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What if DiNardo had fired Tepper after the '98 UK game ?
Posted on 10/8/08 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 10/8/08 at 4:10 pm
Tuberville's mid-season dismissal of a new coordinator (who had also coached the bowl game the prior season) got me thinking. Honestly,even after the Auburn win in Sept,that defense was shaky.The Georgia game proved it and the Kentucky fiasco reinforced it.
May have beaten Ole Miss,Alabama and Notre Dame. Team would have been 7-4 and then a bowl . Who knows about 1999 ?
Maybe it turned out for the best that we lived through that nightmare.
May have beaten Ole Miss,Alabama and Notre Dame. Team would have been 7-4 and then a bowl . Who knows about 1999 ?
Maybe it turned out for the best that we lived through that nightmare.
Posted on 10/8/08 at 4:19 pm to I-59 Tiger
LSU isnt where it is today if Tepper is fired and the 98 and 99 teams are 6-5, 7-4 type teams. We needed to hit rock bottom and have the program rebuilt from the ground up
Posted on 10/8/08 at 4:21 pm to Pilot Tiger
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We needed to hit rock bottom
I thought that is what the Curley era was for.
Posted on 10/8/08 at 4:27 pm to I-59 Tiger
Curley was ahead of his time, I guess
Posted on 10/8/08 at 4:38 pm to I-59 Tiger
"I thought that is what the Curley era was for."
Curley has to be the worst coach to ever lead out the Purple and Gold. I will always contend that Teppar was the reason Dinardo got canned, Gerry wasn't a bad coach IMO.
Curley has to be the worst coach to ever lead out the Purple and Gold. I will always contend that Teppar was the reason Dinardo got canned, Gerry wasn't a bad coach IMO.
Posted on 10/8/08 at 4:54 pm to Palm Beach Tiger
You can also add Bob McConnel, recruiting too many kids with questionale academics/bad character, and his own ego are also acceptable reasons as to why he got run.
Posted on 10/9/08 at 4:48 am to I-59 Tiger
quote:We would still be excited to go to peach & independence bowl games.Depending on who dinardo hired as DC.
What if DiNardo had fired Tepper after the '98 UK game ?
Posted on 10/9/08 at 4:51 am to the crue
Say what you want, but DiNardo did leave the program in better shape than he found it. It didn't take Saban long to come in, clean up, and get it rolling.
Posted on 10/9/08 at 4:59 am to Palm Beach Tiger
quote:Well dont you think that is Dinardos fault? He had the money to hire top dollar assistants but he didnt.
I will always contend that Teppar was the reason Dinardo got canned, Gerry wasn't a bad coach IMO.
Posted on 10/9/08 at 5:01 am to LSUGrad9295
quote:Ohh no doubt, we had some talent whenever Saban got here. That team was full of LA kids, the same that we are excelling with today.
Say what you want, but DiNardo did leave the program in better shape than he found it.
Posted on 10/9/08 at 5:03 am to LSUGrad9295
nothing against dinardo, but i don't think he would have took it to the next level like saban or miles. I will give him credit for what he accomplished. Like i said he brought the magic back but saban took it to another level.
Posted on 10/9/08 at 5:06 am to Boudin
i felt bad for dinardo. he seemed like a good guy, he just didn't know how to manage personnel. he recruited top notch guys, many of them are still playing in the league now. we had a dominant offense in 1998, we just couldn't stop anyone. 1999 was the most miserable year i have ever seen. there was a lot more going wrong with our team than just not being able to stop people. we didn't do a lot of scoring on them either.
Posted on 10/9/08 at 5:10 am to lsufball19
He would be somebody to have working in the program, hes just a likable guy and he loves LSU.
Posted on 10/9/08 at 5:27 am to I-59 Tiger
Had Dinardo been able to keep Reese and Watts around I think he may have gotten at least to the SECCG by 01 if not earlier. Anyway, I googled Reese and came actoss a 98 season preview from SI. Funny stuff:
Little did we know that meant Tepper would be telling the boys to give 15 yds of cushion all year.
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Tepper will be more conservative and more consistent. Says Wesley, "If Coach Tepper tells us to do something one way in September, I expect we'll still be doing it that way in November."
Little did we know that meant Tepper would be telling the boys to give 15 yds of cushion all year.
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This post was edited on 10/9/08 at 5:30 am
Posted on 10/9/08 at 7:23 am to ValleyTiger
Remember, Joe Dean hired these yahoos.
UGH
GT
UGH
GT
Posted on 10/9/08 at 7:25 am to Sundance
Joe Dean damn near ruined our athletic program. For all the abuse Bottom Line Bob took, his track record was a Hell of a lot better....
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