08-16-2021, 08:41 PM
(08-16-2021, 06:53 PM)Go Cards Wrote: Turner should not have been hired and then should have been fired immediately after first year,
but then we probably would not have Pollack now though.
To your first point, this is the issue with a really young head coach, even if they light it up in the interview ('cause you don't have much else to go on), they don't have a very big Rolodex (imagining that anyone actually has Rolodexes anymore). Once Taylor couldn't get his first choice, he probably didn't have many options for second choice.
Once the Turner hire was made, you get into career psychology. As someone trying to hire quality personnel, you don't want to have a reputation of throwing people under the bus. Even though Turner should've had tread marks from his ankles to his forehead by the end of the first season, Taylor (probably at least thinks he) has to give him the chance to "establish his system."
I am curious, if anyone actually knows this, who made the decision to fire Turner? Was it Taylor - I sincerely hope so, as it would at least show growth on his part as a head coach - or was he told to fire him?
