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re: How do y'all remember DiNardo?
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:35 am to TigerTreyjpg
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:35 am to TigerTreyjpg
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...there are folks that would take him over Miles right now...
Anybody that would take DiNardo over Miles needs their head examined.
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Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:35 am to TigerTreyjpg
right guy at the right time.
He got some holes plugged and stopped the boat from sinking. He was a good set up man for the next captain.
He got some holes plugged and stopped the boat from sinking. He was a good set up man for the next captain.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:36 am to TigerTreyjpg
He was by far the most handsome.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:36 am to TigerTreyjpg
He sweated a lot.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:37 am to TigerTreyjpg
I don't hate DiNardo. He made a few horrible hires in replacing coordinators and it cost him his job. He wasn't the best coach ever but he left a good foundation for Saban to build on when he got here.
Judging from his subsequent coaching jobs, it seems like he punched above his weight class for a few years but just wasn't that good of a coach.
Judging from his subsequent coaching jobs, it seems like he punched above his weight class for a few years but just wasn't that good of a coach.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:38 am to Waffle House
was a good coach, good recruiter. just too loyal to his assistants when it was obvious they were inadequate.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:39 am to LSUnowhas2
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like the guy
brought the magic back
f'ed up with his coordinators
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Overall I like Dinardo. He set the table for the resurgence of the early 2000's. In many respects, he is responsible for getting people interested in LSU football again with his bring back the magic campaign. He got LSU into some bowl games after they had been missing for years.
Lou Tepper was ultimately his downfall. Lou Tepper got his reputation on the backs of Kevin Hardy and Simeon Rice at Illinois. His linebacking philosophy works with those monsters at LB. With Thomas Dunson at LB, not so much.
and this.
ultimately i think i have a postive view of him bc my freshman yr was curley's last yr and so i attended LSU during his tenure and there were some good times in comparison to curley's tenure.
i stand by the fact that if it were not for dinardo showing that one could succeed here, maybe saban never comes here, and maybe the golden age of LSU football 2001-present never happens.
it's also my argument to anyone who think that any idiot could do well at LSU. it's a testament to what saban built on top of what dinardo started and most impressively what miles has done to maintain and build even more.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:40 am to TigerTreyjpg
The guy who brought in Kevin Faulk.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:40 am to TigerTreyjpg
I grew up with him so I lived him. His teams just seemed to be able to get it done when they needed it. Plus tiger stadium was.............LOUD EVERY SINGLE GAME.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:43 am to TigerTreyjpg
I've always liked him and thought he did some good things for LSU. If he had been able to hold his early staff together, he may have had more success. I just think he brought in the wrong guy on defense in Tepper, and also began to hire what appeared to be "yes" men so he could micromanage. But I still like him and always make time to listen if he's on the radio.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:45 am to BillF
His restaurant was good. I liked it better than I do Ruffino's
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:45 am to TigerTreyjpg
Dinardo became the coach around the time I really started watching LSU football. The two things about his tenure that stick out in my mind was the '97 Florida game, and then his losing season where fans made shirts saying "Dinardo Must GEAUX."
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:47 am to Child of the Missip
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:47 am to atltiger6487
This
He started to put the fence back up in recruiting, and reversed the trend of the best LA players going anywhere but LSU.
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he turned things around, but then got derailed when he hired Lou Tepper as DC. Disaster.
But overall, good memories of him.
He started to put the fence back up in recruiting, and reversed the trend of the best LA players going anywhere but LSU.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:47 am to TigerTreyjpg
Dinardo will always be remembered as a integral part of reviving the LSU program. He and his wife really did a lot for LSU and were in the cutting edge of what it takes to build/rebuild a program from the fan base up. He got money flowing into the program by getting fans rededicated to the program. His best moment was the 97' UF game and his downfall/worst moment was his allegiance to Lou Tepper which we should probably all be thankful for, his stubbornness to stand by his man paved the way for the hiring of Nick Saban and Les Miles.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:56 am to Rommel
When the program needed a promoter, he was awesome. When it needed a great coach, he was lousy. But, as the 10-plus-win seasons pile up, it's easier and easier to view DiNardo's tenure in a generally favorable light.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 9:59 am to jose canseco
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He brought back the magic
Definitely did, except was mostly every other week!
Never forget the 12-6 win over AU, was one of most intense games and of course 97 UF but was always up and down each week and of course the coordinators fiasco!
Posted on 10/11/13 at 10:00 am to BilJ
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He would never have achieved a high level of sucess here,
I actually think, but for his stubbornness, he possibly could have.
I think, in many ways, he was a smarter coach than Miles. And this is not from a Miles basher, either.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 10:00 am to TigerTreyjpg
He always messed with his sleeves.
Posted on 10/11/13 at 10:10 am to bwallcubfan
He had the best pseudo-rap Ford commercials of any LSU coach ever.
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