re: John L. Smith Highlights

This. What Clothe said was spot on. There were definitely a shite-ton of homers [mostly HV types] who thought that we wouldn't miss a beat.

I'll admit, I thought we would win eight to nine games last year, because I thought that even a moron could coach that team to eight or nine wins. Problem is...a moron would have been an improvement over Johnelle.

Part of the problem was the timing at which Petrino got fired. There was no real option to come in and take the job, so I think Jeff Long made the move both to buy him some time and to make it look like he's not just promoting interim coaches. I would have rather had an interim coach tbh.

Another thing, while I am excited about Bielema, I don't know if he's going to be a better coach than Petrino. Yes Petrino had his faults, but every coach does. Petrino was hands down a top 5 coach in the country. Obviously the jury is still out, but I'm still taking a wait and see approach. That being said, I'm very impressed with what Bielema has done on the recruiting front.