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How did Dale Brown get the crowds but we can't now?
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:02 pm
What was different that the Assembly Center was packed and on fire? Free tickets for students? Nothing else to do back then?
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Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:02 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
He won
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:03 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
People hate "bandwagoners" now. They get stoned and pissed on.
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:03 pm to harry coleman beast
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He consistently won for 15+ years
FIFY
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:04 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
Wasn't a baseball/basketball fan split back then.
We're just LSU fans.
We're just LSU fans.
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:05 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
Probably the part where we went to 8/10 NCAA tournaments that occurred in the 1980s.
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:05 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
Basketball was at the height of it's success in those days. Honestly, basketball all over the country has been losing interest for years
This post was edited on 2/10/14 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:05 pm to BigEdLSU
Is there a split now? Baseball basketball why? Over lap yes but still their shirts say LSU
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:06 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
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Is there a split now? Baseball basketball why? Over lap yes but still their shirts say LSU
Because you cant like both sports!!!!!11
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:06 pm to Duckie
Fans could identify with those teams, players stayed longer, not the one and done.
Football tickets were still cheap so fans could afford both, no one had baseball tickets back then until Bertman built the dynasty.
Students actually went to the games and camped out - students have other interests nowadays.
Football tickets were still cheap so fans could afford both, no one had baseball tickets back then until Bertman built the dynasty.
Students actually went to the games and camped out - students have other interests nowadays.
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:07 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
He was a tireless promotor. And, he won. TBH, though, it wasn't a packed house every time even during the golden era.
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:07 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
Chris Jackson then Shaq...two of the most dynamic college basketball players, ever.
This post was edited on 2/10/14 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:07 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
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Is there a split now? Baseball basketball why? Over lap yes but still their shirts say LSU
Not really. It's extremely easy to be a diehard for all three major sports, but some are and some aren't.
This post was edited on 2/10/14 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:10 pm to Duckie
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Basketball was at the height of it's success in those days. Honestly, basketball all over the country has been losing interest for years
i totally agree. in the mid70s and through the 80s basketball was on a completely different interest arc nationally. for lsu, i think it peaked when we had stanley, shaq and chris jackson and didn't win it. i'm not saying the fanbase won't follow a winner now, but the overall general interest has fallen off and it could take years to reestablish a core fan base that would consistently attend games at the pmac.
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:10 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
Coach Dale Brown sold something that everyone likes. It is Hope. It was the underdog mentality that with heart and soul and a belief in the possible, that the possible could happen. Dale often quoted Normal Vincent Peale.
No matter how dismal the program looked, Dale made you believe that a team full of rag rats and the downtrodden could rise up and overcome. Hope and nothing more. A belief in yourself. Dale was Rocky Balboa before Sly Stallone was Rocky Balboa. Give me a chance and believe and the good side of humanity will win out everytime or at least propel you to an occassional Final Four.
With John Brady, you got a smug coach who could recruit but who everybody though was an a-hole.
Trent Johnson...well..you saw how pathetic that show was.
Until you can get people to believe it is possible to win and win big, then you have no shot. you need a high profile charismatic coach who can rally the troops. Don't know if Johnny can do it. We will find out soon enough.
No matter how dismal the program looked, Dale made you believe that a team full of rag rats and the downtrodden could rise up and overcome. Hope and nothing more. A belief in yourself. Dale was Rocky Balboa before Sly Stallone was Rocky Balboa. Give me a chance and believe and the good side of humanity will win out everytime or at least propel you to an occassional Final Four.
With John Brady, you got a smug coach who could recruit but who everybody though was an a-hole.
Trent Johnson...well..you saw how pathetic that show was.
Until you can get people to believe it is possible to win and win big, then you have no shot. you need a high profile charismatic coach who can rally the troops. Don't know if Johnny can do it. We will find out soon enough.
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:20 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
He won plus it was a different time when LSU basketball mattered back then.
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:22 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
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What was different
Dale went to like 15 NCAAs in a row and he had some of best basketball talent LSU has ever seen on the floor.
Plus, football program was nowhere close to what we have now.
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:23 pm to MottLaneKid
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With John Brady, you got a smug coach who could recruit but who everybody though was an a-hole.
Such bullshite that people actually think Brady could recruit. Butch Pierre/Collis Temple did far more recruiting than Brady ever did. The only thing he did even vaguely well was coach defense. That and running players off.
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:24 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
Well we went to the NCAA Tourny 10 years in a row. That probably helped.
Posted on 2/10/14 at 2:24 pm to YouAre8Up
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He won
Yep.
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LSU basketball mattered back then.
Because we won...
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