Bielema likely left because he got no respect from our fanbase. Part of that is Alvarez's fault. He oversaw Bret closely and meddled a lot. Bielema had some cultural issues with our fan base, and they used it as proof that Barry really was the reason Bret won. But most of it is on our fan base. (But to be fair, Bielema was stupid. He succeeds because of good assistants, and that was another reason he left...poor assistant pay.)
Andersen left because he feuded with admissions and (correctly) felt he couldn't bring in the Polynesian and JUCO kids he wanted.
Strickland got a promotion. He didn't have a position coach gig here, so he went to a place where he did. Good for him. I love our current staff, and there are no issues with them whatsoever. I've actually been very happy that we were able to retain our excellent DC Dave Aranda, who led the #4 defense last year.
Andersen left because he feuded with admissions and (correctly) felt he couldn't bring in the Polynesian and JUCO kids he wanted.
Strickland got a promotion. He didn't have a position coach gig here, so he went to a place where he did. Good for him. I love our current staff, and there are no issues with them whatsoever. I've actually been very happy that we were able to retain our excellent DC Dave Aranda, who led the #4 defense last year.