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Maybe, but Troy Taylor would have come back for a third year even under the Andrew Luck despite a 6-18 record but for a scandal.  In fact, when the scandal was first reported, Luck was inclined to keep Taylor, and it was only subsequent reporting and further bad publicity that did him in.

I don’t think Paye would be allowed to flounder for 8 years like Haase was, but Stanford is pretty conservative about firing coaches, and I think that’s not a bad thing.  Just because you fire a coach doesn’t mean that what comes next will be better, and for every Harbaugh who comes around, there’s a Walt Harris and Troy Taylor (I know Shaw wasn’t fired, but many people wanted him to be), or a Dawkins (also, his predecessor wasn’t fired but wasn’t exactly given a vote of confidence) or Haase.  Everybody wants a Curt Cignetti at Indiana, but more often you get someone like Matt Ruhle at Nebraska (and that’s someone with a NFL experience and a great track record at Baylor).

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Maybe, but Troy Taylor would have come back for a third year even under the Andrew Luck despite a 6-18 record but for a scandal.  In fact, when the scandal was first reported, Luck was inclined to keep Taylor, and it was only subsequent reporting and further bad publicity that did him in.

I don’t think Paye would be allowed to flounder for 8 years like Haase was, but Stanford is pretty conservative about firing coaches, and I think that’s not a bad thing.  Just because you fire a coach doesn’t mean that what comes next will be better, and for every Harbaugh who comes around, there’s a Walt Harris and Troy Taylor (I know Shaw wasn’t fired, but many people wanted him to be), or a Dawkins (also, his predecessor wasn’t fired but wasn’t exactly given a vote of confidence) or Haase.  Everybody wants a Curt Cignetti at Indiana, but more often you get someone like Matt Ruhle at Nebraska (and that’s someone with a NFL experience and a great track record at Baylor).

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