re: Dale Brown is A Man Amongst Men, A Living Legend

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Many years ago at Lsu I waited on him numerous times and he never had time for this "little guy"

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To quote Dale: "Have you ever masturbated?"

I love your posts, pimp

I have no knowledge if you still have this article or what so:

Hello Trouble, I'm Dale Brown

I have posted this before and will again, as long as Dale Brown needs a good word. Dale Brown is a saint to me. I followed his teams and as far as I know, he's a class act. I certainly do not know the inner workings of his tenure as coach, but this I do know. I've posted this before. Back in October when my twin brother was dying a slow and painful death, because of cancer, one of his last good and exciting moments was a couple of phone calls from Dale Brown. My twin, named Dale also, never met Coach Brown, but was a loyal and dedicated fan of LSU sports. Not only did Coach Brown call my brother while he was in the hospital on his death bed, but he sent him a couple of books and stayed in contact to the end. So for me, he's all class, he's caring, he's going beyond the call. Save the negative comments for other folks, cause they mean nothing to me. When I saw my dying brother's expression after he got off the phone with Coach Brown, the man became a Saint at that moment.

Being young I wasnt around for dales glory years at LSU but I can remember going to all of his basketball camps as a little kid and getting to hear him speak and shake his hand. It is a shame what that no good thug lester earl and that piece of shite roy williams and the ncaa have tried to do to his rep. Dale is a great man than anyone involved with the ncaa that brought bullshite at him, bigger man than that cheating no good roy williams who doesn't deserve a title are anything. Dale may not have won a title but the ncaa and lester earl did him wrong. its a shame that some take shots at one of the greatest reps for LSU ever.

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only dale brown could have Shaq, Chris Jackson, and Stanley Roberts and not do anything.




Again, you and others who say this are just factually wrong.

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Agree. That is just ignorant. Michigan's 'Fab 5' was the exception to the rule. In 1989-90, CJ was a SO, O'Neal a raw FR and Roberts was a Prop 48 SO who was playing his first year. This was the only year they played togethor.

Yes,they underachieved to an extent. The road loss to Florida was humiliating as was the SEC tournament loss to Auburn. Still,to maintain that team 'did nothing' and use that to diminish Dale's career is just dumb.

Remember,that Georgia Tech team we lost to at the end did go on to the Final Four in Denver that year.

Dale Brown is one of the best things to EVER happen to LSU. When Curly Hallman was here and our football stunk for a long time Dale made it OK!

Dale should have retired the day Shaquille went pro.

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Not letting LE transfer just because Williams wanted him at Kans?

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Grinds my gears that Roy Boy is thought of as squeaky clean by the media. Sorry bastard.

Great brief on Brown from SI on Dec. 14, 1987

WHERE EGOS SOAR

In the college coaching fraternity, hot tempers don't always cool in the off-season. LSU's Dale Brown, never one to suffer in silence, has gone public in his crusade against the wretched excesses of Indiana's Bob Knight. Brown is convinced that Knight's famed courtside telephone slam during the NCAA Midwest Regional final in Cincinnati last March cost his Tigers momentum and, ultimately, the game, which the Hoosiers won 77-76.

"We beat Indiana," Brown said recently. "We outhustled them. We stymied their attack. What happened during that fiasco [Knight was slapped with a technical foul and then bashed a phone on the scorer's table] took away our chance to break their back. Knight isn't above the game. When is somebody going to say, 'Sit your butt down, pal, or you're out?' I'm not going to tolerate him or what he does. His game plan is very simple. Everybody is afraid of him, particularly in coaching. All dictators have the same philosophy, and it's called intimidation."

Knight was a tad less verbose in reply. "As long as the Dale Browns of the world are in disagreement with me, then I think I'm in pretty good shape," he said. As for the tournament game in question, Knight conceded that, with five minutes left, he thought his Hoosiers might be in jeopardy. "Then I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown, and I knew, well, we had a chance."

Knight isn't the only coach embroiled in a brouhaha with Brown. At the SEC's preseason media day, Tennessee's Don DeVoe, perhaps not coincidentally a former Knight assistant, attacked Brown's hiring for next season of Jim Childers, the high school coach of 6'11" Stanley Roberts, a top recruit who recently signed a letter of intent with LSU; DeVoe labeled it "unethical." Brown responded by saying, "Divorce is unethical." DeVoe was divorced four years ago.

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Dale is that rare individual, an accomplished man who has time for the little guy. He loves people.

He is a Force Of Nature, a man you only meet once in a lifetime,completely original, a trailblazer, a Leader Of Men.

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He was great for the program and the whole state for that matter. Guy had boundless energy, slept 3 hrs a night, carried out numerous crusades and still found time to be the second winningest coach of all time in the SEC.