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Per sources on Twitter, Coach Taylor will be named an assistant at UC Irvine under Coach Russell Turner.

Good for Blaine. Nice guy, who had some trouble I hope he has overcome. Wish him nothing but the best!

(06-12-2016 05:19 PM)ODU Hoops Wrote:  Good for Blaine. Nice guy, who had some trouble I hope he has overcome. Wish him nothing but the best!

Ditto for me!

I think Blaine will be able to build a nice foundation for the program. He had some of the best Brick layers I ever had the privilege of watching. :-)


Jk, I wish him the best.

Sorry he's heading west but glad he got the gig. Was hoping he would get the Delaware job. He will do a great job.

(06-12-2016 11:11 PM)TheDancinMonarch Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 05:19 PM)ODU Hoops Wrote:  Good for Blaine. Nice guy, who had some trouble I hope he has overcome. Wish him nothing but the best!

Ditto for me!

+ 1

Very happy for him and I firmly believe that if he can prove himself over a season or 2 - he will be a HC or high-level Asst Coach in the future.

I wish him the best in his new 'gig'!

I for one wish he grows his mustache out again

BT was a mean drunk. He had no class. He crawled in a bottle and set this program back to where we were barely able to survive. You can only guess what he cost us. Goodbye and FU too!!!!

(06-13-2016 03:33 PM)blewbyu Wrote:  BT was a mean drunk. He had no class. He crawled in a bottle and set this program back to where we were barely able to survive. You can only guess what he cost us. Goodbye and FU too!!!!

I believe BT's problems are what people refer to as demons. I have never dealt with true alcoholism so I can't really say how strong those demons really are. I do know BT was perfect for the program when he was hired and gave us years of fun at the Ted (and a minute or two at the Fieldhouse).

Good luck BT

Best of luck BT. His teams gave me the experience of a lifetime to go to New Orleans and see ODU win a NCAA game and though we lost a chance to see another game in DC. Plus the back to back CAA championships.

(06-13-2016 03:33 PM)blewbyu Wrote:  BT was a mean drunk. He had no class. He crawled in a bottle and set this program back to where we were barely able to survive. You can only guess what he cost us. Goodbye and FU too!!!!

Pot meet kettle

Sober BT is awesome. I like the guy, hope he is able to stay off the booze this time and wish him nothing but the best unless he plays the Monarchs.

I never had more fun doing TV than with Blaine...he would call plays off-camera during timeouts and be right 80% when the ball was inbounded...he could communicate to the listener coaching strategy without coach speak, I'll truly miss the guy.

In a way I kind of wish he'd remain a color guy. He was very good at it and I'm sure it's less pressure than being even an assistant coach.

I hope he does well.

http://www.ktvh.com/2016/07/mttop50-blai...e-montana/

That's an awesome article!

Great find DaBig! Love it.