For the old timers: have you ever seen anything like this with LSU?

Internets have killed us and made people more stOOPID.

Not that I can ever recall. Of course back in the day there wasn’t all this instant information. The agents weren’t as savvy and college football wasn’t as big in the country.
The closest thing I can recall was the Brady and JJ hirings. Then there’s Pokey..

No. Even the Curley stuff was not so fast or precipitous as this.

people thought this same stuff in the 90's
they just didnt have a way to air it out like they do now.
plus 90% of the folks on here are kids.

Much worse. But social media and the flow of unsourced and unreliable mis-information exacerbates the problem more. That’s the big difference. Also, A&M was not in the picture back then and they can outbid anyone in the SEC for coaches, except for maybe BAMA.

Depending on how far you go back, LSU had no where near the facilities they do now so a regroup with the right leadership can happen fairly quick.

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In any sport? I'm 33 and have never experienced something this chaotic as an LSU fan.

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Then pick up a book. This whole thing isn't anywhere close to chaotic relative to past Athletic Dept. issues. The only difference is the prevelance of social media, message boards, and the internet with thousands of people simultaneously working themselves into a complete frenzy

This was a cover from Sports Illustrated in 1985



Feel free to read the article. The AD is appearing before a grand jury on claims that he bugged his office to eveasedrop on the NCAA. Dale Brown, who was constantly fighting with the NCAA, is being investigated for recruting violations. Can you imagine what the Tiger Rant would have been like then?

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LSU fired Broadhead because he spent money like a teenage girl (though he did hire some good coaches - Skip Bertman, Bill Arnsbarger, Sue Gunter). Joe Dean gets hired with the mandate to save money at all costs. He hires Curly Hallman because he's cheap. Later on Dale Brown's constant fighting with the NCAA cripples the basketball program to a degree where the still haven't fully recovered.


This is FAR from the most chaotic time at LSU

You haven't lived LSU sports if you missed the Bob Brodhead days. Read his book.

The closest analogy is when Bill Arnsparger left. We didn’t have an AD. Dale Brown and the good ole boys didn’t want Arnsparger as AD so he left abruptly for Florida who did hire him as AD. So we promoted Mike Archer (which was common back then) to Head Coach and hired Joe Dean as AD. Dean was a tight arse, unwilling to spend money and that’s why we were stuck with coaches like Hallman and DiNardo.

Huey long would go down on the field and call plays. However he was better than cam Cameron