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re: Who remembers Marcus Dupree?
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:39 pm to ChestRockwell
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:39 pm to ChestRockwell
I remember Ronald Dupree
Posted on 9/21/26 at 9:01 pm to MintBerry Crunch
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I remember Ronald Dupree
Investing at 1 upvote
Posted on 9/22/26 at 6:56 am to choupiquesushi
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You know any players that played for Bryant, Switzer or any other great Coach from that era?
Saban chews out A.J. McCarron and slaps the hell out of him on the arse on national TV over one poor play in garbage time?
A.J. McCarron goes on the win two national titles.
Switzer criticizes Dupree for spending December eating fried chicken in Mississippi and not being in shape for the bowl, which cost them the game?
That mean ole Switzer.
Dupree was a head case and had bad influences back home, notably Ken Fairley. Very little real blame lies with Switzer. No coach, teacher, counselor, etc., can reach them all no matter how hard they try.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:05 am to ChestRockwell
“People acting like he ran lazy, he wasn’t lazy he was just so smooth. Just leave yo arse and if you got in his way you got ran over”
Dupree’s high school coach
Dupree’s high school coach
Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:23 am to Globetrotter747
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That mean ole Switzer.
You mean the same coach that would send his coaches to coaching seminars, then frick their wives while they were away? Yeah he was a stand up guy…
This post was edited on 9/22/26 at 7:24 am
Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:41 am to Hangover Haven
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You mean the same coach that would send his coaches to coaching seminars, then frick their wives while they were away? Yeah he was a stand up guy…
What does Switzer’s affair with an assistant’s wife have to do with Marcus Dupree?
Posted on 9/22/26 at 7:52 am to Globetrotter747
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What does Switzer’s affair with an assistant’s wife have to do with Marcus Dupree?
This has nothing to do with Marcus Dupree...
Did you not get the context of what you quoted? You said, I figured tongue in cheek, "that mean ole Switzer" when you were discussing players being reprimanded during a game. How Switzer was getting on Dupree for eating fried chicken before a bowl game.
All I was say saying is Switzer is a scumbag....
Sorry you didn't get that...
This post was edited on 9/22/26 at 7:56 am
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:07 am to Hangover Haven
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This has nothing to do with Marcus Dupree
Well, maybe it should - since this thread is about Marcus Dupree.
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All I was say saying is Switzer is a scumbag....
Lots of people in power positions are scumbags. Switzer’s affair with his DC’s wife several years prior has nothing to do with how he handled Dupree.
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Sorry you didn't get that...
Oh, I got it. It’s just irrelevant.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:09 am to Globetrotter747
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Oh, I got it. It’s just irrelevant.
This is not a court case my man...
It's a simple discussion about useless shite...
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:13 am to Hangover Haven
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It's a simple discussion about useless shite..
That’s definitely true regarding your post.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 8:18 am to Globetrotter747
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That’s definitely true regarding your post.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 9:21 am to Hangover Haven
If it makes you feel better, Switzer and Lacewell eventually moved on from it, and they worked together with the Cowboys in the ‘90s. Lacewell remained married to his wife too.
I would have been done with both my wife and Switzer for good in that situation, but that’s Lacewell’s business.
Switzer may have screwed Lacewell’s wife, but he didn’t screw Dupree. Dupree and Fairley did that.
I would have been done with both my wife and Switzer for good in that situation, but that’s Lacewell’s business.
Switzer may have screwed Lacewell’s wife, but he didn’t screw Dupree. Dupree and Fairley did that.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 10:35 am to ChestRockwell
Knew him when he was with the Breakers, worked with Uniforms
Posted on 9/22/26 at 10:36 am to namvet6566
Was Joe Cannizaro the owner?
Posted on 9/22/26 at 11:24 am to Globetrotter747
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Barry Switzer devoted an entire chapter to him in his autobiography, Bootlegger’s Boy. It’s an excellent book.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 11:36 am to Globetrotter747
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Saban chews out A.J. McCarron and slaps the hell out of him on the arse on national TV over one poor play in garbage time?
A.J. McCarron goes on the win two national titles.
How Nick Saban treated AJ McCarron during one game at Alabama has absolutely no relevance to how Switzer handled Dupree during his tenure at Oklahoma. What an absolutely ridiculous comparison. Not all players respond to a certain type of coaching the same way. Tell me you realize that right?
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That mean ole Switzer.
Dupree was a head case and had bad influences back home, notably Ken Fairley. Very little real blame lies with Switzer. No coach, teacher, counselor, etc., can reach them all no matter how hard they try.
You're legit arguing that Switzer did nothing wrong with Dupree and it was all on Dupree while Barry Switzer himself admits he did things wrong with Dupree
Literally no one is saying that Dupree didn't create issues for himself but I think I'm going to believe Barry Switzer made mistakes when Barry Switzer said he made mistakes. Posted on 9/22/26 at 1:40 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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Not all players respond to a certain type of coaching the same way. Tell me you realize that right?
Switzer coached a Heisman RB four years prior and didn’t have any problems getting the best out of Lydell Carr, Patrick Collins, and Spencer Tillman en route to a national title two years after Dupree.
Switzer wasn’t a hard arse. Dupree was just soft, lazy, and undisciplined.
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You're legit arguing that Switzer did nothing wrong with Dupree and it was all on Dupree while Barry Switzer himself admits he did things wrong with Dupree. Literally no one is saying that Dupree didn't create issues for himself but I think I'm going to believe Barry Switzer made mistakes when Barry Switzer said he made mistakes.
What are these horrible things Switzer did?
In his book, he regrets publicly criticizing Dupree following the Fiesta Bowl loss for being out of shape - and he was. You got anything worse than that? Is that something worth pouting over, especially way back in the early ‘80s when society was tougher?
Friends, family, mentors, etc., often have “regrets” when someone around them fails majorly in some way. We often think, “Well, if I had done X, Y, or Z, maybe that wouldn’t have happened.” But it’s ultimately the individual’s responsibility.
As far as I know, Switzer’s mistakes were minor, and Dupree being undisciplined and associated with a crook back home were the major catalysts.
I bet if you asked him today, Dupree would tell you he should have stayed at OU and listened to Switzer. I seem to vaguely remember him saying as much in the 30 for 30.
Switzer developed too many studs at OU and is too beloved by former Sooner players to be someone difficult to play for. The fatal flaw was in Dupree.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 10:23 pm to Globetrotter747
One of my favorite coaches…..cocky, confident and could back it up.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 2:05 am to Globetrotter747
He wasn’t lazy. He got injured.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 3:41 am to OWLFAN86
Switzer has a photographic memory. One of the all time great womanizers in history. He fathered a daughter with a 24 year old when he was 50
Switzer is well known for helping his former players and their children and seems to be very generous. Anyone that has read his book knows Switzer had a rough childhood.
Switzer is well known for helping his former players and their children and seems to be very generous. Anyone that has read his book knows Switzer had a rough childhood.
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