A) Ageism has nothing to do with old people exlusively, EVERYONE is ageist to some degree. It's a pretty natural tendency.
B) As for Snyder exclusively preferring older coaches? I dont think age has much to do with it. It's a secondary result of Snyder wanting people on his staff that he is very comfortable with, have experience and more importantly direct knowledge of his program, and most importantly people that he trusts. I don't think Snyder really branches out and networks much with younger coaches and assistants at coaching conventions anymore. So yeah his choices of younger assistants are basically former players. But no i don't think the actual age is a huge factor, just a byproduct
While I think your first point is a bit of oversimplification I somewhat agree with the spirit of what you're saying. The problem isn't the perception of ageism. Pan flat said it was a basis of hiring, I'd bet my car that Myers would take exception to that, and if he didn't we should. Again the younger guy has more experience as an actual D1, athletic director, a lot more.
In this case picking the older guy just because he's older is amazingly stupid because the age isn't coupled with an experience advantage. I seriously don't understand how none of you can see how dumb you guys are making General Myers out to be by giving him this excuse.
I don't know why you won't let this go.
I didn't say
I'd take Taylor over Bjork. I didn't say Taylor was more qualified than Bjork. I said that old guys are more comfortable being around older guys. I look at LHC Bill Snyder's staff, full of old guys, former players, or people that share his DNA. I look at who Meyers listens to, and that's Jon Wefald, who was notorious for preferential treatment within his circle, which was old guys.
I guess I never realized it was controversial to say that guys in their 70's prefer the energy of a guy in his late 50's over a guy in his early 40's. I don't care if Richard Meyers would disagree with that statement or take offense to it. I look at all of the people on the table, who we assumed were candidates, and none of them got the job, nor were they really presumably that close. Weiberg, Hocutt, Veatch, Bjork, etc. All young. Then we started hearing about people who were really in the running. Ohio guy, Toledo guy, and Taylor. Old guys. crap, we even heard a rumor about Lynn Hickey for Christ's sakes.
You can have the last word on this, but the triad of power hired a guy almost 20 years their junior, and he is in his late 50's. I think, ultimately, Taylor will be fine. He seems to check some decent boxes, and what he did at NDSU was exceptional. Iowa is a strong school with a good budget in a similar demographic market. He seems like a guy who worked a really long time for a shot like this, and he's going to work his ass off, even if it's only 6-8 years.
Alright, I'm done. Go Cats.
