Comments on: Alvarez ‘very surprised’ Bielema bolted for Hogs

By: florida727

florida727 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:10:03 +0000

#lethimplaycoach, good catch. I missed that. You’re right.

By: immafubared

immafubared — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:59:09 +0000

Wow, did he ever do that program a favor. Any coach who would go out and look for and find a Wilson, bring him in and make him starter when you have what three other guys vying for that spot who signed a contract to play, practiced and did everything asked to have an outsider join the team and put you on the bench, sucks.
He tried it again this year but the guy got hurt and bulimia had to play the other guys. What a prick.
If I was a yound QB I would not go to Arkansas just because of him.

By: lethimplaycoach

lethimplaycoach — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:27:03 +0000

Yes but Dec. 5th to Dec. 15th it is full speed ahead.

By: florida727

florida727 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:08:30 +0000

#lethimplaycoach, I copied the below from an NCAA website:

(1) December 16, 2012: Quiet Period
(2) December 17, 2012, through January 3, 2013, [except for (a) below]: Dead Period
(a) Institutional staff members may have contact with a prospective student-athlete who has been admitted for midyear enrollment, provided the prospect has signed a National Letter of Intent or other offer of admission and/or financial aid to attend the institution and is required to be on campus to attend institutional orientation sessions for all students:

Unless I’m misreading this, it looks as though the “bowl season” is actually a “dead period”, so I’d respectfully disagree with your comment that it is a critical period for recruiting.

By: lethimplaycoach

lethimplaycoach — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:53:39 +0000

“Here’s what I don’t get, seriously: you reach an agreement with Arkansas. Fine. That’s your choice to make. Keep your mouth shut for 30 days, coach in the Rose Bowl so as not to screw your seniors over, THEN announce you’re leaving. Are you telling me that the next 30 days are so critical to Arkansas that they couldn’t accommodate that? I don’t think so.”

Yes the next 30 days are critical for recruiting. Otherwise kids considering Arkansas would be hearing from other coaches – “they don’t even know who their coach will be.”

By: lethimplaycoach

lethimplaycoach — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:51:27 +0000

Can’t believe he wouldn’t hold out for a better job than take this lateral move to a mediocre program.

His win/loss record of 68-24 looks impressive, but most wins are versus inferior out-of-conference opponents and the weaker Big Ten teams. Still, there were a lot of people impressed with him, and I think in 1-2 years he could have moved to a better program than Arkansas.

By: huskersrock1

huskersrock1 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:03:00 +0000

I would highly recommend that Wisconsin tries to hire Bo Pelini.

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Please come get Bo Pelini.

By: CBFAN

CBFAN — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:45:40 +0000

For the big ten’s sake, I hope you are right. Of course I had high hopes when Wisky played TCU in the rose bowl too.

By: 1westcoastphinfan

1westcoastphinfan — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:14:06 +0000

The Badgers competed in every game they played this year, and NOBODY blew them out. The losses were by 3-4 points each. If the Badgers can carry the same enthusiasm, grit, and determination they showed at Indianapolis to Pasadena on New Year’s Day, they will defeat mighty Stanford and teach all you bad-mouthers a good lesson. I hope Barry himself will coach the Rose Bowl game and show Brett the door long before it happens. Considering we are playing with our 3rd string QB and the injuries and bad calls with which we have contended, I’d say the Badgers are a very good representative of the Big10 conference. By the way, I went to the Stanford/Wisconsin Rose Bowl 1999 and Stanford was heavily favored then too, but please do check out the final score: Wisconsin kicked their butts.

By: CBFAN

CBFAN — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:29:10 +0000

Let’s face it, Wisky should not even be in the rose bowl this year. I would think for them it would be kind of embarassing to be there knowing they were not even close to the best team in the conference.

By: hor2012

hor2012 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:25:15 +0000

I’m shocked.

By: 1historian

1historian — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:52:31 +0000

Stanford is going to kick some serious badgerbutt

By: florida727

florida727 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:49:08 +0000

Pretty arrogant to even ask to coach the team in the Rose Bowl after essentially abandoning them just so you can try your luck in the SEC. I hope Barry had his office emptied out within minutes of the announcement. Bret, welcome to the SEC. Wonder if you have any idea of what’s waiting for you.

Here’s what I don’t get, seriously: you reach an agreement with Arkansas. Fine. That’s your choice to make. Keep your mouth shut for 30 days, coach in the Rose Bowl so as not to screw your seniors over, THEN announce you’re leaving. Are you telling me that the next 30 days are so critical to Arkansas that they couldn’t accommodate that? I don’t think so.

There’s a right way to change jobs, and a wrong way. This was the wrong way.

