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Message: [QUOTE="CU44SE, post: 3652961, member: 2196"] Home run hire for illinois. They were not getting a leopold or similar. Bielema had great success at Wisconsin. Wisconsin is a better job, but its his natural recruiting area, similar weather and similar style offenses. Probably the best Illinois could have gotten. As others have said, Bielema was not an SEC guy. This is more his style, and I think Illinois did a great job getting him and not overthinking it. Im starting to realize, and this took a while, but its really important when hiring, to hire someone with connections in that area. As much as Recruiting is national, you need to be able to hammer the areas around the school. Coaches that move from coast to coast or a large distance, just do not seem to do very well. [/QUOTE]