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Arky fans..seriously, where did it go wrong with Bielema?
Posted on 8/25/18 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 8/25/18 at 2:54 pm
He went from 0-8 to 2-6 to 5-3 in the league his first 3 years. Now, as tough as the SEC is I doubted he would take that next step, but I figured he’d be able to sustain that 5-3/4-4 level by recruiting those huge linemen and building a brand around physical play.
When we played y’all in 2014/2015 and had to stop your NFL RB’s running behind 375 lb linemen in November, I was like “well this is gonna be a huge pain in the arse every year”. And then it all went south. What happened?
When we played y’all in 2014/2015 and had to stop your NFL RB’s running behind 375 lb linemen in November, I was like “well this is gonna be a huge pain in the arse every year”. And then it all went south. What happened?
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Posted on 8/25/18 at 2:56 pm to RidiculousHype
When he ate that fifth sweet roll.
Posted on 8/25/18 at 2:56 pm to RidiculousHype
The buffet line.
Posted on 8/25/18 at 2:58 pm to RidiculousHype
We're a week from the season why are we talking about Bret Bielema? 
Like asking you where it went wrong with Les Miles.
Like asking you where it went wrong with Les Miles.
Posted on 8/25/18 at 3:04 pm to RidiculousHype
The job was tougher than he expected. I'm not sure he had the work ethic to succeed at a place like Arkansas. His style wasn't a good fit. You can't bully around schools like bama, LSU, or Auburn.
Posted on 8/25/18 at 3:30 pm to RidiculousHype
He did not realize the disparity between the SEC and the Big 10?
Posted on 8/25/18 at 3:40 pm to RidiculousHype
The hiring of Kurt Anderson as OL coach. Our o line play relatively hit rock bottom the day he took over, and o line was supposed to be the team's foundation. The foundation crumbled and so did everything else. It also didn't help anything that Jeff Long and Bielema created a culture of integrity first, winning second.
Posted on 8/25/18 at 3:46 pm to RidiculousHype
The minute I heard Drew Morgan mention that Bret slept during film reviews, I knew he was the wrong guy for Arkansas. Like it was mentioned before, He got lazy, hired the wrong OL coach, and etc.
Posted on 8/25/18 at 4:02 pm to RidiculousHype
I'm not an Arky fan, but I might be one of the few remaining Bielema fans. I think Bielema tried to build a football team the right (or what I consider right) way -- developing a fundamentally sound team that punished you in the trenches and used the ground game to open up the QB play. Just basic tried-and-true football, nothing flashy. He tried to emulate Saban, but he lacked Saban's defensive coaching acumen and Saban's recruiting prowess, and the SEC is brutal on teams that lack good recruiting.
Now I'm going to make a completely unsubstantiated wild guess as to why he declined -- he came in when the rest of the SEC was adapting to Bama and LSU's style of football, which meant the SEC was getting better at taking on teams like the one he was trying to build. I admit this isn't actually a well-documented theory, but it makes some sense to me.
Now I'm going to make a completely unsubstantiated wild guess as to why he declined -- he came in when the rest of the SEC was adapting to Bama and LSU's style of football, which meant the SEC was getting better at taking on teams like the one he was trying to build. I admit this isn't actually a well-documented theory, but it makes some sense to me.
Posted on 8/25/18 at 4:24 pm to RidiculousHype
Even in the season he went 5-3 in the SEC, he lost to Toledo and Texas Tech. If we just win those games it’s a possible 10-3 season after the bowl. The 2016 team blew two huge leads to end the year or that’s a 9-win team.
Our 2014 team was the same way, I really think that team was better than their record but we just lost SO many close games and our terrible kicking game cost us a couple. We had a top 10 defense that year and an NFL RB duo, Hunter Henry, etc.
We just weren’t very physical at all his last few years and were probably the slowest team in the SEC. Our OL had crumbled and the defense reached historic lows after the loss of several players to the NFL. He had some fleeting moments where we looked great but seemed to take two steps back and his record overall turned out to be pretty terrible.