By: WingT

WingT — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:47:17 +0000

I guess Bielema is just following that age-old advice of ” if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em”.

Welcome to the SEC Bret.

By: packforever52

packforever52 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:09:21 +0000

Arkansas can have him!!

By: 27xwschamps

27xwschamps — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:01:19 +0000

Talk bout a kick in the nuts for Whiskey fans.

By: rsmeans

rsmeans — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:21:06 +0000

Bielema was the best coach in the Little10 and made the right decision in moving to the SEC. The Little10 is so poor they should concentrate only on Hockey or Ping Pong where they can be more competitive. Sorta funny when a SEC coach begins to lose it all he moves to Ohio State where football is lacking on both sides of the ball. The SEC would not want any other coach than Hoke or the coach at Michigan State. The other coaches are more competent to coach at the Junior High level.

By: twelvesbelt

twelvesbelt — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:06:48 +0000

B-rett will be sweating like a Ar-kansas pig in his stupid ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ windbreaker whilst getting steamrolled against ‘Bama, LSU, Flo-Rida, Jo-Ja, TX Agriculture & Mining…………… Oh ya, his first recruits will be Honey Boo-Boo and all of The Duggars. Phuck ‘em Bucky.

By: dean112263

dean112263 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:05:49 +0000

In a way, Alvarez would be OK as a stopgap. I just don’t see it as a long term solution. The Bill Snyder situation keeps getting brought up, but that result is a rarity, IMO.

The ESPN affiliates in Madison – Milwaukee saying Alvarez is talking to Jags’ asst head coach (and fmr Badger DB Mel Tucker).

Bielema seemed to freeze in really big games (not counting last weekend’s mauling in Indy). He seemed a little thin skinned, though. Interesting how he’ll handle getting criticized by the fanatical Hogs’ fans.

He’s a very good, but not great, head coach. He kept Alvarez’s program and moved up slightly, but was never able to take that full elite step up.

Yes, UW-Madison is much harder academically than most schools, which keeps some of the talent away. That being said, you aren’t about to be run out of town if you finished third in your division with a 7-5 record and lost to both the 1 & 2 teams in your division, either.

By: teal379

teal379 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:32:36 +0000

B doesn’t dislike the SEC – he was just ticked he hadn’t tried to do what Meyer was doing.

He hated that he hadn’t thought about it and took it out in the press.

I’m thinking Bevell will be coming back to Madison.

By: mgmac

mgmac — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:19:20 +0000

While Bielema reportedly wants to coach the Badgers in that game (Rose Bowl). I hope Alvarez either laughed at him or told him to shove it when bielema asked to coach UW in the Rose Bowl. bielema’s so arrogant to even ask

By: elwaysmilehighdenver

elwaysmilehighdenver — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:10:16 +0000

Bielema going to Arkansas makes as much sense as Rich-Rod going to Michigan a few years back. Head scratcher!

By: effjohntaylornorelation

effjohntaylornorelation — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:53:08 +0000

As a B1G graduate I really like Big Fatty going to the SEC, especially with his bowl record. Maybe this is all part of a grand scheme to pollute their conference with some of our worst coaches.

By: canuck54143

canuck54143 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:52:12 +0000

He couldn’t win the big game anyway. Wisconsin says piss off and enjoy last place in SEC every year. Everyone in Wisconsin knows Barry’s still running the show.

By: peopletrains

peopletrains — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:50:41 +0000

Alvarez knew that Bielema was looking and there were even rumors among former players that Bielema was leaving after this season. I am sure Alvarez has a list of coaches ready to go. I assume he will go with someone he is comfortable with rather than outside his tree, and someone perhaps on the young side. I am thinking Bevell, Brad Childress (as much as I think he is an average coach), Bostad.

By: irishking

irishking — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:48:37 +0000

Bielema disappoints and I am sure also his players.

By: badgerbuck

badgerbuck — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:46:33 +0000

How many coaches on the badger staff go with him

By: clevelandschronic2

clevelandschronic2 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:44:53 +0000

This guy couldnt handle urban flipping some recruits how is he gonna handle the SEC. Lol. Arkansas screwed themselves.

By: clevelandschronic2

clevelandschronic2 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:41:24 +0000

First bielima cried like a little girl when he didnt like the fact that urban got some of his verbal(s) to flip. And talks about how he hates the SEC now he tucks his tail and bails on his team and recruits. Bet they Wish they could up and bail without sitting out a year.

By: alligatorsnapper

alligatorsnapper — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:37:53 +0000

There will be posters in other SEC teams locker rooms, quoting Bielema on his anti-SEC statements and it will be used a motivation.

Welcome Bielema to the smash mouth SEC, where defense is a way of life (or death).