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Poll: Grade the Bielema hire
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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1569234" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>It's crazy how different all of our modern hires have been:</p><p></p><p>Blackman - 16 years of outstanding success in the Ivy League</p><p>Moeller - Right hand man of the Michigan dynasty</p><p>White - Fairly successful at Cal then fired for recruiting violations</p><p>Mackovic - Fairly impressive rebuild at Wake Forest, then jumped to an NFL HC job briefly with mixed results</p><p>Tepper - Internal promotion of Mackovic's DC</p><p>Turner - NFL offensive coordinator after a West Coast college background</p><p>Zook - Hired immediately after being fired by Florida</p><p>Beckman - Brief, successful MAC tenure</p><p>Lovie - Long, successful NFL career</p><p>Bielema - Big success at Wisconsin then failure at Arkansas, followed by an NFL sojourn</p><p></p><p>Arguably Bielema is just a luxury Zook. And I guess Beckman and Blackman are both sort of "mid major up and comer" hires, though their backgrounds could hardly be more different.</p><p></p><p>We've gone in just about every different direction you can go. Go back further and Pete Elliott was poached directly from another major conference school (he's a contender for best resume) and Robert Zuppke was a high school coach.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1569234, member: 746137"] It's crazy how different all of our modern hires have been: Blackman - 16 years of outstanding success in the Ivy League Moeller - Right hand man of the Michigan dynasty White - Fairly successful at Cal then fired for recruiting violations Mackovic - Fairly impressive rebuild at Wake Forest, then jumped to an NFL HC job briefly with mixed results Tepper - Internal promotion of Mackovic's DC Turner - NFL offensive coordinator after a West Coast college background Zook - Hired immediately after being fired by Florida Beckman - Brief, successful MAC tenure Lovie - Long, successful NFL career Bielema - Big success at Wisconsin then failure at Arkansas, followed by an NFL sojourn Arguably Bielema is just a luxury Zook. And I guess Beckman and Blackman are both sort of "mid major up and comer" hires, though their backgrounds could hardly be more different. We've gone in just about every different direction you can go. Go back further and Pete Elliott was poached directly from another major conference school (he's a contender for best resume) and Robert Zuppke was a high school coach. [/QUOTE]
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