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If DiNardo would have just replaced his talented DB Coach Ron Case (Left to join Mack Browns's staff at North Carolina) and DC Carl Reese (Left to be John Mackovic's DC at Texas) with coaches of equal talent, he may still be the coach at L.S.U

Reese joined Brown at Texas. and who knows, maybe he does anyway, but the fact is, he got a big raise and DiNardo could not pay top dollar, like we do today, for assistants, so you get what you pay for.

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seem to recall some coach that wrote the book "Complete Linebacking" being implicated in a lot of the DiNardo downfall

he makes an easy scape goat, but he was not the whole problem. First of all he was a good coach, but was not a good fit for LSU and his scheme did not fit our personel at all. Helluva lot easier to coach LB's when you have Rice and Hardy.

The biggest problem DiNardo has was he didn't pay enough attention to eligibilty for his recruits. As a result, by his last year, he was not fielding full teams. It was like suffering from probation, only with out being on probation.

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Posted by Imtheman2

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Posted on 9/7/12 at 10:49 am to H-Town Tiger

"The biggest problem DiNardo has was he didn't pay enough attention to eligibilty for his recruits. As a result, by his last year, he was not fielding full teams. It was like suffering from probation, only with out being on probation."

There's a lot of truth to that. He had high ranked recruiting classes, but the reality was several of the highest recruits never got in school. We all know how important recruiting is. It doesn't matter if you have the greatest staff in the world. It starts with talent.

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Posted by Baloo

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Posted on 9/7/12 at 10:54 am to H-Town Tiger

Dinardo had his problems, but he's also the guy who pulled us up out of the tailspin. He actually got big recruits to come to LSU and started to change the culture. Yes, discipline and grades were his downfall but its not like we were ultra disciplined before he got here. I don't lump in Dinardo with Hallman and Archer. Actually, the only truly terrible coach was Hallman.

But rot starts at the top, and Joe Dean was a miserable AD. Didn't invest in football, ran afoul of the feds with some of the most egregious Title IX violations imaginable (it's probably best not to say horribly sexist things about the volleyball team on the court's record), couldn't raise money, and generally just presided over a period of malaise. Basketball went into the tank on his watch as well, and Skip was the only thing that kept LSU sports above water.

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