CC MSU: Finebaum's dim view of Bielema
February 11th, 2020 at 12:47 PM ^
I'm here for the content.
February 11th, 2020 at 3:09 PM ^
Isn't there specifically a "no Finebaum" rule here?
This is not 'Nam, this is MGoBlog!! There are rules!!
February 11th, 2020 at 4:38 PM ^
Finebaum is precisely the kind of head that he physically appears to be...
February 12th, 2020 at 1:03 AM ^
We'll, it's Pete Finebaum. You got as much content as he provides.
February 11th, 2020 at 12:48 PM ^
Agh, by pressing the "return" key it posted a blank post. Here are the choice quotes (H/T RCMB).
"It's hard to imagine it being any more embarrassing," Finebaum said. "And the newest name to surface is Bret Bielema — remember the guy that used to be at Wisconsin? And Arkansas..."
"No," Finebaum said, regarding if MSU should pursue Bielema, who went 29-34 overall and 11-29 against SEC play in five years on the job with the Razorbacks. "I think he was a disaster at Arkansas. He was stubborn. He made countless mistakes. And putting him in that situation I think excites absolutely nobody..."
"Why is Bret Bielema a good name?" Finebaum said of Bielema, who went 68-24 overall and 37-19 against Big Ten play from 2006-12. "Has there been a legitimate Power Five school that has tried to hire him since he got fired at Arkansas?"...
"I think this is a job for a young, energetic person to start recruiting Ohio and start building up," Finebaum said. "I mean, there are plenty of names out there better than Bret Bielema. I mean, are you serious?"...
"I don't think Bret Bielema, right now, is a really great decision for Michigan State," Finebaum said. "Just to bring in a retread Big Ten guy that was good 10 years ago but hasn't done anything lately vs. finding somebody that's got connections and can energize. Most of you have heard me say that."
February 11th, 2020 at 12:51 PM ^
"And putting him in that situation I think excites absolutely nobody..."
Pete, meet RCMB. RCMB, Pete.
February 11th, 2020 at 1:30 PM ^
IDK. I’m pretty excited about the idea of Bert cratering the program a little more.
February 11th, 2020 at 3:38 PM ^
And that he signs a massive deal and the stands in Sparty Stadium are empty.
February 11th, 2020 at 9:10 PM ^
Maybe that's why MSU is interested in him. Bert would fill up Spartan Stadium.
February 11th, 2020 at 12:53 PM ^
Not that I'm any big Bielema fan but I'm pretty sure you could put together a similar thread regarding Finebaum's thought's on Harbaugh
February 11th, 2020 at 1:12 PM ^
Yeah, but Pete is right about Bielema and MSU.
February 11th, 2020 at 1:19 PM ^
Who are the "plenty of names out there better than Bret Bielema?
February 11th, 2020 at 1:34 PM ^
Given the author of the comment I'm guessing he's thinking of every single assistant coach in the SEC.
February 11th, 2020 at 10:18 PM ^
Is Glen Mason still alive?
February 11th, 2020 at 1:03 PM ^
They should only hire Bret Bielema if they're also poaching Barry Alvarez as AD and haveunearthed a secret treasure trove of underrecruited 6'8", 310 lb farmer's sons.
If only someone had tried to let Bret coach a team without those things and also with several high caliber teams in his division so we could have some evidence of how it might go.
Sounds perfect actually. HIRE BERT!
February 11th, 2020 at 1:09 PM ^
Isn't a "secret treasure trove of underrecruited 6'8", 310 lb farmer's sons" kind of the definition of the state of Wisconsin?
February 11th, 2020 at 1:22 PM ^
Pretty much - hence why they need to dredge up another one.
February 11th, 2020 at 2:06 PM ^
Yes. When my son was 14 he was in the baseball Midwest regionals. Some of the kids from Wisconsin were my size (6’3” 230) the rest were bigger than any 14 year old on our team. My son asked one kid what the hell he eats. Biscuits and Gravy was the answer.
February 11th, 2020 at 2:37 PM ^
There ain't nothing wrong with biscuits and gravy. :-)
Re: Wisconsin and big guys ... doesn't Wisconsin have a Scandinavian heritage? I've been to Sweden and Norway ... they grow 'em big there. I'm 6'0" and I was looking up at most men there.
February 11th, 2020 at 7:36 PM ^
What does Luka Garza have to do with the MSU coaching hire?
February 11th, 2020 at 1:55 PM ^
"...a secret treasure trove of underrecruited 6'8", 310 lb farmer's sons."
I mean, isn't this what farmersonly.com is all about?
February 11th, 2020 at 1:57 PM ^
He was 29-34 at Arkansas? That actually sounds way better than I remember.
February 11th, 2020 at 2:25 PM ^
He had two terrible years (3-9 and 4-8)--one right after he was hired and the other right before he was fired. In between he had some mediocre years (7-6, 8-5, 7-6) *and* he blew a 24-0 lead in the Belk Bowl to Virginia Tech.