Our 2014 team was the same way, I really think that team was better than their record but we just lost SO many close games and our terrible kicking game cost us a couple. We had a top 10 defense that year and an NFL RB duo, Hunter Henry, etc.
We just weren’t very physical at all his last few years and were probably the slowest team in the SEC. Our OL had crumbled and the defense reached historic lows after the loss of several players to the NFL. He had some fleeting moments where we looked great but seemed to take two steps back and his record overall turned out to be pretty terrible.
Posted on 8/25/18 at 4:56 pm to RidiculousHype
Nothing should have stuck with Bert forever ..the vatech beamer way
Posted on 8/25/18 at 4:57 pm to RidiculousHype
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He went from 0-8 to 2-6 to 5-3 in the league his first 3 years. Now, as tough as the SEC is I doubted he would take that next step, but I figured he’d be able to sustain that 5-3/4-4 level by recruiting those huge linemen and building a brand around physical play.
When we played y’all in 2014/2015 and had to stop your NFL RB’s running behind 375 lb linemen in November, I was like “well this is gonna be a huge pain in the arse every year”. And then it all went south. What happened?
Missouri happened to stop Arky in their tracks!
Posted on 8/25/18 at 5:35 pm to RidiculousHype
He became enamored with hiring asst coaches who had a year or two of flimsy "NFL experience" and pretty soon we were a staff full of graduate assistants.
The Robb Smith hire was just stupid. He was probably the worst SEC defensive coordinator hire in history. There was no reasonable thought process behind it other than, again, some strange "NFL" thing in Bert's mind since Smith had done a year or two as a linebacker coach or something with dipshit Schiano.
It's as if Bielema decided his own experience was not good enough to evaluate coaches, and so he resorted to thinking "NFL" low level guys were some hidden gems.
In other words, he was lazy as hell.
Plus he's a fricking alcoholic. He needs to get help.
The Robb Smith hire was just stupid. He was probably the worst SEC defensive coordinator hire in history. There was no reasonable thought process behind it other than, again, some strange "NFL" thing in Bert's mind since Smith had done a year or two as a linebacker coach or something with dipshit Schiano.
It's as if Bielema decided his own experience was not good enough to evaluate coaches, and so he resorted to thinking "NFL" low level guys were some hidden gems.
In other words, he was lazy as hell.
Plus he's a fricking alcoholic. He needs to get help.
Posted on 8/25/18 at 8:17 pm to RidiculousHype
Bielema somehow recruited for a system that fit a guy like Chad Morris.
He couldn't settle on an identity or recruit to fit it.
The loss of Sam Pittman did Bielema in.
He couldn't settle on an identity or recruit to fit it.
The loss of Sam Pittman did Bielema in.
Posted on 8/25/18 at 8:28 pm to RidiculousHype
He got lazy. There were reports of him sleeping in the film room among other things.
Like Joey Freshwater said, no one out works Saban. An nobody succeeds in CFB without some sweat.
Like Joey Freshwater said, no one out works Saban. An nobody succeeds in CFB without some sweat.
Posted on 8/25/18 at 8:50 pm to RidiculousHype
Recruiting is year round in the SEC and much more ruthless than B1G
Posted on 8/25/18 at 8:54 pm to RidiculousHype
I heard the man had traveller's diarrhea and isolated himself in hotel rooms because of it 
Posted on 8/25/18 at 9:09 pm to RidiculousHype
Honestly he tried to play big boy football against the big boys and didn't have the talent to do it. You can't take 3 star players and line up against 4 & 5 star players and blow them off the LOS it just doesn't work that way. The only way Arkansas can compete with the big boys of the conference is speed and accuracy.
Posted on 8/25/18 at 10:39 pm to RidiculousHype
He couldn't recruit.
Posted on 8/25/18 at 11:07 pm to RidiculousHype
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where did it go wrong with Bielema?
missouri broke him
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