re: Hypocrisy of those who denigrate Dale Brown's accomplishments

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How great a coavh is can be very subjective. Some can say he put LSU basketball on the map while others would point out he had both Shaq and Jackson and still couldn't win a title. Cal was criticized for winning only 1 title during this one and done era with superior talent. Yet his fans will say how UK makes it to the semifinals often.

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Cal coaches one of the top five programs in college basketball history with all of its tradition, success and glamour. He virtually selects his recruits every year seldom signing anyone outside of the top 30 players. Yet he has only one more national title than Brown does.

Dale took over a moribund program with little success other than Pete's individual heroics and made LSU basketball relevant and a national power. For 15 years the Tigers stood toe to to toe with the Big Blue nation and did not back down.

What was accomplished far exceeds what did not happen. There are far too many pithy comments on this board about his last four years or not winning a title with Shaq and Jackson. (not directed at you).

Compare LSU basketball between the Bob Petit and Joe Dean era to the Brown years and then compare Brown's tenure to the last 20 years and that should tell you all you need to know.