Simple. John Smith was that old "you kids get off my damn lawn" guy. He looked tired and short tempered. It was time to retire and it showed. He was great, but the job was wearing on him, hard.
John came in with 6 world titles as an OSU wrestler.
Taylor comes in with World Titles and is not an OSU wrestler.
Maybe it was time to move on and Taylor seemed the best fit, with his history & coming from a winning program and the top College coach today.
He obviously presented well to the search committee & bosses.
Hope he works out.