the staff will tell which way Bielema goes on that. I'm not entirely sure whether we want a classic Wisconsin/Arkansas Bielema staff or not though, it will be interesting to see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1567485, member: 746137"] There are a lot of similarities between Les Miles at LSU and Mack Brown at Texas. Older guys whose knowledge was centered in an older era of football and who weren't naturals at being the CEO of an operation of the size and complexity of the modern college football superpower. They reached an expiration date on those projects. The Mack Brown project at UNC was from day 1 much more thoughtfully planned and structured than the Les Miles project at Kansas. Some of that just reflects the relative strength and resources of the programs of course, but it's also pretty clear that Miles took the first P5 job that offered on a lark and doesn't really think of his LSU tenure as anything to transition away from. The quality of the staff will tell which way Bielema goes on that. I'm not entirely sure whether we want a classic Wisconsin/Arkansas Bielema staff or not though, it will be interesting to see. [/QUOTE]
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