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I think he's a good, not great coach.  I didn't think he'd win big at Arkansas, but I thought he'd be a little better than this.

Ok, I'm with you on that. I think he can be good in the right situation. Had the right situation at Wisconsin and the fool walked away from a winning formula. Definitely not a great coach though. I didn't think he'd win big at Arkansas, but I didn't think he'd be this bad either.

You can win at Arkansas. It's a tough job, but a great coach can win there. Bobby Petrino is a scum bag, but he's a great coach. He did a hell of a job at Arkansas and the SEC was a lot tougher when he was there compared to when BERT stumbled into it.

Since Jen Bielema tweeted #karma in September 2013 after Wisconsin’s controversial loss at Arizona State; Wisconsin is 50-12, Arkansas is 26-34.Edit I see ELA beat me to it but it's worth mentioning twice

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Winless in 2015. Frost took over last year and went 6-7 last year. Now this.

He's a great coach. UNL would be lucky to get him.

the truth

everyone expected a bit more than the worst team in 55 seasons
much less horrible than BERT or RichRod

have to disagree.

Riley had never really accomplished anything in his long and under-whelming coaching career. Him being this bad really isn't that big of a surprise. He really hadn't ever done anything as a coach that'd make you think he'd succeed there.

BERT had won 3 B1G Championships, had a 12-1 season and had 3 more 10+ win seasons at Wisconsin. The guy was there 7 years. 4 of those 7 years he had double digit wins. Riley had been a head coach for 20+ years. He had a 10 or more win season exactly once. BERT was considered a home run hire by a lot just because of the amount of success he had in 7 short years.

RichRod had 3 straight top 10 finishes in the final poll his last 3 years at WVU, beat the SEC Champs in a BCS Bowl in 2005, and was a play away from finishing 2007 ranked #2 and playing for the National Title. He had built WVU into a power and was seen as an offensive "genius" and he turned down the Alabama job the year before. He was a really hot commodity. He came into Michigan and immediately delivered Michigan it's lowest win total in a season since 1962 when they won 2 games, and their worst season since 1967 when they went 4-6. From 1968-2007, Michigan hadn't had a single losing season. The worst seasons they had in that 41 year span was going 6-6 in 1984 and 7-5 in 2005- the other 39 seasons from 1968-2007 was at least 8 wins- and 19 of those 39 seasons they had 10 or more wins. RichRod also snapped what was at the time the longest bowl streak in FBS history and produced 3-9, 5-7, and 7-6 in 3 seasons.

I'd fire Jen from her twitter account

Don Nehlan built WVU. Rich Rod took it over. Sounds familiar. 

have to disagree.

Riley had never really accomplished anything in his long and under-whelming coaching career. Him being this bad really isn't that big of a surprise. He really hadn't ever done anything as a coach that'd make you think he'd succeed there.

BERT had won 3 B1G Championships, had a 12-1 season and had 3 more 10+ win seasons at Wisconsin. The guy was there 7 years. 4 of those 7 years he had double digit wins. Riley had been a head coach for 20+ years. He had a 10 or more win season exactly once. BERT was considered a home run hire by a lot just because of the amount of success he had in 7 short years.

RichRod had 3 straight top 10 finishes in the final poll his last 3 years at WVU, beat the SEC Champs in a BCS Bowl in 2005, and was a play away from finishing 2007 ranked #2 and playing for the National Title. He had built WVU into a power and was seen as an offensive "genius" and he turned down the Alabama job the year before. He was a really hot commodity. He came into Michigan and immediately delivered Michigan it's lowest win total in a season since 1962 when they won 2 games, and their worst season since 1967 when they went 4-6. From 1968-2007, Michigan hadn't had a single losing season. The worst seasons they had in that 41 year span was going 6-6 in 1984 and 7-5 in 2005- the other 39 seasons from 1968-2007 was at least 8 wins- and 19 of those 39 seasons they had 10 or more wins. RichRod also snapped what was at the time the longest bowl streak in FBS history and produced 3-9, 5-7, and 7-6 in 3 seasons.

Yeah, RR didn't work out, but any issue with the hire is revisionist history.  I thought it was a grand slam hire at the time.