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re: SI: Bret Bielema is the Right Man for the Job
Posted on 9/23/15 at 8:08 pm to hogfly
Posted on 9/23/15 at 8:08 pm to hogfly
Wilson's senior year wasn't that great with Paul calling the plays where he had only Hamilton to throw the ball too.
I like what Enos is moving the offense towards, however, the staff needs to load the roster with talent at WR and more athleticism along the Oline. These two areas need to be focused on this recruiting cycle.
On the defense, Smith and staff need to load up on LBs primarily and get anyone who can push the upper classmen for playing time in the secondary and at DE.
Basically, the recruiting classes have been a little "unbalanced" the need another "unbalanced" class this year at certain positions (not just in numbers but also talent).
Perhaps then, after looking at the roster, a balanced approach can be taken to sustain depth at all positions on the roster from this point forward.
Unfortunately looking back at the roster when Bert took over and the losses that would occur "immediately" in the first two years and now looking at the players that haven't panned out or have sustained injuries, its hard to honestly say he took over a rebuild job that would happen in any time shorter than 4-5 years, especially since he has taken the redshirt route (which Arkansas desperately needed) vs the JUCO route to balance out the roster in class standing due to all the losses that occurred from the classes immediately before his arrival.
JMO
I like what Enos is moving the offense towards, however, the staff needs to load the roster with talent at WR and more athleticism along the Oline. These two areas need to be focused on this recruiting cycle.
On the defense, Smith and staff need to load up on LBs primarily and get anyone who can push the upper classmen for playing time in the secondary and at DE.
Basically, the recruiting classes have been a little "unbalanced" the need another "unbalanced" class this year at certain positions (not just in numbers but also talent).
Perhaps then, after looking at the roster, a balanced approach can be taken to sustain depth at all positions on the roster from this point forward.
Unfortunately looking back at the roster when Bert took over and the losses that would occur "immediately" in the first two years and now looking at the players that haven't panned out or have sustained injuries, its hard to honestly say he took over a rebuild job that would happen in any time shorter than 4-5 years, especially since he has taken the redshirt route (which Arkansas desperately needed) vs the JUCO route to balance out the roster in class standing due to all the losses that occurred from the classes immediately before his arrival.
JMO
Posted on 9/23/15 at 8:26 pm to DaleDenton
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he took over a rebuild job that would happen in any time shorter than 4-5 years, especially since he has taken the redshirt route (which Arkansas desperately needed) vs the JUCO route to balance out the roster in class standing due to all the losses that occurred from the classes immediately before his arrival.
this is key
Bert's decision to go the long road building the foundation the right way that has a high probability of working instead of going the quick fix route that might work with less stable foundation hurts in the short term, but is better in the long run. That decision tells me he knew his AD has his back until that plan is supposed to come to fruition, which should be like you said in 4-5 years. If it doesn't bare fruit, Bert's gone.
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