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Poll: Grade the Bielema hire
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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1569222" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>That question flows from the same place as everyone's opinions of Bielema in general: how do you judge what happened at Arkansas?</p><p></p><p>If he's a guy who was just minding the store at a system program that has been exactly as good before him and after him, and then he got found out as soon as he had to do it himself at a program that cares immensely about football and gave him enormous resources, and now he's tumbled into the first gig dumb and desperate enough to give him another payday, the resume doesn't look so good.</p><p></p><p>If you look at him as one of the strongest Big Ten coaches of this century who remains in his prime age years and who also held his own in an impossible job fighting an uphill battle week after week with the very best programs in the country, and now he's back where he belongs personally and football-wise, in a situation where his resources are well-scaled to his competition, the resume looks pretty great.</p><p></p><p>And like, there's some truth to both of those. And neither guarantees what the outcome here will be. We haven't solved The Illinois Football Problem until the actual wins arrive, but at least we're on the front foot attacking for the first time in years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1569222, member: 746137"] That question flows from the same place as everyone's opinions of Bielema in general: how do you judge what happened at Arkansas? If he's a guy who was just minding the store at a system program that has been exactly as good before him and after him, and then he got found out as soon as he had to do it himself at a program that cares immensely about football and gave him enormous resources, and now he's tumbled into the first gig dumb and desperate enough to give him another payday, the resume doesn't look so good. If you look at him as one of the strongest Big Ten coaches of this century who remains in his prime age years and who also held his own in an impossible job fighting an uphill battle week after week with the very best programs in the country, and now he's back where he belongs personally and football-wise, in a situation where his resources are well-scaled to his competition, the resume looks pretty great. And like, there's some truth to both of those. And neither guarantees what the outcome here will be. We haven't solved The Illinois Football Problem until the actual wins arrive, but at least we're on the front foot attacking for the first time in years. [/QUOTE]
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