Things going well at Illinois

[GophersInIowa]

 

[fmlizard]

he's not wrong, but still

 

[BilldGopher]

Tell us what you really think Coach Bert...

 

[Boomtime]

You want to know when you can tell a HC is feeling pressure?

 

[noamfromm]

Lovie went all in on transfers and left behind a roster bereft of development.

 

[Schnauzer]

It’s what the card said for a failing first year coach, so he said it.

 

[matt]

What other departments does the team have besides the playing department?

 

[PMWinSTP]

What other departments does the team have besides the playing department?

Are those bigger than position rooms?

 

[Unregistered User]

Like your development of players at Arkansas?

4-8 your last year there, and the players you “developed” went 2-10 each of the next two years.

Look in the mirror, you fat slob.

 

[BTChamp]

I think he ate the person that asked him the question.

This guy should have just lost every recruit/player he has.

"I learned coaches are only as good as the players."

So basically: "I learned early that when players suck so do the coaches and these players suck"

 

[Some guy]

I mean he could say those things without saying them that terribly

 

[Some guy]

Aaaaaaaaand he still beat Nebraska

 

[Pompous Elitist]

 

[matt]

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That was back when he could only afford custom fit suits instead of custom fabric suits.

 

[Ogee Ogilthorpe]

Lovie went all in on transfers and left behind a roster bereft of development.

I miss Lovie already. One of the most incompetent coaches to walk the sidelines in the B1G in decades, but managed to keep his job for quite a little bit in Champaign. He was the gift that just kept on giving.

 

[Bayfield Gopher]

He’s no different than other HC’s. He wants to win. And he will be looking the type of player that fits into his program. Love struggled there and BB has raised the bar and realizes he must improve recruiting. Honest appraisal so now we will find out if he can elevate the program. Tough gig

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

I feel bad for those kids.

 

[Some guy]

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I get what you’re saying.

every coach says it.
Not every coach says it HOW Bb just said it

 

[gophernut1]

I hear Bret consumes part of the soul of every player he coaches. It's one of the reasons he continues to grow in size and being sinister. Will never forget him running up the score against Brewster. Brewster = Lovie.

 

[Some Day...Maybe]

I’m sure the players will want to play for him after this, oh and give maximum effort.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

Brett Bielema's conference record the last three years as a coach (2021, 2017, 2016):
13-19; 5-15 in conference.

Illinois the last three years:
10-18; 6-14 in conference.

I guess the players are only as good as the coach. A really shitty jockey can undercut even the most talented horses.

It's pretty shitty to throw your team but it's the height of absurdity to do it when your conference winning percentage in the last three years .300.

 

[Pompous Elitist]

I get what you’re saying.

every coach says it.
Not every coach says it HOW Bb just said it

BB is exercising the ”forever young” 5 year employment plan

 

[noamfromm]

I miss Lovie already. One of the most incompetent coaches to walk the sidelines in the B1G in decades, but managed to keep his job for quite a little bit in Champaign. He was the gift that just kept on giving.

And he beat Wisconsin! Though I think that Scott might be worse. He has done about the same with much less resources than Lovie.

 

[stocker08]

I feel bad for those kids.

Good god. I could never imagine Fleck just tossing his players under the bus like that.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Good god. I could never imagine Fleck just tossing his players under the bus like that.

When he showed up here he was so positive.

Even guys who moved on, he didn't say anything bad about them.

 

[Zugester]

Amazing, king butt couldn’t get out of his first season without throwing his “super seniors” under the bus, if you recall, he talked a lot of them into coming back one more season….wow, basically pathological..

 

[Unregistered User]

It will be very interesting to watch the effort of the line this weekend.

 

[Dano564]

I think he's right.

I don't think he's real worried about losing players that he doesn't want taking roster spots anyway.
He needs half these guys to leave so he can recruit and move in real talent.

This is just his pre-speech that next year will be year zero for him.

 

[noamfromm]

Amazing, king butt couldn’t get out of his first season without throwing his “super seniors” under the bus, if you recall, he talked a lot of them into coming back one more season….wow, basically pathological..

He said that Lovie's oline recruits for the last 3 classes aren't in the two deeps, and that they recruited/developed no quarterbacks and relied on transfers -- I didn't hear him say anything about the "super seniors"

 

[Dano564]

Last couple Illinois recruiting classes have been in the 70-90 range.

That's not good.