re: Where are all DiNardo's national championships?

If these youngins would have lived through what we went through in the 90's they'd appreciate more where the program is now. I will have to say tickets were cheap and easy to get in the 90's though.

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If we are going to change the history books to claim any improvement to LSU's prominence since 1999 is because of DiNardo not Saban, I'd think a coach with that sort of transformative ability would have a bunch of championships to show for it?

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Because nothing can be incremental to LSU fans. Or maybe Saban was in a better place after Dinardo than he would have been after Hallman. Dinardo did one thing, he made LSU the school Louisiana kids wanted to go to again. He brought the magic back, I'm old enough to remember all of that.

That doesn't mean DiNardo got LSU pushed into the forefront of modern NCAA football, only that he got LSU set up for moving forward.

Take a look at the players DiNardo left for Saban vs those left by Hallman. Tell me if the difference isn't night and day.

DiNardo may have given Saban the tinder he needed but Saban is the guy who struck the spark and lit the fire of success at LSU.

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If we are going to change the history books to claim any improvement to LSU's prominence since 1999 is because of DiNardo not Saban, I'd think a coach with that sort of transformative ability would have a bunch of championships to show for it?

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The point is that, unlike other programs, several coaches contributed to the status of LSU today. We wouldn’t be where we are without Nick. But maybe we wouldn’t be where we are without Gerry because his tenure showed guys like Nick what this place could be. Dude took a program that had 6 straight losing seasons to three straight bowl games. For those of us who were kids at the time and had only really ever seen the losing side of LSU, that was AMAZING.

Then, there’s guys like Les and O. Neither are the coach that Saban is (understatement of the year). But even they contributed. Look at all the winning Nebraska did with Tom Osborne. Over 25 years he built a blue blood much stronger than what LSU was when Nick left. 25 years versus Saban’s 5. 13 conference titles versus Saban’s 2. 3 national titles to Saban’s 1. shite, he won 3 Natty’s in his last for years. And coach after coach after coach since he left has stumbled and failed miserably. So if Nebraska wasn’t too blue blood to fail, y’all really think Nick left LSU in a better position? No?

Dude had two ten win seasons in 5 years. And that’s the legacy that was so fool proof that all Less had to do was show up and eat grass for 11 years? And by 2019, 15 years later, when the greatest college football team ever, with the greatest college football player ever won a Natty, that was still Nick? Or can we give O credit for putting together a special team and staff?

I do not dispute that Nick Saban is the greatest college football coach ever.

That said, he is not solely responsible for what LSU has become since 2000.

Hell, it can be argued he did more to set LSU back in the last 17 years than he did to bring us forward in the five years he was here.

Re-writing history is slobbing this dude’s knob after all the BS he pulled over the last 17 years. Good riddance.

Ironically, Hallman left DiNardo a loaded roster, and the latter was a competent enough coach to reverse the habit of losing and generate three consecutive winning seasons.

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Ironically, Hallman left DiNardo a loaded roster, and the latter was a competent enough coach to reverse the habit of losing and generate three consecutive winning seasons.

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This all day. Hallman was awful but he could recruit. Hallman left Dinardo future pros Eddie Kennison, Sheddrick Wilson, David LaFleur, Ben Bordelon, Alan Fanaca, James Gillyard, Tory James, Gabe Northern, Denard Walker, Raion Hill, Chuck Wiley, and Kenny Mixon. That’s a pretty damn good foundation. Dinardo deserves credit for also recruiting well but Saban locked down Baton Rouge and New Orleans. That was huge.

DiNardo’s main fault was his steadfast loyalty to a very bad staff. Unlike Brian Kelly cleaning house, Gerry went down with the ship and a lot of supporters screamed at him to get rid of his coordinators. It cost him his job and his legacy.

With the talent he was bringing in — had he made the needed staff moves — LSU was destined to be a very good team akin to the ‘80s. But it took Saban to jump start the juggernaut.

Don’t dismiss DiNardo’s contribution. Plus he did not have an Emmert in his dugout.

Say what you will but LSU football was in the toilet from 89-94. Those were miserable arse years.

Dinardo turned things around and got us back to revelance. He lost his way with bad staffing decisions and bad luck.

Gerry brought back the magic

DiNardo was a good coach as long as he had good coordinators. When lou tepper and his defense that took 6 years to learn was his downfall. Just think of this years defense and no offense. But before DiNardo, it was really bad.

Just having a winning season was a time for celebration and fireworks. That's why the older generation of LSU fans consider the fan base now is spoiled as shite. We were excited as hell because we were going to beat a ranked and very good Auburn team. And Jamie Howard threw a gazillion pick 6's in the forth quarter. We could have just ran the ball every play and win. That's just a example of how bad we were.