Why did Bert fail?

He said it himself in his final PC, he didn’t sign enough o and d lineman his first two years and it bit him in the butt.

This is one of the main reasons.

You know I don't have an answer to that and I probably can't articulate what I want to say very well...



When I was in high school I was a decent enough ball player, but there were times where I would get upset and get in this mental state where I just tuned everything out. I just had this pissed off look on my face and I basically never shifted gears. It hurt my team at times and when several of us got in that state we got our asses kicked. We didn't have a presence on our team that would snap everybody out of that funk.

I feel like Arkansas currently has the same issue and the lack of that leadership has created a culture of losing. They're mentally soft and easily broken. The talent is there but the mindset is not. Bielema never got this corrected and that is why we saw the inexplicable late season 2nd half collapses last year and the lack of give a shite this year.

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When I was in high school I was a decent enough ball player, but there were times where I would get upset and get in this mental state where I just tuned everything out. I just had this pissed off look on my face and I basically never shifted gears. It hurt my team at times and when several of us got in that state we got our asses kicked. We didn't have a presence on our team that would snap everybody out of that funk.

I feel like Arkansas currently has the same issue and the lack of that leadership has created a culture of losing. They're mentally soft and easily broken. The talent is there but the mindset is not. Bielema never got this corrected and that is why we saw the inexplicable late season 2nd half collapses last year and the lack of give a shite this year.

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I think that is pretty spot on. Recruiting is what people will point the fingers at but this is probably reason numero uno for what happened to us. Once things started going bad they were bound to keep going bad.

Ben, Kurt, and recruiting.

Dude talked noise while in the B1G, talked noise when he got here.



29-34

GTFO

Talent development and utilization, IMO.

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Why did Bert fail?

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My wife asked me this same question tonight when I got home from the game. Here’s what my answer was.

Bert failed because of 3 key reasons, all of which tie back to hubris and stubbornness.

1. Bad coordinator hires
Our staff was a veritable revolving door under Bert. Bad DC hires, the DL coach hires after Patridge left were questionable hires at the time and turned out to be horrific, and Anderson was a terrible hire for OL coach.

2. Awful strength and conditioning philosophy
I’ve written about this ad nauseum on here, but Herb is unquestionably the worst S&C coach in the conference and among the worst in the country. His philosophy and piss poor conditioning cost us countless games via blown leads. When your S&C coach admits that it took him 4 years to realize that speed and conditioning matter in the SEC, you know you’re effed.

3. Underestimating the SEC
Another thing we’ve all discussed ad nauseum and something Bert has admitted. It goes without saying that he underestimated the dynamics of the SEC, and it manifested itself in the above two points.

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1. Bad coordinator hires
Our staff was a veritable revolving door under Bert. Bad DC hires, the DL coach hires after Patridge left were questionable hires at the time and turned out to be horrific, and Anderson was a terrible hire for OL coach.

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Oh wait
Alvarez didn't give Bert the $$$$$$ for coordinators

First Bert Myth

I think he underestimated pretty much everything about the SEC.

The speed and athleticism, the caliber of coaching, the grind and workload, the recruiting wars, the fan obsession and dedication, the expectations, the culture, and the general dynamic of the league, I’d posit he came in completely blind and underestimated all of it.