Neo
10-04-2006, 07:52 PM
Paul Finebaum asked Pat Dye about Lou Holtz badmouthing Auburn on TV. Dye said that Lou should stay out of football. He said that Lou left Steve Spurrier a hell of a mess to clean up.
Honestly, Pat Dye was one of the dirtiest, cheatingest coaches in NCAA history. He turned Auburn around after Shug retired by paying recruits large sums of cash to attend auburn. The level of cheating at Auburn was equaled by few programs of the day (80s). He would not succeed at the same level in todays world of college football. Dye was very much like Pell of Clemson/Florida, would not have been a great coach without the cheating.
When Dye "retired" and was replaced by Terry "Boom Boom" Bowden, he could not keep his fat trap shut. He criticized Bowden & the Auburn program early and often. He went behind Bowden's back and over his head to top boosters and key board members still friendly to Dye, and even undermined Bowden's recruiting in papers then criticized him for poor recruiting. Dye also was a key player in the famous (and classless) Bill Oliver coup attempt to overthrow Bowden.
Pat Dye wasn't half the coach Lou Holtz was and given his sad contributions to college football should not be taken serious when commenting on another coaches "messes".
I can see it now, Sport's Illustrated's "This week's sign of the Apocolypse",
Pat Dye lecturing Lou Holtz on leaving messes and keeping his mouth shut.
This may be the single greatest example of the pot calling the kettle black in the history of college football.
Honestly, Pat Dye was one of the dirtiest, cheatingest coaches in NCAA history. He turned Auburn around after Shug retired by paying recruits large sums of cash to attend auburn. The level of cheating at Auburn was equaled by few programs of the day (80s). He would not succeed at the same level in todays world of college football. Dye was very much like Pell of Clemson/Florida, would not have been a great coach without the cheating.
When Dye "retired" and was replaced by Terry "Boom Boom" Bowden, he could not keep his fat trap shut. He criticized Bowden & the Auburn program early and often. He went behind Bowden's back and over his head to top boosters and key board members still friendly to Dye, and even undermined Bowden's recruiting in papers then criticized him for poor recruiting. Dye also was a key player in the famous (and classless) Bill Oliver coup attempt to overthrow Bowden.
Pat Dye wasn't half the coach Lou Holtz was and given his sad contributions to college football should not be taken serious when commenting on another coaches "messes".
I can see it now, Sport's Illustrated's "This week's sign of the Apocolypse",
Pat Dye lecturing Lou Holtz on leaving messes and keeping his mouth shut.
This may be the single greatest example of the pot calling the kettle black in the history of college football.