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<blockquote data-quote="BashCtIllini" data-source="post: 1949239" data-attributes="member: 748491"><p>I look at a school like Wisconsin. What advantage does Wisconsin have over Illinois? Similar location, similar academic prestige, same conference, we have more instate talent. But I mentioned early, over the last 41 years, we have won 43% of our games, Wisconsin has won 62% of their games. If we changed that to from Barry Alvarez forward (33 years) they've won 67% (Illinois 40%) of their games. And actually Alvarez is the low point. Every coach since Barry has won more than 70% of their games, Bielema won 73% of his games at Wisconsin.</p><p></p><p>So why can Wisconsin be consistently strong but we can't? Why can they bring in 3 coaches in a row to win 70+% of their games? Fickell could very well make that 4. I'm sure there is a strong backing from the administration. But what I find even more curious about Wisconsin is, Bielema wins 73% of his games over 7 seasons, leaves for Arkansas and wins 46% of his games. Granted the SEC West is very strong, but that's a big drop. Gary Anderson wins 74% of his games in 2 years, leaves and bombs at Oregon State, then gets booted from his old Utah State job in 2 years. Paul Chryst wins 71% of his games, gets fired for 1 slow start and he's an Offensive Analyst now, not even a coordinator.</p><p></p><p>So what the heck is Wisconsin doing? Feel like Whitman should make friends and study that program, because they have been consistently strong for decades. We appear to be trying to hire as many Wisconsin coaches as possible, but something going on in Madison is just different. We need to emulate it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BashCtIllini, post: 1949239, member: 748491"] I look at a school like Wisconsin. What advantage does Wisconsin have over Illinois? Similar location, similar academic prestige, same conference, we have more instate talent. But I mentioned early, over the last 41 years, we have won 43% of our games, Wisconsin has won 62% of their games. If we changed that to from Barry Alvarez forward (33 years) they've won 67% (Illinois 40%) of their games. And actually Alvarez is the low point. Every coach since Barry has won more than 70% of their games, Bielema won 73% of his games at Wisconsin. So why can Wisconsin be consistently strong but we can't? Why can they bring in 3 coaches in a row to win 70+% of their games? Fickell could very well make that 4. I'm sure there is a strong backing from the administration. But what I find even more curious about Wisconsin is, Bielema wins 73% of his games over 7 seasons, leaves for Arkansas and wins 46% of his games. Granted the SEC West is very strong, but that's a big drop. Gary Anderson wins 74% of his games in 2 years, leaves and bombs at Oregon State, then gets booted from his old Utah State job in 2 years. Paul Chryst wins 71% of his games, gets fired for 1 slow start and he's an Offensive Analyst now, not even a coordinator. So what the heck is Wisconsin doing? Feel like Whitman should make friends and study that program, because they have been consistently strong for decades. We appear to be trying to hire as many Wisconsin coaches as possible, but something going on in Madison is just different. We need to emulate it. [/QUOTE]
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