re: What caused LSU Football's putrid 90's run?

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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.

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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.