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re: Where does Paul Dietzel rank amongst LSU football coaches?
Posted on 6/23/12 at 7:56 pm to DaSaltyTiger
Posted on 6/23/12 at 7:56 pm to DaSaltyTiger
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Was McClendon beloved when Dietzel fired him or something? Also why did Dietzel resigned/get fired as AD?
A year before Cholly Mac coached his last season, it was generally understood that it was time for him to step down. They brought in Dietzel as AD with the understanding that he was going to have to let him go. What got so many fans riled up was the way it was handled. The BOS met at the LSUA campus and while they were debating what to do, Coach Mac was left to sit in his car in the parking lot and wait. Coach Mac had done nothing but handle his job with class for the 25+ years he was at LSU and deserved better.
He did have a chance to go out in style during his last season if he could have beaten the 2 #1 teams that played in Tiger Stadium that year, but it wasn't to be.
Still, he was a great guy...met him once at his golf tournament and two minutes later he made me feel like I had known him for years.
Personality wise, he and Les Miles are very similar.
One of his funniest quotes:
For several years, there were signs and bumper stickers that said "Help Mac Pack". When he was moving to take the job in Orlando, a reporter showed up at his house and he said he was disappointed that all those people that wanted to Help Mac Pack were nowhere to be found when he needed them !!!!!
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Posted on 6/23/12 at 9:17 pm to ElderTiger
It was very common for some of the faculty at LSU to refer to him as “Catch them in the hall, Paul.” He liked them young and willing. Fortunately for him, Army offered him a position just when things were getting heated between him and a young staffer’s husband.
Of course that probably is a rumor since I heard it from fewer than 10 different sources in the early 60’s, wink, wink, nod, nod, you know what I mean?
Of course that probably is a rumor since I heard it from fewer than 10 different sources in the early 60’s, wink, wink, nod, nod, you know what I mean?
Posted on 6/23/12 at 11:14 pm to ElderTiger
quote:Man, that's messed up. Totally not professional. Btw, what is BOS?
The BOS met at the LSUA campus and while they were debating what to do, Coach Mac was left to sit in his car in the parking lot and wait.
Posted on 6/25/12 at 10:13 am to ElderTiger
quote:
why did Dietzel resigned/get fired as AD?
He was fired as AD by the BOS. Incompetence and financial mismanagement were a couple of primary issues.
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