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GBR_Atlanta

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Great hire for the Illini. I’m not sure where it went off the rails in Arkansas… Because it looked like he was really building something his first couple years there. Was it a recruiting issue?
 
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Catman90

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GBR_Atlanta said:
Great hire for the Illini. I’m not sure where it went off the rails in Arkansas… Because it looked like he was really building something his first couple years there. Was it a recruiting issue?
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He spent a ton of time drinking and partying.
 
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steinek11

All-Conference
Apr 18, 2004
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HuskerLove1 said:
Good hire for Illinois
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Good hire for the rest of the Big 10. He succeeded within a pre-built organization. Not much of Wisconsin's success goes to him. They were happy to see him go.

He does not have the resources, energy or discipline to succeed at a football desert like Illinois. I am pleased with this outcome. They'll stay where they are or possibly fall off even more. He's stealing their money.
 
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dinglefritz

Heisman
Jan 14, 2011
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drubendall said:
Good hire for the rest of the Big 10. He succeeded within a pre-built organization. Not much of Wisconsin's success goes to him. They were happy to see him go.

He does not have the resources, energy or discipline to succeed at a football desert like Illinois. I am pleased with this outcome. They'll stay where they are or possibly fall off even more. He's stealing their money.
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Major step down iMO. It's amazing what being an assistant or "consultant' for the Patriots will do for a guy's coaching career.
 
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Scott559

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GBR_Atlanta said:
Great hire for the Illini. I’m not sure where it went off the rails in Arkansas… Because it looked like he was really building something his first couple years there. Was it a recruiting issue?
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He needed to recruit Texas, It didn’t work, Add in drinking problem, Arrogant abrasive personality and he couldn’t keep assistant coaches.
I was living in Fort Smith Arkansas during B.B’s. stint in Fayetteville, The fanbase was very excited when he was hired, His mouth wrote a lot of checks his ability couldn’t cash, ( competing with Auburn, Alabama etc.). He did out kick his coverage with his wife so kudos for that!

 
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steinek11

All-Conference
Apr 18, 2004
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Illini to give him 6 years, 4.2 million dollars. That's a lot of slop in the trough and exhibit A that many athletic directors have no idea what they're doing. They could have done so much better.
 
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dinglefritz

Heisman
Jan 14, 2011
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drubendall said:
Illini to give him 6 years, 4.2 million dollars. That's a lot of slop in the trough and exhibit A that many athletic directors have no idea what they're doing. They could have done so much better.
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Why in God's name would you hire a guy with that much baggage when you could have hired any number of young up and comers for that money who have proven they can build a program. Good heavens. Amazing.
 
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King Kong

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May 15, 2018
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drubendall said:
Good hire for the rest of the Big 10. He succeeded within a pre-built organization. Not much of Wisconsin's success goes to him. They were happy to see him go.

He does not have the resources, energy or discipline to succeed at a football desert like Illinois. I am pleased with this outcome. They'll stay where they are or possibly fall off even more. He's stealing their money.
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Right now I feel like we know more about coaches stealing money.
 
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phoenix4nu

All-Conference
May 10, 2009
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dinglefritz said:
Why in God's name would you hire a guy with that much baggage when you could have hired any number of young up and comers for that money who have proven they can build a program. Good heavens. Amazing.
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Maybe he brought his wife with him to the interview.
 
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Husker Hambone

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Sep 15, 2013
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GBR_Atlanta said:
Great hire for the Illini. I’m not sure where it went off the rails in Arkansas… Because it looked like he was really building something his first couple years there. Was it a recruiting issue?
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Yes. He pissed off a lot of HS coaches in both Texas and Arkansas with his bravado and big ten know it all attitude. Wasn’t much appreciated down here. Consequently his recruiting dried up. Also, a lot of teams down here play wide open spread, and he was trying to enact a power game. Tough sell, ultimately cost him.
 
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V1nufanx4

Sophomore
Aug 15, 2018
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drubendall said:
Good hire for the rest of the Big 10. He succeeded within a pre-built organization. Not much of Wisconsin's success goes to him. They were happy to see him go.

He does not have the resources, energy or discipline to succeed at a football desert like Illinois. I am pleased with this outcome. They'll stay where they are or possibly fall off even more. He's stealing their money.
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I agree. He’ll win a recruiting battle or two for the Illinois kid vs Iowa and Sconie and that’s a good thing.
 
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Fighter of the Nightman

All-Conference
Jul 8, 2019
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drubendall said:
You come here to get some dialogue on your team since your own fans are disinterested?
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Haha, more because I have to pay to talk to them on that dumb Rivals board. :)

Our fans are plenty interested on our free boards! That’s more in the wheelhouse for a poor grad student like me, haha.
 
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WHCSC

All-Conference
Feb 4, 2002
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Scott559 said:
He needed to recruit Texas, It didn’t work, Add in drinking problem, Arrogant abrasive personality and he couldn’t keep assistant coaches.
I was living in Fort Smith Arkansas during B.B’s. stint in Fayetteville, The fanbase was very excited when he was hired, His mouth wrote a lot of checks his ability couldn’t cash, ( competing with Auburn, Alabama etc.). He did out kick his coverage with his wife so kudos for that!

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That is cringy as heck
 
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