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Why was LSU football so bad in the '90s?
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:27 pm
Such a traditionally strong program with a built-in recruiting base had 7 sub-500 seasons in that decade.
1989 (4-7)
1990 (5-6)
1991 (5-6)
1992 (2-9)
1993 (5-6)
1994 (4-7)
1998 (4-7)
1999 (3-8)
What happened?
1989 (4-7)
1990 (5-6)
1991 (5-6)
1992 (2-9)
1993 (5-6)
1994 (4-7)
1998 (4-7)
1999 (3-8)
What happened?
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Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:29 pm to tkeefer
Some really bad coaching
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:29 pm to tkeefer
Curley Hallman and Gerry DiNardo? 
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:29 pm to tkeefer
Our facilities were in an absolute state of dogshit, for one.
...and crooting was sucking as it was.
...and crooting was sucking as it was.
This post was edited on 5/4/20 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:30 pm to tkeefer
Our sub-par recruiting was outdone by our ridiculously shitty coaching.
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:31 pm to tkeefer
coming off a top 5 finish, we turned the keys over to Mike Archer, curley, then DiNardo, all mistakes....terrible...did not recover until saban
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:32 pm to Green Chili Tiger
Our coach with the most promise was killed in plane crash. Substitutes did not deliver.
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:34 pm to tkeefer
Bad coaching and even worse recruiting. DiNardo gets shite on, but he was successful at getting recruits to stay home and play for LSU rather than leaving the State.
DiNardo's recruiting doesn't get enough credit bc it's overshadowed by his poor coaching ability.
DiNardo's recruiting doesn't get enough credit bc it's overshadowed by his poor coaching ability.
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:39 pm to tkeefer
Really bad coaching hires can ruin any program.
Ask Alabama
Ask FSU
Ask USC
Ask Alabama
Ask FSU
Ask USC
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:41 pm to PEPE
Two words: Mike Archer. Archer drove LSU Football into a ditch. The main culprit was lazy recruiting and no team discipline.
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:43 pm to GeorgeWest
Brett Favre...he made Hallman look like a halway competent coach. It took nearly a decade to undo damage done by the Curley Hallman hiring.
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:46 pm to TROCKS50
Poor facilities, Poor coaches, terrible AD. Just shitty all over across the board.
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:46 pm to PEPE
quote:
Really bad coaching hires can ruin any program.
Yep
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:54 pm to tkeefer
What happened. Crappy coaches until Nick Saban showed up and saved the program.
Posted on 5/4/20 at 4:03 pm to tkeefer
Joe Dean was cheap and didn’t believe in paying more money for good coaches, or really anything for that matter. Only reason Saban was hired was due to Emmert twisting his arm on Dean’s way out the door
This post was edited on 5/4/20 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 5/4/20 at 4:04 pm to tkeefer
I don't follow LSU real close but I do remember they fell off a cliff after Bill Arnsparger left. He was a pretty quality football coach back in the day.
Posted on 5/4/20 at 4:09 pm to tkeefer
Too many other power 5 teams in their state they had to recruit against
Posted on 5/4/20 at 4:10 pm to tkeefer
Combination of bad on field coaching and really good players continually leaving the state.
Posted on 5/4/20 at 4:11 pm to FredBear
After Arnsparger, LSU started going downhill starting 1989 that lasted about a decade. LSUs worst ever. Terrible AD, poor facilities and poor coaches and recruiting equals losing season. Top Louisiana recuits went out of state. Saban and Mark Emmert changed all that.
Posted on 5/4/20 at 4:15 pm to paperwasp
DiNardo was a big upgrade over Mike Archer and Curly Hallman. He actually had a few winning seasons, won 3 bowl games, including beating Notre Dame and a Saban coached Michigan State team.
He left LSU in much better shape than he inherited.
He left LSU in much better shape than he inherited.
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