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Location:Baton Rouge
Biography:Born in New Roads; went to CHSPC and LSU live in B.R. now. Love hoops and football equally
Interests:LSU sports; women
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Registered on:7/26/2008
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SPEEDY


Just sayin' there's a difference between what's announced/reported and what's really happening.
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You can’t blame Wade for the decision of the people that fired him to not give MM enough money to compete in the portal.


You can blame CMM for not actively fundraising to support his own program.

re: a few good men

Posted by Tiger Ugly on 4/17/26 at 1:05 pm to
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I heard they wanted Gene Hackman originally. I’m not saying that he’d be better, but I’d like to see the parallel universe where he does this role.


I have little doubt Hackman would have nailed the role as well. I agree would have been fun to watch them one after the other and see what two great actors brought uniquely to the role and to the scene.

re: SEC Storied: Shaq & Dale

Posted by Tiger Ugly on 4/17/26 at 7:00 am to
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The one thing off the court he has ever been right about and this is the example you pick? God damn right it should only be the Dale Brown Court.


Whatever anyone's feelings on this are - whether it should only be Dale, anyone at all or no one - I think Dale's reaction to it really surprised me - and I thought I knew and understood Dale about as well as any LSU fan out there. I honestly would have expected Dale to say something like, "I'd be honored to share the court name with Sue Gunter" knowing how Dale dealt with public things like this all his life.

But by all accounts he was really angry about it and that more than anything set off the chain reaction. He could have called off Brando and Collis and others......he didn't.

I, as with whether the court should be named after Dale in the first place, was pretty ambivalent about adding Sue as well. I would have slept well at night either way.

re: a few good men

Posted by Tiger Ugly on 4/16/26 at 12:49 pm to
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Pre boob job Demi was hotter.


Agreed, she was naked half the movie in About Last Night and I had no issues with it.

re: SEC Storied: Shaq & Dale

Posted by Tiger Ugly on 4/16/26 at 12:33 pm to
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and if you recall there were some on the board who voted against Dale.


Oh absolutely, there was a reason it took so long to get it done in the first place. Dale was polarizing even at his height. The vindictiveness referenced in this thread was not confined to the NCAA and other coaches. There were plenty LSU officials who got a taste.

re: SEC Storied: Shaq & Dale

Posted by Tiger Ugly on 4/16/26 at 10:00 am to
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I think enough has come to light to remove his name from the court. Hope the new arena and Dale’s passing by then is the catalyst.


I was always pretty ambivalent about that when there were a lot of folks passionately stumping for the court to be named after him. I had no strong feeling one way or the other but some of the folks I grew up watching LSU hoops with were taken aback that I was not upset they had not done it.

I will say I was surprised to hear how angry he got when approached with the prospect of sharing the court name with Gunter. It on the surface seemed like one of the causes he would campaign for - as he often jumped in both feet for causes for the under-represented. I hear he was VERY upset.

I don't see them removing it as you say - but just as with doing it in the first place - could pretty much care less one way or the other. I'd be fine if they did and fine if they didn't.
I'm actually sorry to hear it, got some good prices and never had issues when I flew Spirit. Guess I'm white trash.

re: SEC Storied: Shaq & Dale

Posted by Tiger Ugly on 4/16/26 at 6:41 am to
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I've met him numerous times, going back from when I was at LSU, to flying the LSU basketball teams to NCAA regionals, to being at his retirement celebration dinner in the PMAC, he's got a temper, and a short fuse, but the players loved playing for him because they knew he would literally go to the mats for them, and even though we only knew each other peripherally, he always treated me like a favorite son, VIP, and as if we were old friends, every single time I was around him


I met him a couple of times as a teenager, he was very gracious but I was a kid and a fan and he was good at turning on the charm in that setting.

The temper as you say, was real and it showed itself a good bit more than the things that came out publicly like the run in with the state policeman, the dorm showdown with Curley and the subsequent run-in at that a lady cop there, the reaction when they approached him about Gunter and he sharing the court name. The vindictiveness was real and could be pretty extreme and petty....the kind acts could be extreme too.

