question for hat or anyone out west...

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hatvol96 said:
I was in the Bay Area this past weekend. By all indications, that search is wide open right now.
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well there's a certain former Stanford assistant that I'm quite fond of because I think he's doing a great job where he is at. However, I've heard more than a handful of rumors and even read a San Francisco Chronicle article touting him as a possiblity.

So do I need to worry about my Monarchs possibly needing a new coach soon?
 
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volfanbill said:
well there's a certain former Stanford assistant that I'm quite fond of because I think he's doing a great job where he is at. However, I've heard more than a handful of rumors and even read a San Francisco Chronicle article touting him as a possiblity.

So do I need to worry about my Monarchs possibly needing a new coach soon?
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I did hear Blaine Taylor's name. However, I also heard Mark Fox, Randy Bennett, Bob Knight, Eric Musselman, and two of the current assistants mentioned. I think it's too early to know which direction Bowlsby is going to go in. By all accounts, he was caught totally unprepared by Johnson's decision to leave.
 
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hatvol96 said:
I did hear Blaine Taylor's name. However, I also heard Mark Fox, Randy Bennett, Bob Knight, Eric Musselman, and two of the current assistants mentioned. I think it's too early to know which direction Bowlsby is going to go in. By all accounts, he was caught totally unprepared by Johnson's decision to leave.
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As much as I don't want him to leave, do you think Taylor is ready for that kind of job? His contract allows him to leave for Stanford, but I just don't know if he's seasoned enough or not
 
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volfanbill said:
As much as I don't want him to leave, do you think Taylor is ready for that kind of job? His contract allows him to leave for Stanford, but I just don't know if he's seasoned enough or not
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Stanford is a tough job, but I think he could handle it. The most prevalent sentiment I heard was that Bowlsby wanted to get away from the Montgomery/Johnson Era and put his own stamp on the program. That would indicate Taylor is probably not going to get the job. We shall see.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Stanford is a tough job, but I think he could handle it. The most prevalent sentiment I heard was that Bowlsby wanted to get away from the Montgomery/Johnson Era and put his own stamp on the program. That would indicate Taylor is probably not going to get the job. We shall see.
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that definitely would take Taylor out of the running seeing how he played under Montgomery at Montana, served as a GA for him there, worked as an asst for Montgomery at Stanford, and then was HC at Montana.

The Chronicle article I read even hinted at the new era thing. I want the best for Blaine, but I also want the best for ODU. Of course ironically, i'm filling out a job app for Stanford, so I guess I wouldn't be hurt too bad if i can manage to land that job.
 
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when you are only willing to pay 500K a year it's hard to get a big name coach like fox or few. I've heard Mike Dunlap (who was up for the cal job) as a posibility. It's amazing this guy let trent leave without a planned succesor.
 
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droski said:
when you are only willing to pay 500K a year it's hard to get a big name coach like fox or few. I've heard Mike Dunlap (who was up for the cal job) as a posibility. It's amazing this guy let trent leave without a planned succesor.
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which makes Blaine look even more favorable. Thanks hat, thanks droski. Keep me updated if you hear anything else about the opening please.
 
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From an insider on the cal board pay board in response to a question about likely stanford candidates (for what that is worth):

Blaine Taylor was an assistant to Mike Montgomery at Stanford. He is actively seeking the Stanford job, and, apparently, has a buyout clause in his contract that alllows him to take the Stanford post without having to pay the buy-out (or without having to pay the full amount, not sure which).


edit: though it seems to me if the AD wanted a montgomery guy he wouldn't have let trent go without a fight.
 
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droski said:
From an insider on the cal board pay board in response to a question about likely stanford candidates (for what that is worth):

Blaine Taylor was an assistant to Mike Montgomery at Stanford. He is actively seeking the Stanford job, and, apparently, has a buyout clause in his contract that alllows him to take the Stanford post without having to pay the buy-out (or without having to pay the full amount, not sure which).


edit: though it seems to me if the AD wanted a montgomery guy he wouldn't have let trent go without a fight.
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there's no apparently to it. I know it's in the contract. Guess we'll see.
 
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The next coach must understand Stanford and feel comfortable with the admissions requirements. He must fit the culture.

The next coach must be a proven winner.

I mentioned to the source that there’s only one coach who meets both criteria, Old Dominion’s Blaine Taylor, and on the other end of the line, there was silence. It wasn’t a negative silence. It was a “You’re on the right track” silence.
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perhaps it's the pessimist in me, but it looks like Stanford is just throwing names out there and they know exactly who they want. and I can't help but take the preceeding quote from droski's earlier link to heart and think it's Taylor. I can't see Stanford paying the money it would take to get Brown.
 
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droski said:
larry is going to work for $500K a year?
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Given that the Knicks had to pay him $20+ mil to go away, I wouldn't think money is an issue. However, I'm operating under the assumption that Brown is hoping that Avery Johnson or Sam Mitchell get fired.
 
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