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

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There is no doubt that Dale Brown is a great person and has done a lot for many people. He also did a lot for LSU basketball and put it on the map. He taught young men how to make positive decisions that would affect the rest of their lives and make them better men.

The problem, is that he made one mistake that undid much of what he accomplished. Everything he built at LSU was torn down with the LE situation. The advice he gave young men became questionable, when he failed to heed it himself.

As a person, Dale is still a great person with a great heart. But, he still has to be held accountable for what he did and the results of those actions.

And, that is why he is just another man among men and will never be a legend, living or dead.

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I respect your opinion on this completely, even as I disagree with it. The ugly end is part of the totality of the man. Very good point.

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But i lost some respect for him during the brou-ha-ha with Tenn in the sec tourney early 90s. He looked like a fool running on the court and taking a swing at a UT player.

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That was not a high point for Dale, but he did not take a swing at any Tennessee player. He did make slight contact while on the floor,which he should have never done and helped escalate the incident.

Carlus Groves was 6' 6" 265 and was never in any danger of being hurt by Dale. Had Groves elected to not wrap up O'Neal on a almost certain monster slam while down 73-51,nothing would have ever happened.

How Tennessee's actions that night have never been criticized is beyond me. Wade Houston had a bunch of thugs on that team including Groves and a complete punk, Steve Rivers. Groves had tackled Vernell Singleton on a breakaway dunk the year before in Baton Rouge.

Dale was wrong that night,but he didn't take a swing at anyone,and Tennessee's antics were just as much a part of the ugly scene.

He was much better as a motivator of questionable talent than a bench coach for a stacked team. No other example illustrates it more than in 1981 when he blew it with an amazing array of talent.

Agreed.

1981 was THE great missed opportunity, not the 89-92 era.

1987 was tough too, because had we beat IU as we should have, we would have been able to play for all the marbles in The Dome.

Avid fan of Daddy Dale...went to his Basketball camp 3 years in a row and got goosebumps playing ball on the court of the Assembly Center. Met past and present players...listened to Dale motivate and man could he give speeches. I hate to see him bashed on here. His time was over and he needed to go, just hated to see it happen the way it did. that was LSU basketball that I miss so much. Dreamed of playing for Dale Brown, just was never good enough for college ball. Thanks to Dale for all he put into this program.

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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.

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...on that note, I will keep my information to myself. While he has his skeletons (we all do), the light he has shown out casts it all.

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I thought that was allen houston that started all that shite by grabbing shaq.

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Oh,no. It was Groves. Houston was one of the few players on either side who did very little in the brawl.

That was one ugly scene. I had flashbacks to what I scene as a kid when Ohio State and Minnesota had a brawl where fans came on the court in 1972.

My seats were about 15 rows behind LSU's bench and yours truly ran down behind our bench had anything like that took place and was ready to serve.

Daddy Dale did more for LSU than any other person in the 20th century. He is a legend, and none of you NEGATIGERS can ever change that. Viva la DADDY DALE!!!

I watched that incident over and over, frame by frame. Dale never came close to throwing a punch. Groves was coming at him, and Dale raised his arms in a defensive position, as anybody would when someone is charging you.

Well, it WAS going ok.