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re: What coach was at the helm when you first started following the Tigers?
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:17 am to Mike da Tigah
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:17 am to Mike da Tigah
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Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:21 am to Mike da Tigah
Help Mac Pack.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:22 am to Tiger Ugly
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Same here and my old man HATED him. But even then I had a soft spot for him cause he was my first coach.
Same here - I heard a lot of "Help Mac pack" in the stands as a kid. But Mac seemed to be liked by fans and respected by fellow coaches in retirement. Even my dad, after griping about him, would say he was the only coach to beat the Bear back to back years.
I got to meet and chat with Mac once or twice in his later years - we were going through chemo at the same place in '01.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:23 am to Mike da Tigah
Cholly Mac
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:34 am to Mike da Tigah
Curley Hallman
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:42 am to Mike da Tigah
Coach Paul Dietzel!!! The White team, the GoLd (Go) Team, and the Chinese Bandits!
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:43 am to Mike da Tigah
Cholly Mac
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:44 am to Mike da Tigah
Chollie Mac
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:45 am to Mike da Tigah
Cholly Mac. Won 70% of his games but fired cause he couldn't beat Bama and Bear Bryant. Pretty much built the aura of Tiger stadium being the toughest place to play in the country. Always out talented by the big boys but always had a stout defense and they always showed up to play for him.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:48 am to Mike da Tigah
Cholly Mac too. I always liked him. Seemed like a genuinely nice person.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:52 am to Ponchy Tiger
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Did your dad just hate everyone? I can't imagine anyone hating Mac.
Well, it wasn't a personal hate, but he just never liked him as a head coach.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:54 am to Tiger Ugly
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For me it was Cholly Mac
Same here and my old man HATED him
My Uncle was unofficial president of the "Help Mac Pack!" Club. Even back in the 70's Tiger Fans butched over not being able to beat Bama and win the SEC.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:55 am to TexasTiger89
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Cholly Mac
samde
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Seemed like a genuinely nice person.
he really was, he was a family friend, my mom played college basketball and tennis with Dorothy Faye
Cholly Mac was as friendly and down to earth as they come Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:55 am to Mike da Tigah
Paul Dietzel.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:56 am to Mike da Tigah
Bernie Moore
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:57 am to Mike da Tigah
Jerry Stovall. Lived on South Lakeshore drive next to house for LSU president. Use to walk around the lake on game day to go buy tickets for $5. Lots of empty seats back then. I do remember watch the orange game under Bill Arnsbarger. Didn't he leave LSU to go be Florida AD.
This post was edited on 10/7/24 at 10:26 am
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:58 am to Mike da Tigah
paul dietzei
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:58 am to Mike da Tigah
Stovall
Posted on 10/7/24 at 8:59 am to Htowntiger90
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ut Mac seemed to be liked by fans and respected by fellow coaches in retirement. Even my dad, after griping about him, would say he was the only coach to beat the Bear back to back
I think time has been kind to Mac, and as I indicated as a kid I liked him he was my coach. But in his last 6 years he only beat one team that finished the season with ranked in the top 20.
I don't think he was ever a great recruiter, early in his tenure the AD Corbett and John McKeithen helped a lot with recruiting, it was a different time. When Corbett died and McKeithen left office and integration changed the landscape, Mac did not quite keep up. He was still a good coach, but he didn't have the players the better teams did.
Posted on 10/7/24 at 9:03 am to Mike da Tigah
Help Mac Pack.
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