Former LSU Coach Dale Brown Releases Statement On Johnny Jones

Note the glaring absence of anything about Johnny's coaching acumen.

Dale has always been a class act...

I agree that Johnny Jones is a fine man. I think I'm a fine man also... but I shouldn't be coaching the team either.

Where's the fire, Dale?

Right. No where in there does he say JJ shouldn't have been fired - he just says he is saddened by it. I agree Jones has always represented LSU well on a personal level and wish him the best.

Class statement, thanks Dale.

We had joy. We had fun. We had seasons in the sun.

K

Classy statement.

Who is more intelligent: Dale or Skip?

What does any of what Dale said have to do with Johnny not being able to coach worth a darn?

Yes, he is a fine man and so is Les Miles. Unfortunately, in today's world of big time college athletics, winning carries more weight than anything else. I wanted JJ to succeed. He was on staff when I was in school but you gotta win. When you make the $$$ these coaches are getting, you had better produce a winning product plain and simple. Best of luck to JJ!

Dale needs to stay away from this coaching search.

How the frick can dale defend jones? The dude missed the tournament with Ben Simmons and blakeney! He's done jack shite at lsu. Can't even comprehend how one can defend him

Very classy move for Dale to release this message of support for JJ at this point...it is all too easy to just pile on when a coach has to be fired and he stepped away from the mob and said what he felt. Hats off to him...

Senility has set in for Dale Brown. We now have confirmation.

I wonder how much of that class was displayed when he was the bag man for Lester earl

Why did he feel the need to do this? I know JJ is his boy, but this is fricking stupid. It wasn't needed. I don't like Alleva, but it's time for JA to drop his nuts on Daddy Dale and Collis.

Why is everyone so upset by this. This is America! Freedom of speech, you know? I think most of you are losing sight of the fact that Jones has been fired! Dale isn't saying that was a bad move by LSU. Just showing support for his protoge. Relax, we're still getting a new coach!

Dale Who? If Dale cared half as much for Tiger Basketball as he does for DALE..He would get out of the way and let the LSU Tiger basketball program rebuild. But i know a lot of ignorant rich people care what Dale thinks. So don't look for much improvement in the program until the money bags have had enough of losing.