re: Anonymous SEC coach talks about Bret Bielema

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Lots of stories out there that Bret left Wis. due to serious constraints on financing. He kept losing staff members to other, lesser schools because the A.D. would not authorize above average salaries for his staff, year after year. He was, by most accounts, fed up with having to hire new staff every year, especially with all the good results he was having.

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While this may be true, it's also pretty short-sighted.

Haven't checked, but I'd be willing to wager that Saban lost more assistants to other gigs from 2008-2012 than Bert did at Wisky over that same stretch. Sure, not in lateral moves, but the fact is that attrition is something all successful HCs have to contend with, no matter how much financial support they get from their AD.