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Rabid Bruin
Joined: 9/26/23 Posts: 2,029
Trouble in Palo Alto
Posted Thu, Mar 20 6:17 pm
Most people felt like Taylor was a good hire. He’s probably out with a sub-.500 season given his alleged behavior.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/andrew-luck-keeps-quiet-for-now-regarding-investigations-of-stanford-coach-troy-taylor/ar-AA1BjXBO?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=a044de7e167e49b18206c9d2dbc62a12&ei=19
“The first time you quit, it’s hard. The 2nd time, it gets easier. The 3rd time, you don’t even have to think about it.” - “Bear” Bryant
ohkiki123
Joined: 1/13/14 Posts: 1,276
Coach fired today
Posted Tue, Mar 25 10:45 am
In response to Trouble in Palo Alto (Rabid Bruin)
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Westlake Bruin
Joined: 7/25/12 Posts: 4,284
2 separate investigations
Posted Tue, Mar 25 11:02 am
In response to Coach fired today (ohkiki123)
one by a consulting firm and another by a law firm, both stated that serious conduct issues by Taylor existed. The 2nd investigation concluded in July 2024, yet he was finally dismissed yesterday. I have heard of crossing your Ts and dotting your Is...but damn that took along time.
Woochifer
Joined: 12/15/11 Posts: 9,118
Word got out
Posted Tue, Mar 25 12:41 pm (Edited Tue, Mar 25 12:46 pm)
In response to 2 separate investigations (Westlake Bruin)
And since the investigations concluded, Andrew Luck got hired as the Stanford's football GM. On the organizational chart, the GM sits above the HC. I don't think that Luck wanted to start his tenure going into next season with this kind of cloud hanging over the program.

If it didn't become a national story, I suspect that Luck might have been okay with letting things play out. His tepid vote of confidence after ESPN started snooping around over the weekend was a first sign that Luck was checking to see what direction things were headed first. And once The Athletic/NY Times began poking around, Luck did an about face and issued a more definitive statement to fire Taylor. FWIW, Andrew's dad Oliver Luck is a long-time pro sports exec and college AD at WVU.