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Blaine: "NCAA's make rock stars out of average people"
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:49 pm
by ODUalum11
Pretty clear cut what VCU fans over on vcuramnation and George Mason fans over on CAAZone feel about Blaine Taylor's comments at Media Day...just interested what others think....
“You can’t value yourself based on the tournament,” said Taylor. “The Tournament can make rock stars out of very average people.”
In his playing days, Taylor was a starter on a Stanford team that was ranked number one in the country for parts of two seasons, but never made it to the Final Four. He said that they were the best program in the country but the fickleness of the NCAA Tournament was something they could never overcome. That said, it wasn’t that important to Taylor because the tournament is not on his list of things that measure a program’s strength.
“The tournament is not really the litmus test on whether your team is strong,” said Taylor. “It’s a bonus baby. Program strength is ‘What is your attendance like?’ How good are you year after year?’ ‘How do you do in your league race?’ ‘Do you get to postseason play?’ Beyond that, jump on the magic carpet, go for a ride, see what you can get done and those are some great memories. But the people that try to do that are the ones breaking all the rules and end up with their programs on probation and nobody graduates.”
Re: Blaine: "NCAA's make rock stars out of average people"
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:39 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
Uh… Taylor never played for Stanford. He was an assistant at Stanford during the years in question.
He played for Montana.
Re: Blaine: "NCAA's make rock stars out of average people"
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:15 pm
by ODUalum11
Mvemjsunpx wrote:Uh… Taylor never played for Stanford. He was an assistant at Stanford during the years in question.
He played for Montana.
The quote is originally from a VCU newspaper if I'm correct so what do you expect?
Re: Blaine: "NCAA's make rock stars out of average people"
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:45 am
by Rob Iola
ODUalum11 wrote:Mvemjsunpx wrote:Uh… Taylor never played for Stanford. He was an assistant at Stanford during the years in question.
He played for Montana.
The quote is originally from a VCU newspaper if I'm correct so what do you expect?
Link?
Re: Blaine: "NCAA's make rock stars out of average people"
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:46 pm
by ODUalum11
Rob Iola wrote:ODUalum11 wrote:
The quote is originally from a VCU newspaper if I'm correct so what do you expect?
Link?
Thats pretty much the whole article but if you really want the link either go to ODU's board on CAAZone or VCUramnation.
Re: Blaine: "NCAA's make rock stars out of average people"
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:47 am
by Rob Iola
ODUalum11 wrote:Rob Iola wrote:
Link?
Thats pretty much the whole article but if you really want the link either go to ODU's board on CAAZone or VCUramnation.
Here's the link:
http://www.commonwealthtimes.org/2011/1 ... %E2%80%9D/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And here's the actual quote from the article:
Prior to arriving at ODU, Taylor was an assistant coach for a Stanford team that was ranked No. 1 in the country for parts of two seasons, but never made it to the Final Four. He said that they were the best program in the country but the fickleness of the NCAA Tournament was something they could never overcome. That said, it wasn’t that important to Taylor because the tournament is not on his list of things that measure a program’s strength.
Re: Blaine: "NCAA's make rock stars out of average people"
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:28 pm
by EPJr
ODUalum11 wrote:Mvemjsunpx wrote:Uh… Taylor never played for Stanford. He was an assistant at Stanford during the years in question.
He played for Montana.
The quote is originally from a VCU newspaper if I'm correct so what do you expect?
we expect a link if referring to someone else's work
