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re: How do y'all remember DiNardo?
Posted on 10/11/13 at 11:55 am to Y.A. Tittle
Posted on 10/11/13 at 11:55 am to Y.A. Tittle
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he was a smarter coach than Miles.
Why do people think miles isnt smart? Dude graduated from michigan. He may be the smartest ciach weve had. Peoole just dont like the way he talks. Miles has proven that hes loyal, but will still make the change. If miles wasnt smart, he would have stuck with malveto instead of hiring chavis. Even though fans didnt think it was a good hire at the time.
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Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:00 pm to TigerTreyjpg
i always like gerry dinardo. he is the one that turned LSU around and nick saban was the first beneficiary of that. he really had poor hires as assts and refused to correct his mistakes. lou tepper is the worst defensive coordinator in the history of LSU and possibly college football. if chief had been the DC, dinardo wouldn't have been fired; the talent was there.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:01 pm to dgnx6
All of the positive comments about the man are pretty much on the money and the negative comments about his coaching ability and failure to get rid of Tepper are also correct. He was a pleasant individual and represented the university well in many ways -- any haters are looking only at the results, not the man. He was an avid LSU fan in everything and in the football off season often attended/supported other events including the so-called minor sports and women's sports.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:13 pm to dgnx6
I liked Dinardo, I thought he did a tremendous job reviving LSU. People forget (or are too young to remember), but LSU had REALLY declined by the time he came. Think a step or so below current Tennessee levels. By the time Dinardo got here, we were the worst program in the West. Elite recruits were pipelined to Florida St and similar. Tiger Stadium had fallen to where home games were like they are now... in the late 3rd quarter of bad games.
Gerry turned that around. You really can't overstate "bring back the magic".
Gerry turned that around. You really can't overstate "bring back the magic".
Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:17 pm to TigerTreyjpg
when we were number 6 in the country, I held a sign that said "dinardo for president'.
the very next year, there were "fire dinardo" signs everywhere.
the very next year, there were "fire dinardo" signs everywhere.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:21 pm to mostbesttigerfanever
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ike the guy brought the magic back f'ed up with his coordinators
Totally agree.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:37 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Wasn't great, but I remember him with much better regards than the previous 2 coaches-Hallman & Archer. Now those were some painful times. Thanks goodness for baseball back then.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:42 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Coach DiNardo was a great guy. He was very supportive of the entire LSU experience. That means that he got involved in the campus activities and really tried to create community around the football program. He and Terry were really caring people.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:42 pm to TigerTreyjpg
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When I think about his guy, I remember the 97 FL game
same here. That game is the 2nd earliest game I can remember (I was 10)and I was hooked after it.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:45 pm to TigerTreyjpg
I try not to think about him too much. He was better than Hallman, and he did some good things, but his paranoia and micromanagement got the better of him.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:46 pm to TigerSaint
1989-1994 25-41, it was just awful. An outsider had to remind us there really was magic in TS, won 3 bowls in a row (for LSU, this was very good), got Kevin Faulk, beat that smartass Spurrier. Unfortunately the poor finish tends to be remembered most and he gets grouped in with Archer and Hallman, which I think unfair.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:47 pm to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
lol these posts are great lol
Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:47 pm to Sampson
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When I think about his guy, I remember the 97 FL game
Same here. What was it the ol' football coach said before the game? Something like, let's hang 50 on these guys and get out of here. FAIL!
Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:50 pm to Large Farva
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Great restaurant. Now it's called Ruffinos.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 12:55 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Like him, always reminds me of '97 Florida game.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:08 pm to cattus
I remember him as my substitute teacher at McKinley High in 2001-2002. Dude went from being high profile college coach to making $60/day for EBRP Schools System.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:16 pm to dgnx6
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Why do people think miles isnt smart? Dude graduated from michigan. He may be the smartest ciach weve had.
Miles is a smart guy, and smarter than many give him credit for, no doubt. But LSU's first coach, C.E. Coates, of Coates Hall fame, was LSU's smartest coach, and it's not even close. PhD from Johns Hopkins, known worldwide for his sugar chemistry research, and dean of LSU's school of chemistry.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:26 pm to dgnx6
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he was a smarter coach than Miles.
Why do people think miles isnt smart?
That statement does not mean that Miles IS NOT smart.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:33 pm to TigerTreyjpg
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If you do like him, why?
He did a legitimate "man's job" in stopping the bleeding (immediately) and put LSU's program back on solid footing.
His loyalty to his coordinators (particularly Tepper) was his downfall and I hate to see an admirable trait result in somebody failing.
He was not the long-term answer for LSU, but the little angry man from West Virginia gets, perhaps, more credit for the rebuilding job than he should, because Dinardo brought us between 1/2 and 2/3 of the way back from the pits of Archer/Hallman.
Just my $0.02 - opinions do vary, particularly among the Sabanistas.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 1:39 pm to Ace Midnight
As a 3rd and 4th year LSU undergrad student during the 1998 and 1999 seasons and watching our asses literally get (predictably) pillaged by the likes of the UK's and Ole Miss's in consecutive seasons, I find it hard to have any sympathy for the man.
This post was edited on 10/11/13 at 1:40 pm
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