I'm no Bret Bielema fan (past or present) but his over-all college coaching record to-date is (79 W & 41 L).....some coaches would envy that record.
When it was first announced that he would be coaching at Arkansas, I always felt he would have a problem blending in with the culture of the SEC.
(no easy task for any new hire). Bielema is an Illinois boy (by birth), he cut his teeth in the upper Mid-West (Big 10).
Urban Meyer , who was, arguably, quite successful coaching in the SEC (Florida) went back to his roots (Ohio)...the Mid-West. Rumor had it, he was fed-up coaching at Florida (the SEC). Sometimes "arranged marriages" don't work in the long-run
When it was first announced that he would be coaching at Arkansas, I always felt he would have a problem blending in with the culture of the SEC.
(no easy task for any new hire). Bielema is an Illinois boy (by birth), he cut his teeth in the upper Mid-West (Big 10).
Urban Meyer , who was, arguably, quite successful coaching in the SEC (Florida) went back to his roots (Ohio)...the Mid-West. Rumor had it, he was fed-up coaching at Florida (the SEC). Sometimes "arranged marriages" don't work in the long-run