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<blockquote data-quote="Old.Edgy" data-source="post: 1946625" data-attributes="member: 748325"><p>I don't think Bielema is the kind to 'fire' his OC mid-season, but I think he'll definitely have to have a 'Come to Jesus' meeting - again ! ... I think the problems are multi-faceted - Both for the Offense and the Defense... <strong>First:</strong> We aren't big enough, strong enough, or fast enough... And the players that ARE those things are in short, SHORT supply - even when they aren't on the injured list... <strong>Second:</strong> It's difficult for our position coaches to 'coach-up' players in a developmental program, when they don't have 'top talent' to work with. And THAT is why it takes soooo long to rebuild a bad to mediocre team into any kind of success... <strong>Third:</strong> When you change head coaches and coordinators every couple of years, it's difficult to build any kind of consistency, and without consistency it's really hard to develop any kind of sustainable success, and we've been changing coaches regularly since 1959... <strong>Fourth:</strong> It's really <u><em>difficult</em></u> to get the kind of coaching and player talent necessary to change this kind of 'losing culture'... <em>Although I do believe that Josh Whitman and coach B are giving their best shot...</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Finally:</strong> We're Illinois football, and we aren't allowed to have nice things. We are ALLOWED to catch lightning in a bottle once a decade, but not more than that, so we must learn to accept that and just enjoy those times WHEN they happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old.Edgy, post: 1946625, member: 748325"] I don't think Bielema is the kind to 'fire' his OC mid-season, but I think he'll definitely have to have a 'Come to Jesus' meeting - again ! ... I think the problems are multi-faceted - Both for the Offense and the Defense... [B]First:[/B] We aren't big enough, strong enough, or fast enough... And the players that ARE those things are in short, SHORT supply - even when they aren't on the injured list... [B]Second:[/B] It's difficult for our position coaches to 'coach-up' players in a developmental program, when they don't have 'top talent' to work with. And THAT is why it takes soooo long to rebuild a bad to mediocre team into any kind of success... [B]Third:[/B] When you change head coaches and coordinators every couple of years, it's difficult to build any kind of consistency, and without consistency it's really hard to develop any kind of sustainable success, and we've been changing coaches regularly since 1959... [B]Fourth:[/B] It's really [U][I]difficult[/I][/U] to get the kind of coaching and player talent necessary to change this kind of 'losing culture'... [I]Although I do believe that Josh Whitman and coach B are giving their best shot...[/I] [B]Finally:[/B] We're Illinois football, and we aren't allowed to have nice things. We are ALLOWED to catch lightning in a bottle once a decade, but not more than that, so we must learn to accept that and just enjoy those times WHEN they happen. [/QUOTE]
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