re: Alright, I'm done. Anderson needs to go.

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If Bielema is struggling to make a bowl in year 5, is he to be given a long leash because of his success at Wisconsin? Again, I'm not calling for Anderson to be fired at all, I'm just reiterating my original hesitation with hiring him.

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Stuggling to make a bowl or missing a bowl?

Its hard to compare the situations because CBB can flip his roster quicker by being allowed to sign a full offensive and defensive string (25 players), by year three he will have a core group of his recruits who have received his development. The numbers of 85 recruits allows more leeway with the APR.

In basketball, Mike has had to keep guys he probably would not have due to the APR, one guy flunking out can do far more damage to the program than in football. The other issue is he was forced to keep all the guys who Pel signed in his first class, 5 total or 39% of the team in one class. None of those guys had offers from him while at Mizzou, Madden was the only one I can recall him having interest in, Young he had no interest in. All of this basically set the timeline back one year, year 3 and he has only 2 recruiting classes on campus and has added 2 transfers to make up for that first class.

You have to examine the situations of each program, as every situation after a coaching change will be different. That is what Jeff Long is paid to do, but the fan base can continue to scream 3 years is enough for basketball, 4 for football like every situation is exactly the same...