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The LSU Board of Supervisors is set to vote tomorrow on a proposal to add Sue Gunter’s name to the Dale Brown Court inside the Maravich Center. The idea has upset several people close to Brown who had the court named in his honor in 2021. Broadcaster Tim Brando of Shreveport says a vote to add Gunter’s name will stain Louisiana.
“It will only enhance the image and perception that people have about our state about backroom dealings and kangaroo courts that date back all the way to the Great Depression,” said Brando.
In 2021, the LSU Board of Supervisors rejected a proposal to have Gunter’s name appear on the court next to Brown’s. But Brando says the Board has changed its mind, because Governor John Bel Edwards has gotten involved, because board member Mary Leach Werner is upset Gunter’s name is not on the court.
“I’m still pissed off I’m going to take this right to the governor because I got a hook, and I’m going to use that hook that’s what’s happened here,” said Brando.
Brown coached at LSU for 25 years, Gunter 22 years. Gunter, who passed away in 2005, won over 700-games. Brown won 448 games, four SEC titles and took the Tigers to the Final Four twice. He’s the only SEC Coach to make 15 straight NCAA Tournament appearances.
Brando says Werner opposes the idea of honoring the accomplishments of a white man born in the 1930s.
“Well, I’m sorry we don’t need your woke politics running this institution of higher learning,” said Brando.
Werner was a major financial contributor to Governor Edwards’ election campaigns. A statement from the governor says after reviewing the achievements of Brown and Gunter, the governor believes her name certainly warrants inclusion in the name on the court.
Brando made his comments as a guest on Talk Louisiana.
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