Dale Brown likes Johnny Jones or Scott Drew for LSU

Harry · April 10, 2012

"This is completely Joe Alleva's decision," Brown said in a telephone interview Monday in reference to LSU's athletics director, who hired Johnson and will hire the next coach. "But I read Joe's description of the coach he is looking for, and he described Johnny Jones perfectly."

On Sunday when Alleva announced that Johnson had resigned in an LSU release, he discussed the type of coach he will be looking for over the next days and possibly weeks.

"We will move quickly but deliberately to find a coach who will lead our program with integrity and discipline, someone who will recruit effectively in order to build championship teams while inspiring success in academics, and someone who will energize our fan base," Alleva said in the release.

"That's Johnny," Brown said. "Now you might say I'm just being a proud daddy, and I am. But Johnny can do this job. Johnny grew up in Louisiana. He knows Louisiana. He knows LSU. He knows the SEC. He can coach. He can recruit. This is a unique place. He knows the culture. He would have an immediate impact with the high school coaches. They will love him. He fits all the criteria. And he has charm -- real charm. There's nothing fake about him."

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MeanGreenTexan · April 10, 2012

"This is completely Joe Alleva's decision," Brown said in a telephone interview Monday in reference to LSU's athletics director, who hired Johnson and will hire the next coach. "But I read Joe's description of the coach he is looking for, and he described Johnny Jones perfectly."

On Sunday when Alleva announced that Johnson had resigned in an LSU release, he discussed the type of coach he will be looking for over the next days and possibly weeks.

"We will move quickly but deliberately to find a coach who will lead our program with integrity and discipline, someone who will recruit effectively in order to build championship teams while inspiring success in academics, and someone who will energize our fan base," Alleva said in the release.

"That's Johnny," Brown said. "Now you might say I'm just being a proud daddy, and I am. But Johnny can do this job. Johnny grew up in Louisiana. He knows Louisiana. He knows LSU. He knows the SEC. He can coach. He can recruit. This is a unique place. He knows the culture. He would have an immediate impact with the high school coaches. They will love him. He fits all the criteria. And he has charm -- real charm. There's nothing fake about him."

Read more: http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20120410/SPORTS/204100314

Looks like Mr. Brown has not visited any UNT fan boards, or he would know that Johnny is a horrible in-game coach who has basically lucked into good recruits, but doesn't know what to do with them.

TIgreen01 · April 10, 2012

Is Dale Brown really the best guy to have in your corner if you're looking to get hired by LSU? Fair or not, his tenure ended with LSU landing on probation. I imagine he's still got many there who are loyal to him, but probably a few who are 180 degrees the other way. JJ was on the staff when all that went down. Just a completely uninformed thought....