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Not True Narrative: Firing McClendon put LSU in a 20 year tailspin
Posted on 11/28/15 at 9:55 am
Posted on 11/28/15 at 9:55 am
This narrative is short sighted and not built in facts.
The untimely death of Bo Rein and the quitting on LSU of Bill Arnsparger put Tiger football in a tailspin. It had nothing to do with McClendon getting fired whom much like Miles got very stale/stubborn with his coaching.
The untimely death of Bo Rein and the quitting on LSU of Bill Arnsparger put Tiger football in a tailspin. It had nothing to do with McClendon getting fired whom much like Miles got very stale/stubborn with his coaching.
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Posted on 11/28/15 at 9:58 am to ELLSSUU
not updating the facilities and not paying arnsparger put lsu in a 7 year tailspin followed by a 3 year reprieve before two bad years.
hell, stovall came within a field goal or less in 3 games from winning a natty in 1982. still ended up ranked 11th.
still won a couple sec titles (outright) and went to the sugar bowl twice and the orange bowl once during the eighties. if archer coulda recruited better he would've been great here.
hell, stovall came within a field goal or less in 3 games from winning a natty in 1982. still ended up ranked 11th.
still won a couple sec titles (outright) and went to the sugar bowl twice and the orange bowl once during the eighties. if archer coulda recruited better he would've been great here.
This post was edited on 11/28/15 at 10:00 am
Posted on 11/28/15 at 10:00 am to RightHook
Certainly didn't help and agreed. I'll add that "Big Money Donors" helped correct the facilities problem at LSU.
This post was edited on 11/28/15 at 10:01 am
Posted on 11/28/15 at 10:01 am to ELLSSUU
LSU not willing to pay a top tier coach put LSU in a tailspin.
Posted on 11/28/15 at 10:02 am to ELLSSUU
yup. we were behind in facilities and arnsparger woulda stayed if we made a commitment to upgrade and paid him.
hell, i remember sleeping in the old stadium dorms during summers. that's how bad lsu's facilities sucked.
hell, i remember sleeping in the old stadium dorms during summers. that's how bad lsu's facilities sucked.
Posted on 11/28/15 at 10:02 am to ELLSSUU
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This narrative is short sighted and not built in facts.
The Hallman era was the only genuinely 'bad' stretch for LSU.
LSU was the 14th winningest program before Saban, with 7-8 SEC titles and a national championship.
Posted on 11/28/15 at 10:03 am to ELLSSUU
Joe Dean
Posted on 11/28/15 at 10:04 am to ELLSSUU
Not really the same situation.
These last 15 years have really propelled LSU into one of the elite football programs in college football.
I can't say the same about LSU football heading into 1982.
These last 15 years have really propelled LSU into one of the elite football programs in college football.
I can't say the same about LSU football heading into 1982.
Posted on 11/28/15 at 10:04 am to Shaun176
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LSU not willing to pay a top tier coach put LSU in a tailspin.
Yes and that is my concern with this switch (and I'm all for it at this point). Honestly our AD cheaped out on the Johnny Jones hire when bigger names were possibly available. Let us hope that the "Big Money Donors" do not let this happen for our football team.
Posted on 11/28/15 at 10:08 am to ELLSSUU
McClendon was clearly at the end of his rope, and the criticism was not so much letting him go as in the classless way it was done (something LSU seems to have learned nothing from). Miles' situation is much less clear-cut, regardless of what the negatigers think.
Posted on 11/28/15 at 10:15 am to ELLSSUU
We don't fish in the same ponds we did back then. We're not going to Hattiesburg for coaches, we're going to Tallahassee.
This post was edited on 11/28/15 at 10:16 am
Posted on 11/28/15 at 10:31 am to Shaun176
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LSU not willing to pay a top tier coach put LSU in a tailspin.
This. I do not think it was due to being frugal though. I think they had no idea how much money the top ranked teams were making. There was no internet to provide the numbers on how much money championship teams generated.
Posted on 11/28/15 at 10:35 am to ELLSSUU
LSU went to 4 New Years Day bowls the first 8 years after Mac. Do you really believe the way we were going with him we would have done that? Also won one SEC Championship in that time frame. You call that a tailspin?. We did go in a tail spinning the late 80's and 90's but it wasn't because we fired a coach that had the game pass him by.
This post was edited on 11/28/15 at 10:36 am
Posted on 11/28/15 at 10:37 am to ELLSSUU
True Narrative: playing head coach musical chairs can and will put your program into a tailspin.
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