Andrew Luck did, in fact, grab the mop and bucket.
Just four months into his term as general manager of Stanford’s struggling football program — and the de facto leader of Cardinal athletics — Luck began the cleanup process by clearing out coach Troy Taylor.
The most surprising aspect of the entire episode isn’t that Stanford axed its head coach Tuesday, a week before spring practice. It’s that Taylor was still on the job following two investigations into inappropriate conduct directed at female staff members.