Talk:Pat Dye

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[edit] bear bryant references

Time to stop the Alabama fans from promoting thier dead coach on this page. Removing the insignificant bear reference on this page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by STS01 (talk • contribs) 21:43, 1 December 2006 (UTC).

Oh please; that is a pretty irrational viewpoint. *I* was probably the one who put that link/reference in the article as it is interesting and not insignificant that Dye coached under the most important coach of his biggest rival and against whom he later coached. It's the same reason you'd note that Mark Richt coached under Bobby Bowden or Petrino and Chizik under Tuberville. Those kinds of coaching connections are interesting and do matter. AUTiger ʃ ^talk/_work 19:01, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

You can't do a decent article on Pat Dye without making reference to Bear Bryant. Dye cut his coaching teeth working for Bryant, and impressed him so much as a head coach that Bryant asked Dye to wait to succeed him at Alabama rather than go to Auburn. Dye, realizing that was a no-win proposition, decided to accept the Auburn job. Dye's 1982 victory over Bryant was the first signal that Auburn was a nationally relevant program again.

This article really doesn't do Dye justice. He was the top dog in the SEC in the 1980s and coached in multiple games nearly every year that were significant in the national championship picture. I'm surprised some Auburn fan hasn't fleshed this one out. Jsc1973 (talk) 07:59, 28 January 2008 (UTC)