[Mick]

The news of the investigations made it untenable for Taylor to continue for several possible reasons --

- It's just awfully hard to withstand this much bad publicity, and it became evident that the story wasn't going to go away.

- Stanford's image has taken a hit, which was going to get worse if Stanford kept Taylor.

- The damage to Taylor's reputation is probably irreparable, which could have killed our recruiting.

- There may have been pressure from major donors.

- The players may have turned against Taylor. (This is speculation, not fact.)

- There may have been additional problems with Taylor's behavior that surfaced since this issue became public. (More speculation.)

- The new regime (Levin, Martinez, Luck) may not have fully known or appreciated the whole story until this week. They may have discovered more about it over the last week.

Terry, I think all of that is correct, including your speculations. My suspicion is that the administration was unaware of all the facts and subtleties of the whole story until recently, just based on how they acted.

[Mick]

The news of the investigations made it untenable for Taylor to continue for several possible reasons --

- It's just awfully hard to withstand this much bad publicity, and it became evident that the story wasn't going to go away.

- Stanford's image has taken a hit, which was going to get worse if Stanford kept Taylor.

- The damage to Taylor's reputation is probably irreparable, which could have killed our recruiting.

- There may have been pressure from major donors.

- The players may have turned against Taylor. (This is speculation, not fact.)

- There may have been additional problems with Taylor's behavior that surfaced since this issue became public. (More speculation.)

- The new regime (Levin, Martinez, Luck) may not have fully known or appreciated the whole story until this week. They may have discovered more about it over the last week.

Terry, I think all of that is correct, including your speculations. My suspicion is that the administration was unaware of all the facts and subtleties of the whole story until recently, just based on how they acted.