February 11th, 2020 at 3:40 PM ^
I think you mean Georgia Tech and Samford.
February 11th, 2020 at 12:48 PM ^
Other than there is no content and you referenced a turd this post is going to be great. Are you a MSU BoT?
February 11th, 2020 at 12:49 PM ^
Is this some type of communist joke?
February 11th, 2020 at 1:14 PM ^
No, you lying dog-faced pony conquerer.
February 11th, 2020 at 1:39 PM ^
I'll see you in Easr Lansing, WITH a cup of Spartan tears.
February 11th, 2020 at 1:40 PM ^
I'll see you in East Lansing, WITH a cup of Spartan tears.
February 11th, 2020 at 12:50 PM ^
Wait, what!?
For once, Pete didn't have something to say about anything related to football and the state of Michigan? Gonna have to watch out for flying pigs on my commute home.
February 11th, 2020 at 2:26 PM ^
No, but the author threw in a not so subtle jab at the entire big ten for him by showing how good bert was against b1g teams and how bad he was against sec teams.
February 11th, 2020 at 12:55 PM ^
Why Bielima you ask? I am not sure there would be a more entertaining option. Do it Sparty!!!
February 11th, 2020 at 1:16 PM ^
I agree. We would laugh for the next 3 years till he got fired.
February 11th, 2020 at 1:35 PM ^
I'm totally for a tired retreaded Bielema at MSU. I think that he could get them to a place of utter mediocrity pretty quickly--up from the lower depths they currently inhabit. And then he'd have just enough mooks worshipping him that they would dither for four or five more years about whether to get rid of him. If whoever replaces him requires another few years of adjustments. . . ten years of purgatory sounds about right.
February 11th, 2020 at 1:01 PM ^
At this point I think Barney Rubble would turn down MSU
February 11th, 2020 at 1:06 PM ^
Bielema won't. Says he wants the job, so go get him Sparty before he waffles.
February 11th, 2020 at 3:02 PM ^
At this point I think Barney the dinosaur would turn down MSU.
February 11th, 2020 at 6:06 PM ^
How are we feeling about Barney Fife??
February 11th, 2020 at 1:03 PM ^
Finebaum is pure trash, no matter what he has to say about Sparty. I would dissuade anyone to give clicks to that heel.
February 11th, 2020 at 1:29 PM ^
Agree 100%.
But seeing this without giving him any clicks, he's saying a lot of the same things I've been thinking and saying. Especially about that hire not exciting anyone.
I don't like Finebaum because he has that strong pro-SEC agenda. He does know college football.
February 11th, 2020 at 1:37 PM ^
We all take that for granted. But further bad pub for MSU's okay by me. Failing to address the biggest serial rape case in US history, with more of the same in the football and basketball programs, leaves me hungering for them to spend time in hell. Call me vengeful.
February 11th, 2020 at 1:04 PM ^
Yes, but I WANT them to hire Bielema.
Think it would be the best thing for the wolveri,... err, Spartans!
February 11th, 2020 at 1:10 PM ^
I'm just happy Mork held out long enough for them not to get Leach or maybe Kiffin.
If Leach was willing to go to that MSU he'd surely have considered Sparty. Kiffin would've been a longer shot though.
The Egg Bowl probably Thanks them as well.
February 11th, 2020 at 1:32 PM ^
Thank GOD that didn't happen. I wouldn't want to start hating Mike Leach.
February 11th, 2020 at 1:39 PM ^
This sounds like a correct take. Whomever MSU takes, they missed their chance to make an optimal choice with the way Dantonio stuck around to collect his bonus. And Leach absolutely could have gone for them—yeah, they’re in a bad spot in a tough division, but so is Mississippi State, and Michigan State has a better history and is a better university. Leach would have been a nightmare in the B1G.
Here’s something I don’t want MSU people to read: a guy they could take a shot at that would be good would be Bronco Mendenhall. He won at BYU and he’s winning at Virginia and I think he still has a move left in him, though he might not want this one.
February 11th, 2020 at 2:02 PM ^
Bronco has really made an impact here, and he's dearly loved in Charlottesville. He's built that thing from the inside out, like it should be done. It'll be a few years, though, before UVA can really compete based on roster depth, overall talent, and other such mundane details. But if he stays, he'll get it going. I just don't know if he'll stay...
MSU is not the caliber program that will pull him away - it's a couple steps down from today's UVA.
February 11th, 2020 at 2:31 PM ^
But why would anyone go from UVa to MSU? You don't go from finishing first in your division in the ACC to jump to a middling (at best) Big Ten team that has been a tire fire the last few years. That is not even a lateral move.
February 11th, 2020 at 3:12 PM ^
A valid question. People suggesting MSU is a step down are overstating things—overall MSU is a better program, in history and fan support and facilities and potential and conference, than Virginia.
But in the present Virginia has more potential and a much better trajectory.