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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1052861" data-attributes="member: 17953">Beliema is recruiting Badger players relentlessly. He now has three of our defensive starting players from a year ago on the Illini. Is he seeking revenge for having been shown the door in Madison? I think he is, but he's also getting some pretty good players, who have been very productive in Madison. The problem is, Fickell has no way of stopping it,  because the record doesn't show any reason for the players to respect him, or the the program at this point.Another thing, that I believe comes into play, is that a lot of those players respected Jim Leonhard as their DC, and he was a "player's coach." He knew the game from the inside, and he taught it from that perspective. That's something that the majority of coaches can't duplicate. It's that old story that you may talk the talk, but did you, and can you walk the walk. It's all about that special respect.</blockquote>

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