FSU has three coaching challenges: its current football vacancy, and two geriatric favorites with marginal success in Baseball and Basketball who have underperformed for years. To get caught flat footed by a coaching vacancy in the only meaningful revenue generating sport at FSU, football, is simply unforgivable. For FSU to not have had 5 coaches ready to interview the day Fisher quit shows either a lack of preparation or overconfidence, neither of which are acceptable. This failure is compounded by the bad contracts, underperforming revenue streams and a general impression of absence at high level press accounts about the football program.
Years ago, FSU struggled with the exit of legendary coach Bobby Bowden. In FSU favorite and ever-loyal Mike Martin, it appears the administration will let him stay until he reaches an important victory milestone, but with no national championships, that milestone is less impressive than it should be and is complicated with rumors and fights over who should succeed Martin. Note: FSU does not handle nepotism in coaching very well.
