Was on the phone this morning with a client in Tallahassee and he says Bowden is being asked to step down. Also said Jimbo Fisher would not become the head coach. Supposedly Fisher has been basically running the show and they arent impressed. They want a big name coach. Look for Tubberville to get a serious look at FSU. Feel bad for Jimbo if this happens. This coach in waiting is not a sure thing and you can get dragged down by your boss. Bowden has become a sad sight. He looks and sounds like a babbling idiot at press conferences. FSU is close to becoming the number 4 program in the state. Miami is on the rise again and South Florida is making huge progress. Bowden should have retired a while back but it sounds like this will be his last year.
Chair of board of trustees calls for Bobby Bowden's head at Florida State - ESPN "Smith confirmed to the newspaper that Florida State president T.K. Wetherell and legal counsel Betty Steffens have been working with Bowden's successor, Jimbo Fisher, to finalize a head coaching contract. Fisher was named head coach in waiting in 2007. Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper reported that the deal would be for at least five years."
Whatever happens, they should handle it with grace and dignity because Bobby Bowden took over the progam when it was a $hithole and turned it into a golden palace. I think they had like 4 wins in 3 seasons before he first took over. He had five wins in his first season and never had another losing season. 30 straight winning seasons! 14 straight years finishing in the top 5 too! He did it with tough schedules as well. That's never been done before and hard to believe. And if what I had read was accurate, he didn't lose in 14 straight bowl games (I think he had a tie in one of them). That's crazy. I think he has had like over ten 11+ win seasons with 2 NCs. Anyway, it appears that to be time be time for retirement. But since FSU did that stupid coach-in-waiting thing, they should let Bowden go through next year and retire after 2010 since that's how they planned his retirement. That way things won't get ugly and it would be more like a natural retirement. They're not terrible, but they may struggle to have a winning season this year because they're so inconsistent.
that is gonna cost them. if i remember right, his contract says if he ain't coach after lik '10 or so, they owe him a pretty obscene amount of money. like more than he'll make actually coaching somewhere.
Appears they want to keep Jimbo: The chairman of the Florida State University trustees wants football Coach Bobby Bowden to retire at the end of this season. Jim Smith said Monday the arrangement with Bowden as head coach and his designated successor, Jimbo Fisher, as offensive coordinator isn't working. "We've got too many bosses out there," Smith said. "Jimbo is in a very, very tough situation where people assume he has a whole lot more authority than he really has. He's getting blamed for a lot of things that's just not his fault." Florida State trustee wants Bobby Bowden to retire -- latimes.com
