Taggart will inherit a program absolutely loaded with talent, yet perhaps a bit deflated after being misled by their former coach for the better part of a week. FSU routinely grabbed some of the best talent in nation and now it belongs to Willie Taggart. The program boasts some of the best facilities in the nation with a still new $16M practice facility, new locker rooms, new team break rooms and a commitment to build a “football only” facility in the very near future. No administration or Booster program has done more or shown greater commitment to its football program than FSU.
Luring Taggart away from the riches of Nike’s support and the Oregon Ducks program is a coup for FSU’s Trustee Ed Burr and President John Thrasher, even if the school’s athletics department seemed flat-footed at Fisher’s departure.
FSU is the nation’s winningest football program since 1980. It is a major national brand that will likely only be enhanced under Taggart’s tenure. Taggart can endear himself to FSU faithful immediately by fighting the ACC and TV networks for fewer noon games and recruiting and training better game officials. However, what he must first do is recruit and then win. If that happens, everting else will take care of itself.
