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re: What caused LSU Football's putrid 90's run?
Posted on 9/7/12 at 10:49 am to H-Town Tiger
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 on 9/7/12 at 10:52 am to Imtheman2
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"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.
This is all true.
When he left, he essentially blamed the Louisiana education system. The irony being, it took smarter men who succeeded him to figure out how to actually work within the system he was (and they were) dealt.
Posted on 9/7/12 at 10:53 am to Imtheman2
As mentioned in another thread, Archer was and continues to be a good DC. He was just a horribly horrific HC. No where near HC material. He put LSU into the tailspin.
HCs need to be able to assemble a good staff, recruit, and inspire the troops. Archer was poor at one of these and very bad at the other two.
The "talent" LSU put on the field by the end of Archer's tenure around 1990 was the worst ever in relation to their competition in the SEC. We had slow white DBs. Enough said.
The one thing you can say about Curley is that he was a better recruiter. He left DiNardo something to work with. Archer left Curley nothing.
HCs need to be able to assemble a good staff, recruit, and inspire the troops. Archer was poor at one of these and very bad at the other two.
The "talent" LSU put on the field by the end of Archer's tenure around 1990 was the worst ever in relation to their competition in the SEC. We had slow white DBs. Enough said.
The one thing you can say about Curley is that he was a better recruiter. He left DiNardo something to work with. Archer left Curley nothing.
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