Stanford Cardinal's GM of Football, Andrew Luck (Who Just Fired Stanford's HC for Bullying) Has Hired ex-Colts Head Coach Frank Reich to Coach Stanford Football for One (1) Year
ESPN - Stanford has hired veteran NFL coach Frank Reich as the school's interim football coach for the 2025 season, it was announced Monday.Both sides have agreed it will be only a one-season deal, so...
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Barstool isn't the most reputable source but interesting to read their perspective:
On Taylor:
Reading between the lines, this all seems pretty simple. Troy Taylor is an asshole. Like a lot of football coaches are. He was unpleasant to work with. But still… had Troy Taylor been winning football games, he'd probably still have a job. But when everyone in the building hates you, and there are reports that you "lost the locker room", and you've gone 3-9 in back-to-back seasons. Then you're probably not gonna keep your job. Especially when you're at a school like Stanford, who you know will have a tighter leash on the "berating women" stuff than say, an SEC school.
Firing Troy Taylor seems like it was pretty obviously the right move. But maybe Stanford is being a bit cowardly in hiding behind the fact that Troy Taylor was "bullying a female staffer", as opposed to just saying "You're fired because nobody likes you and you don't win football games". Maybe they're trying to weasel their way out of a buyout. We don't know exactly what went on behind closed doors.
On Stanford's relevancy:
At least for entertainment purposes, Stanford got more interesting today. Stanford should be a fun team to watch in the coming years. How much do they really care about football? Because they have all the money in the world to build a top tier college football program if they want to. The fact that they hired Andrew Luck makes me think they do. At least to an extent. We'll find out soon enough.
