It is generally a poor sign about the state of a college football program when someone is compelled to look up the theoretical cost of firing a coach just three games into his tenure.
But that’s where we were Saturday afternoon as Florida State got embarrassed at Syracuse 30-7, continuing what has been apparent since Willie Taggart’s debut on Labor Day against Virginia Tech.
Florida State is, without question, a bad football team. It is also a poorly coached team. Three games in, there is nothing redeeming about the product Taggart is putting on the field.
In nearly every case where a new coach takes over, it would be totally inappropriate to suggest that a school might have botched its hire.