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Billy Taylor out at Ball State
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:38 pm
by psc2009
It didn't take long after the season ended. He had one year left on his contract and had a record of 84-99. This probably would have happened last year had the Cardinals wanted to stomach the money.
Great guy, but struggled to get the wins.
Orr is in a pretty similar situation with the Falcons. Same time frame and almost identical record.
http://themacdaily.com/cardinals-part-w ... ly-taylor/
Re: Billy Taylor out at Ball State
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:40 pm
by Globetrotter
psc2009 wrote:It didn't take long after the season ended. He had one year left on his contract and had a record of 84-99. This probably would have happened last year had the Cardinals wanted to stomach the money.
Great guy, but struggled to get the wins.
Orr is in a pretty similar situation with the Falcons. Same time frame and almost identical record.
http://themacdaily.com/cardinals-part-w ... ly-taylor/
Ill be rooting for Ball State next year.
Re: Billy Taylor out at Ball State
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:27 am
by BGfalcon2010
and there most likely goes our chance at Dane Fife
Re: Billy Taylor out at Ball State
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:21 pm
by mscarn
Or (pardon the pun) Jeff Boals at OSU. Everyone expected Ohio to nab him last year but they got Jim Christian instead.
Re: Billy Taylor out at Ball State
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:27 pm
by Globetrotter
Buffalo fired their coach as well.
Re: Billy Taylor out at Ball State
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:30 pm
by mscarn
Globetrotter wrote:Buffalo fired their coach as well.
Buffalo's AD is in his early 30's and just proved he is wiser than Greg Christopher.
Re: Billy Taylor out at Ball State
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:29 pm
by Rollo83
Wow! Good luck Buffalo finding someone better than Reggie Witherspoon. His teams played extremely hard and every coach in the MAC didn't relish playing his teams.
Buffalo came into the MAC and Reggie had them competitive right from the start. I didn't appreciate some of his antics but he could coach. He always seemed to find some talent that was wiling to come to Buffalo...not and easy sell.
I would take him in a heart beat over Orr.
Re: Billy Taylor out at Ball State
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:30 pm
by mscarn
Here's Billy Taylor's firing announcement. Switch out the names of the schools and the individuals involved and it's basically an article we could have read last week, right down to the one-year buyout.
Quotes from their athletic director:
“Billy did so many things right while he was here. He built the team that’s performing in the classroom, that’s performing in the community.
“But in our world, winning and losing and competing for titles is a big piece of what we expect, and particularly where it relates to this basketball program, I just don’t see any reason we can’t be certainly a consistent contender for MAC championships.”
http://www.thestarpress.com/article/201 ... lly-Taylor
Re: Billy Taylor out at Ball State
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:47 pm
by Globetrotter
mscarn wrote:
“But in our world, winning and losing and competing for titles is a big piece of what we expect, and particularly where it relates to this basketball program, I just don’t see any reason we can’t be certainly a consistent contender for MAC championships.”
http://www.thestarpress.com/article/201 ... lly-Taylor
BG lives in a different world. Mars?
Re: Billy Taylor out at Ball State
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:42 pm
by mscarn
They hired James Whitford (called "Whitfield" by the CBS Sports Network ticker).
Top assistant to Sean Miller at Arizona. Relentless recruiter with extensive midwest and MAC experience.
http://ballstatesports.com/ViewArticle. ... M_ID=14200