Taggert never had a chance because he was a lousy choice from the get go and was bound to fail.
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That is my point. He wasn’t embraced from day 1. At programs like FSU it really is more about fitting in the FSU community than X and O. The community has to embrace the coach to survive the transition. If the FSU community doesn’t support the hire then that coach can’t survive bad or average seasons.
Look at all the blue bloods when they hired a coach that wasn’t wildly accepted from the get go it almost never works. Oklahoma, Alabama, Miami, FSU, Texas and USC all have hired guys that didn’t fit. Alabama went through 3 or 4 coaches before they landed Saban. Texas hasn’t found another Mac Brown. USC hasn’t replaced Carroll. Miami never found another Jimmy Johnson. They are all unique programs that need the right fit.
For example Miami needs a cocky and arrogant sob. That fits their whole culture. They are trying manufacture swag with the turnover chain. Miami’s enitre swag was they told you they were going to beat your *** and then beat your *** even with 100 unsportsmanlike penalties. You can’t bring in a nice guy into that world it won’t work. Those kids come from a hard place they need a guy that embraces that whole culture because that is the kids they recruit. I don’t think Diaz is a good fit there. Lane Kiffin would have been perfect and I mean perfect. I am not sure he is a good fit at Ole Miss.