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Originally Posted by mckerney
Alverez took over a program where the previous two coaches had winning percentages of .250 and .181 while Bielema was handed a program that had won ten games the previous year. Bielema also took over the same year the NCAA expanded the season to 12 games allowing for one more cream puff victory a year.
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Alvarez did a fantastic job reviving a near-dead program. His run through 2000 was terrific. But you can't ignore that the Badgers slipped after that; he got them back in the right direction in his last two years, and set up Bielema nicely. But also give Bielema credit for building on what Alvarez left behind. It's not easy following a legend, and he did better than most do.