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re: Dinardo....how did he pull off those first 2.5 good seasons?
Posted on 1/12/09 at 6:00 pm to biglego
Posted on 1/12/09 at 6:00 pm to biglego
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I watched a classic LSU vs Kentucky game this year and had forgotten just how bad the defence was with Tepper
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And I've never been convinced that the defense was not on the take. There was a suspicious air around back then with the horrifying pass defense
Do y'all remember "drop LB" in Tepper's scheme? Makes me shudder to this day.
I still remember the #1 LB, Robert Peace, in that year's class switched his commitment from LSU to Tennessee when we fired DiNardo. I remember the paper quoting him to the effect of if Tepper goes, I go.
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Posted on 1/12/09 at 6:05 pm to Hootie
This is a different anecdotal story... but I mention it because your story kind of connects...
I was playing golf with the father of an outstanding LSU player near the end of Dinardo's tenure. He went on that as the Tepper and other criticism mushroomed, Dinardo was ocd/nuts in the training/weight rooms, and as players begin to stay hurt, not recover, whatever.... the house came crashing down.
Put it in perspective... since this guy obviously felt his son was injured in the weight room...
I was playing golf with the father of an outstanding LSU player near the end of Dinardo's tenure. He went on that as the Tepper and other criticism mushroomed, Dinardo was ocd/nuts in the training/weight rooms, and as players begin to stay hurt, not recover, whatever.... the house came crashing down.
Put it in perspective... since this guy obviously felt his son was injured in the weight room...
Posted on 1/12/09 at 6:19 pm to ChuckDockery
quote:A lot of that had to do with the fluky nature of Notre Dame's performance. That was the first game in the history of Notre Dame (according to them) that they had neither a turnover nor a penalty in the whole game. It also exposed what appeared to be a weakness in the Reese defense, which was pounding it up the middle against smaller, quicker defenders. Reese basically designed a defense to beat Florida (which it did), and allowed some other teams to exploit it who ran much different styles than Florida.
LSU goes to Tuscaloosa to give ALabama their worst regular season home loss in history 27-0. One week later, an unranked, far inferior Notre Dame throttles LSU 24-6 in a game that was not as close as the score.
The Ole Miss game was a pure joke, though.
Posted on 1/12/09 at 6:26 pm to King Joey
quote:That was a miserable loss, but hardly just DiNardo's fault.
The Ole Miss game was a pure joke, though.
The team was both physically and emotionally drained, spent celebrating the biggest win at LSU in at least 10 long, long years. It's not outlandish to think a young program that had known little success would overdo one of the biggest wins in school history.
The fans were flat as hell, too.
Posted on 1/12/09 at 8:00 pm to LSUgusto
IMHO, the 1998 team had entirely too much talent to finish the season 4-7. Bozo the clown could have probably won 7 games with that squad.
That particular season, Florida and Tennessee were probably the only 2 SEC teams whose roster had comparable quality and depth top to bottom.
Something seriously fishy must have been brewing (point shaving, player mutiny, Master P hanging w players, etc).
That particular season, Florida and Tennessee were probably the only 2 SEC teams whose roster had comparable quality and depth top to bottom.
Something seriously fishy must have been brewing (point shaving, player mutiny, Master P hanging w players, etc).
This post was edited on 1/12/09 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 1/13/09 at 2:57 am to GABlueDog
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I still remember the #1 LB, Robert Peace, in that year's class switched his commitment from LSU to Tennessee when we fired DiNardo. I remember the paper quoting him to the effect of if Tepper goes, I go.
I remember that, too. How did that work out for him?
Posted on 1/13/09 at 7:55 am to Ace Midnight
I've always said Dinardo would have been successful with Curley's Assistants. And Tommy Moffit.
Posted on 1/22/09 at 10:15 am to AlxTgr
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Wrong. Dinardo knew/knows football and knows coaching. His problems have been noted here, and they have to do with hire/fire. He did that poorly.
An where is he coaching now?
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