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

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.