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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1568043" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>He did every galaxy-brained half-measure he could to try to make up for the fact that he wasn't doing enough to get players or hiring a staff with the recruiting chops to carry the load.</p><p></p><p>First it was firing Josh Sternquist because Lovie's NFL scouting guy (his name eludes me, help me out) was going to be the Tape Whisperer and find great talent that others couldn't.</p><p></p><p>Then it was hiring Cory Patterson, which, in fairness, worked very well, though obviously is not a scalable, sustainable way to get players.</p><p></p><p>Then it became the transfer portal.</p><p></p><p>At all times his staff was carrying around a bunch of guys who were zeroes on the trail. Liggy Stardust, Nickerson, Mike Phair, Gill Byrd, and then above all Miles.</p><p></p><p>It's so frustrating. You look back on Beckman and truly, he did all he was capable of at Illinois. The first staff - made up of good coaches! - just catastrophically fell apart, and Beckman just isn't the guy that could have recovered from that. We failed by giving him the job in the first place.</p><p></p><p>Lovie could have been different. Maybe not different enough, but there's so much we had every reason to expect he would have done better. And by the time of the legendary "Chayce Crouch is the undisputed leader of our football team", it was obvious to anyone paying attention that it was all going horribly wrong.</p><p></p><p>Once bitten, twice shy, I'm going to believe Bielema, another veteran retread getting a fat contract that exceeds his market value, isn't the same story when I see it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1568043, member: 746137"] He did every galaxy-brained half-measure he could to try to make up for the fact that he wasn't doing enough to get players or hiring a staff with the recruiting chops to carry the load. First it was firing Josh Sternquist because Lovie's NFL scouting guy (his name eludes me, help me out) was going to be the Tape Whisperer and find great talent that others couldn't. Then it was hiring Cory Patterson, which, in fairness, worked very well, though obviously is not a scalable, sustainable way to get players. Then it became the transfer portal. At all times his staff was carrying around a bunch of guys who were zeroes on the trail. Liggy Stardust, Nickerson, Mike Phair, Gill Byrd, and then above all Miles. It's so frustrating. You look back on Beckman and truly, he did all he was capable of at Illinois. The first staff - made up of good coaches! - just catastrophically fell apart, and Beckman just isn't the guy that could have recovered from that. We failed by giving him the job in the first place. Lovie could have been different. Maybe not different enough, but there's so much we had every reason to expect he would have done better. And by the time of the legendary "Chayce Crouch is the undisputed leader of our football team", it was obvious to anyone paying attention that it was all going horribly wrong. Once bitten, twice shy, I'm going to believe Bielema, another veteran retread getting a fat contract that exceeds his market value, isn't the same story when I see it. [/QUOTE]
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