re: LSU Fans: What went wrong with Gerry DiNardo?

Very stubborn. Teams also really went up and down a lot. He had started developing a more physical team and. The 10-2 team in '96 was fun, but the two losses to Florida and Alabama were blowouts.

Remember, in 1998 LSU was ranked as high as #6 when we played Georgia. Lou Tepper's 'read and react' defense didn't work in the SEC and DiNardo should have seen that in the Auburn game two weeks earlier. LSU lost two games that year 39-36. Every team that beat LSU that year provided that week's "Offensive Player of the Week".

He left Saban some pretty good players to work with,but Saban had to get their mindset back in the game.DiNardo may very well have gone 7-4 in 2000,but there was no way on Earth he would have won the SEC in '01.