That was Dale.

re: SEC Storied: Shaq & Dale

Posted by Tiger Ugly on 4/15/26 at 9:18 am to
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But, as a person, he's been described by more than a few sources, back in his prime, as the most vindictive coach on campus. He basically went to war on Smoke, as a head coach, his jealousy being almost juvenile-like.


He allegedly kept a file in his office on almost anyone he had any sort of business with.

He did more good and kind and selfless things for folks than I'll ever do in my lifetime and he should be commended for that.

But yes, there are few folks that I've followed in my many years following sports that could be as vindictive as Dale - so you got both ends of the spectrum with him.

For those who have followed Dale from the beginning there is one common thread that drove him and made him who he was, and he constantly harps back on it - he did in the documentary - he painted his Mom as a very meek and humble person who was shite upon and taken advantage of by the system and by his father - and he spent his whole life fighting back against those perceived injustices done to his Mom by fighting anything that reminded him of it....and with passion and fire uniquely Dale.

As they say, passion is the true enemy of reason and that played out for Dale quite often.
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Dale was awful on that.



Look, Dale was the only basketball coach I knew at LSU for my first 25 years of watching LSU hoops and his teams gave me some of my greatest memories in sports growing up and beyond.

But yeah, that show brought it all flooding back - the cringe stuff, the hyperbole, the exaggeration for effect, basically the Dale being Dale. I didn't come away telling folks - man - that was great - gotta watch it - like some folks did. I came away thinking that was the Dale I remember and I don't really want to re-live that. Just give me the on court highlights.
Maybe he had no clue who the guy was and has been alleged of doing. I sure didn't - had no clue till I read this thread. Name meant nothing to me.
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Get another coach that can actually coach, a la Stansbury.


Yeah, I never was a big believer that Stans was a great bench coach. I think he was and is a bit overrated in that regard. Thought he was middle of the road average at best as an X and O guy.
I would not wish that on anyone - prayers for he and his family.

I have VERY serious issues with how he treated LSU and WW in relation to his buddies and buddy schools and I lost pretty much all respect I had for him because of it in respect to that - however, this is real life here and not a game - and I sincerely hope for the best for he and his family in this fight.

re: The 1982 Season

Posted by Tiger Ugly on 4/14/26 at 12:45 pm to
Really fun season, but lost to teams they should not have and beat teams we did not expect we would.

Hilliard still maybe my all-time favorite LSU player, definitely running back.
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Another thing that solidifies Nicklaus up there and I don’t know if it’s been mentioned, but he finished 2nd at majors 19 times.


Another reason I rate Watson a bit higher is 3 of his majors he had to beat Nicklaus down the stretch and in all 3 of those Jack played very well, Watson had to go up another level to win those.

1. Nicklaus - 73 wins - 18 majors
2. Woods - 82 wins - 15 majors
3. Hogan - 64 wins - 9 majors
4. Hagan - 44 wins - 11 majors
5. Snead - 82 wins - 7 majors
6. Palmer - 63 wins - 7 majors
7. Watson - 39 wins - 8 majors
8. Mickelson - 45 wins - 6 majors
9. Nelson - 52 wins - 5 majors
10. Mcilroy - 30 wins - 6 majors
11. Player - 24 wins - 9 majors
12. Trevino - 29 wins - 6 majors

I'd probably put Rory 7th - I'd put Player 5 and Watson 6 and I'd have Rory ahead of Nelson, Phil, and Palmer. I think Palmers British Open's were against very weak fields - at that time few Americans would play, Palmer winning in fact popularized it and thereafter many more Americans started to go over and play it thereafter.


I personally give MUCH more weight to Majors than regular tour wins - it's almost all about the Majors for me. For that reason I'd have Trevino higher as well. I think had he not been struck by lightening he'd likely have won 3 or 4 more majors.



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Give more details of the colors of the perps involved


That's always the first thing my baws at work ask. And they whisper it.
I'd put him ahead of Palmer, to me the slam trumps quantity, especially since it's just one off.