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Stewart Mandel article: Bret Bielema's fall from coaching grace
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:25 pm
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Arkansas' decline last year flew largely under the national radar, but now Bielema finds himself in the news for an entirely different reason. Over the past two weeks, he has become the face of an unpopular NCAA rules committee proposal designed to slow the sport's hurry-up offenses. Breaking a week of silence on the matter last Thursday, Bielema set off a self-inflicted PR nightmare by referencing recently deceased Cal player Ted Agu in justifying his push for the slow-down rule, which he says is a player-safety measure. Asked by reporters covering a Razorbacks booster function about the lack of hard data linking up-tempo offenses to injuries, Bielema bluntly replied: "Death certificates. There's no more I need than that."
The jaw-droppingly tone deaf comment sparked a national controversy
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The bad news, though, is that even with the three league titles that Bielema won with the Badgers, his Wisconsin teams rarely beat opponents with more touted high school talent. Under Bielema, the Badgers went 1-5 against Ohio State, 2-3 against Penn State and 2-4 in bowl games. In a study that strongly correlates recruiting rankings with victories, SB Nation's Matt Hinton divided the major-conference FBS programs into five tiers (five-stars, four-stars, etc.) based on their recruiting rankings from 2010 to '13. Wisconsin fell into the two-star group, alongside the likes of USF and Purdue, yet did not overachieve to the extent that one might assume. "They were actually very ordinary in that span against blue-chip competition, putting up losing records against five-star (2-3), four-star (3-6) and even three-star (5-6) opponents," wrote Hinton. "Much of Wisconsin's success is based on thorough, consistent dominance of its two-star peers in the Big Ten -- Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue -- against whom the Badgers have won 17 in a row."
That trend does not bode well for Arkansas, considering five of its six SEC West opponents (Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss and Texas A&M) fell into Hinton's four- or five-star tiers. Yet, so, too, did the Razorbacks, so theoretically they're not that far behind their competition. But there aren't many Indianas on the schedule to help boost their record.
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ut whether the 10-second rule ultimately passes next week, Bielema now has a lot of detractors across the country. His handling of the controversy, and his comments about Agu, won't soon be forgotten. All of that could contribute to a cloud of negativity much like the ones that previously hovered over Rodriguez and Kiffin.
The best ways for Bielema to turn around his reputation? Field an elite SEC team and, in the meantime, maintain a low profile. Both of those may be difficult to accomplish.
This post was edited on 2/25/14 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:26 pm to beaver
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beaver
Putting in extra hours to win I see
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:28 pm to Gladius Veritas
Until every Arkansas fan admits that Bert is the biggest twat in college football, my work will not be done
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:29 pm to beaver
I'm not gonna dignify that link with a click.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:29 pm to Stonehog
I'm going to click the shite out of it.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:30 pm to DecaturAU
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I'm going to click the shite out of it.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:31 pm to beaver
Only the most mentally challenged can't understand the reasoning behind changing a rule that had unintended results from the intended purpose. Preferably they'd go back to the 25 second clock and allow for substitutions.
HUNH type gimmicks are reckless with kid's lives. Only masquerading as a man of God could disguise those facts.
Also why'd it take you all afternoon to post? - pts for delay of troll.
HUNH type gimmicks are reckless with kid's lives. Only masquerading as a man of God could disguise those facts.
Also why'd it take you all afternoon to post? - pts for delay of troll.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:32 pm to beaver
Best line of the article:
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While Bielema is right to mock the gimmicky and bad for college football HUNH, he definitely needs to lose weight.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:33 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
I had 2 straight hour and a half classes and then had to go work at/close my buddy's shop so he could go watch his kid's little league game
so I've been mostly out of commission from 2:20 to 8:30...now watching Tosh and whatnot
sorry for the delay
so I've been mostly out of commission from 2:20 to 8:30...now watching Tosh and whatnot
sorry for the delay
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:33 pm to Garfield
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While Bielema is right to mock the gimmicky and bad for college football HUNH, he definitely needs to lose weight.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:36 pm to Stonehog
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I'm not gonna dignify that link with a click.
Well, that is denial right there. It is an article by one of Sports Illustrated's most respected writers...I would want to know what the rest of the country thought about my coach
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:36 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
I think Bert's mental capacity has slowed because his blood has congealed so much it cuts the flow of oxygen off to his brain mostly because he stuffs his fricking face with Swiss Rolls.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:36 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
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However, not even Arkansas fans are particularly enamored with Bielema right now.
Mandel obviously doesn't come to the SECrant and see all the Arky fans with BB dick firmly planted in cheeks.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:39 pm to beaver
To review: Bert better win now and stfu, fatty.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:40 pm to beaver
Fat double Bees was a terrible terrible hire. I'm not sure what they ever saw in him. I said this when they first hired him. He may never win an SEC game. He's a fat cry baby bitch.
I'd bet my left nut that he gets fired with less than 5 SEC wins after about 2 more seasons.
I'd bet my left nut that he gets fired with less than 5 SEC wins after about 2 more seasons.
This post was edited on 2/25/14 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:41 pm to chalupa
He wrote them a letter, and that was enough
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