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Bert's recruiting was beyond a joke

Posted on 12/15/19 at 3:00 pm
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
26400 posts
Posted on 12/15/19 at 3:00 pm
There's a saying that some teams may only have a 1% chance of getting a guy that they've offered, but they have a 0% chance of they never extend one.

Story from Danny West:

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Anyway, quick story on new Heisman winner Joe Burrow. When he was a freshman in high school, his dad reached out to Chris Hauser, the former Arkansas recruiting coordinator, and sent his film. They had known each other for a while. Burrow's dad said, "I want you to watch this and tell me what you think. I don't know if I've just got my dad goggles on, but I think he's got a shot."
Chris watched it and was immediately blown away. He told Burrow's dad, "Uh, no, this kid is really, really good." Then he showed Bret Bielema the film and Bielema said the same thing, he was blown away.
Arkansas never acted on it -- probably because Bret knew there would be no shot to land a kid like that -- but Burrow didn't just appear out of nowhere. He's had it since at least the 9th grade, lol.



Add this to all the stories just now surfacing of fatass standing up recruits that Pitman had in the bag and his drunkenness and stupidity on official visits with parents that ran others off... I honestly don't know how you couldn't have fired this idiot for cause....maybe that's why the Foundation was so pissed when he pulled the Patriots salary coup.
This post was edited on 12/15/19 at 3:03 pm
Posted by ArHog
Gulf Coast
Member since Jan 2008
38135 posts
Posted on 12/15/19 at 4:23 pm to
frick man, that was two coaches ago..




The horse is dead


Posted by hilltophog
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Member since Sep 2016
1619 posts
Posted on 12/15/19 at 4:37 pm to
Remember the time he told an instate 4 star QB to frick off so his midget son would have an easy path to starting...... wait - that was Chaggie

Seriously though - the worse miss by Bert was Crockett. Compare the numbers of Crockett vs Whaley.
Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
Member since Aug 2014
26734 posts
Posted on 12/15/19 at 5:02 pm to
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Remember the time he told an instate 4 star QB to frick off so his midget son would have an easy path to starting...... wait - that was Chaggie


Actually what, more than anything, landed us in this spot was three (four if you count poor John L. "Smile" Smith) bad recruiters.

Half of Bobby Petrino's last two classes never played a down for Arkansas. Bert started off strong and then fell off the face of the planet. Chad, it is increasingly clear, had his favorites and everyone else could hang.

One of Bert's favorite sayings was you recruit your own problems. Well you hire your own problems. We hired some problems.

No, we aren't a state that churns out 50 FBS players a year. We do, however, turn out enough quality players that with some disciplined recruiting (including out of state) we can absolutely win 8 or so games a year and be in contention for the SEC West every 4-5 years.
Posted by SpauldingHog
Arkansas
Member since Feb 2019
413 posts
Posted on 12/15/19 at 9:03 pm to
We need to fire Bert now. His breath stinks like arse.
Posted by BoarEd
The Hills
Member since Oct 2015
38862 posts
Posted on 12/16/19 at 7:53 am to
It's kind of ridiculous that he didn't at least get an offer, but let's be honest here, Burrow was an Ohio kid that went to play at Ohio State. It's true that there is a roughly 0% chance that, if offered, he would have come here.

As to the rest of Bielema's recruiting, I was under the impression he did OK by our standards. Evidenced by the number of kids Bielema sent to the NFL while here.

I can't wait until we have better things to talk about than this.
Posted by ArHog
Gulf Coast
Member since Jan 2008
38135 posts
Posted on 12/16/19 at 7:57 am to
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His breath stinks like arse.


God knows your an authority on butt eating
Posted by oklahogjr
Gold Membership
Member since Jan 2010
40237 posts
Posted on 12/16/19 at 8:59 am to
bielema recruited just fine. chad was recruiting fine.
neither were spending enough time coaching
Posted by SpauldingHog
Arkansas
Member since Feb 2019
413 posts
Posted on 12/16/19 at 9:13 am to
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God knows your an authority on butt eating


Damnit. Is your wife talking about me in her sleep again. She's a liar. She was eating my arse.
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