re: The only person that should be fired is Jeffery

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I used to be a huge fan of Long until Bielema's retarded and confusingly advantageous contract.

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Same here.

I was a pretty loyal supporter of Long until I finally said "no mas" and bailed on him this year, but the Bielema extension was the first time I really started questioning his decision-making. It was profoundly stupid and myopic to give a coach that kind of contract when he was 5 games under .500 and sitting on a 2-14 record in conference play at the time. He essentially made Bielema unfireable for several years despite having no signature season or bowl victory. Also, who was coming after Bret Bielema to even warrant that contract?

I understood Petrino's extension given that the program had shown significant improvement every season, we were coming off a Sugar Bowl appearance, and it would help to quell the negative recruiting and worries he might bolt for another job. None of those reasons were applicable to Bielema's situation.