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Bret Bielema Takes Reins of Illinois Football
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<blockquote data-quote="FollowMeDontFollowMe" data-source="post: 1568555" data-attributes="member: 747782"><p>At the time I thought Lovie was a great hire. He didn’t win games but otherwise worked out In many ways. First of all, who else would take the job?</p><p></p><p>Zook was clearly bitter about being fired, and in hindsight the program wasn’t that bad. He just needed to figure out how to win 1 or 2 more games a year - the talent was there to do it.</p><p></p><p>Then instead of finding the right guy to get those couple extra games everyone turned down the job until we ended up with Beckman. I’m pretty sure at the Beckman hiring most people would’ve wished we could just forget the whole thing and bring back Zook. I know I did.</p><p></p><p>The Lovie hire saved the university more embarrassment, and brought some credibility. He was at least a palette cleanser, and I think the narrative of his failure regarding his refusal to recruit actually benefits Bielema and the university. I think it helps foster some optimism that another coach could come in here and get the job done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FollowMeDontFollowMe, post: 1568555, member: 747782"] At the time I thought Lovie was a great hire. He didn’t win games but otherwise worked out In many ways. First of all, who else would take the job? Zook was clearly bitter about being fired, and in hindsight the program wasn’t that bad. He just needed to figure out how to win 1 or 2 more games a year - the talent was there to do it. Then instead of finding the right guy to get those couple extra games everyone turned down the job until we ended up with Beckman. I’m pretty sure at the Beckman hiring most people would’ve wished we could just forget the whole thing and bring back Zook. I know I did. The Lovie hire saved the university more embarrassment, and brought some credibility. He was at least a palette cleanser, and I think the narrative of his failure regarding his refusal to recruit actually benefits Bielema and the university. I think it helps foster some optimism that another coach could come in here and get the job done. [/QUOTE]
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