Coach Paterno Wins

After 34 seasons Bobby Bowden has been forced to step down as liaison of the Florida State football team.  As a competitor he could not admit to himself that he just could not turn it around.  There was just no way that grandpa was going into a recruits living room and convincing them that FSU is the place to be.  It is one thing to convince a recruit to play for a team where another teammate might shank them in the shower, it is quite another thing to convince them to  play for a head coach that might die of natural causes.   He is one of the greats, there is a statue of him outside the stadium, but it was time for him to walk away before fans began despising him.

That being said let’s not pretend that Bob was doing anything but overseeing this team.  Jimbo Fisher is not going to be able to turn this team around, if he could, he would have as half head coach.

If they are smart they will go after Notre Dame’s left overs.

Posted by David Sacco on 12/03/2009. Filed under College Football,Florida State University,NCAA. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry