12-10-2022, 09:38 AM
I have commented on this before, but it seems given the situation it is relevant now now. Taylor was fired at Utah. He didn't mesh well with the program. He wanted to run a more up-tempo offense than the head coach and the OL coach did. Taylor couldn't/wouldn't/didn't adjust to that. Unfortunately in my mind that calls into question his judgement (at least at that point in his career). When he took the job he should have ensured he knew what were it's parameters, especially given the number of OC that program had gone through at that point. When he got there and they wouldn't let him do what he wanted, he should have either quit or adapted. He did neither.
At Stanford, he is going to run into many situations where the "system" is going to constrain what he can do. He needs to do a much better job of "adapting" than he did at Utah or it won't work out. I am not too worried about him not being a "nice guy". IMO the vast majority of football coaches are not "nice guys". They are all attempting to get their team to do what they want them to do, and asking nicely just isn't their normal MO. The successful ones learn to have a public persona that covers up their assertiveness and rough edges. Hopefully, Taylor has learned to do that. If so, he could indeed have success at Stanford. If not, he won't last long.
At Stanford, he is going to run into many situations where the "system" is going to constrain what he can do. He needs to do a much better job of "adapting" than he did at Utah or it won't work out. I am not too worried about him not being a "nice guy". IMO the vast majority of football coaches are not "nice guys". They are all attempting to get their team to do what they want them to do, and asking nicely just isn't their normal MO. The successful ones learn to have a public persona that covers up their assertiveness and rough edges. Hopefully, Taylor has learned to do that. If so, he could indeed have success at Stanford. If not, he won't last long.