re: How is Bielema not a terrible hire...?

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add to that Alabama, Mississippi, S. Carolina, Georgia, Florida & Texas and that's what i said.....

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That's what I said, actually.

And the point was that there are more high caliber athletes that come out of those states, year in and year out, than Arkansas. Meaning that it's harder to recruit. Which went to my point that it's easier to recruit to LSU than it is to Arkansas. Which is backed up by the fact that Miles was a shitty recruiter at OSU and a great recruiter at LSU.

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So BB recruited at a weak state and was able to compete annually in a weak conference; so he'll defintely be able to recruit enough at an average state in the toughest division of the toughest conference in college football. I really don't see what could go wrong here with such a slam dunk of a hire.

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I like how you keep throwing out the "weak conference" thing. What conferences AREN'T weak, in your estimation.

But yes. You can stop right there. He competed ANNUALLY, in spite of the fact that he was recruiting from a weak state. WEAK state. You ARE aware that weak =/= average, right? If Petrino was good at making 3 star guys play like 4 star guys; Bielema's made his 2 star guys play like 4 star guys.

But do you not think he's going to be recruiting in TX, LA, MS, OK, MO, AL, FL, GA? Seems like you're expecting his recruiting won't improve with the changing demographics. That's quite the oversight, though I'm not surprised. :moron: