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I don’t understand why we would be concerned about staff attrition. Taylor’s staff, including April (who I agree is one of the more promising guys on the staff), did not provide any evidence in two years they had us on the right track. The two coaches whose specific responsibilities were looking best through two years, D’Onofrio and Gregory, were pushed out. The rest leaves us with guys Luck vouches for but have had a brutal two years both on the field and on the recruiting trail. Aside from Williams they haven’t proven much as coaches prior to Stanford either (at least in their current roles….April had proven something in lesser roles, which is one of the reasons he is one of the relatively more promising staff members). I really don’t think it should have scared us to have had staff turnover. Luck is making an interesting bet. I am guessing the overriding consideration was the calendar and how close we were to spring practice. Personally I don’t think we should overstate the importance of spring practice, but Luck is the one who gets paid the big bucks to make these calls.

[msqueri]

I don’t understand why we would be concerned about staff attrition. Taylor’s staff, including April (who I agree is one of the more promising guys on the staff), did not provide any evidence in two years they had us on the right track. The two coaches whose specific responsibilities were looking best through two years, D’Onofrio and Gregory, were pushed out. The rest leaves us with guys Luck vouches for but have had a brutal two years both on the field and on the recruiting trail. Aside from Williams they haven’t proven much as coaches prior to Stanford either (at least in their current roles….April had proven something in lesser roles, which is one of the reasons he is one of the relatively more promising staff members). I really don’t think it should have scared us to have had staff turnover. Luck is making an interesting bet. I am guessing the overriding consideration was the calendar and how close we were to spring practice. Personally I don’t think we should overstate the importance of spring practice, but Luck is the one who gets paid the big bucks to make these calls.