re: Bielema was a long term fix, not a short term fix spread offense coach

It's funny that the spread is seen as the quick fix offense that can't last. It has been around football about 20 years now and that tells me it's a fine offense and not some crutch.

I love how people act like its some new fangled thing that you have to see a few times to defend it properly. (You hear talk like, after Malazan is seen two times in the sec they will shut him down)

I venture to guess at this point every defensive coordinator in the NCAA knows exactly what has to be done to beat a spread team the problem is they don't have the players or depth to do it.

Look at Baylor, there scheme is not complicated. They usually one a variation or three to four pass routes and that's it. What they do however is perform it at speed and they execute. Just like Malzahns team executed versus A&m and Arkansas did not execute when they got blanked 52-0 by Bama.

My point is the spread is not some voodoo that nobody knows about. It successful and can be successful in the sec when the players execute it.

Bilema may be a long term hire but he won't have long term success unless he gets players to Arkansas. It's as simple as that. It doesn't matter what scheme he runs if the players can't execute it. Time will tell if he can get them to.