re: Paul Dietzel returns

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armytiger96
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I remember his return as a nothing burger, but it was a different time.


Another part of the nothing burger is that according to Dietzel, LTG Middleton basically told him it was his duty to take the job at Army so he left on good terms with his boss.

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Following the 1961 season, Dietzel—who had previously served as an assistant at West Point and led the LSU Tigers to an undefeated national championship in 1958—approached the university president about the job offer. Middleton, a highly decorated World War II Lieutenant General, looked at the opportunity through a military and civic lens. According to historical accounts and an interview with Dietzel, Middleton famously told him it was his "patriotic duty" to go to the United States Military Academy and make the football program a winner.

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Thanks for sharing that. Once upon a time I was young. I was a young teen when he left for his “dream team”, Army. I hated him for it all these years.

Now I can see it differently, and understand. Sorry Paul.