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To be completely fair it was a bit of both. FSU wasn't giving him the money he was asking for around facilities and coaching salaries and the cracks were showing. He had some bad luck with a few injuries and recruits that weren't working out and Dabo was running wild with momentum and an open checkbook at Clemson. If you listen to Jimbo one of the things he has continually mentioned is support from the Administration as key to success. I wouldn't be surprised if his divorce also soured him.

He was having his worst season and lots of FSU fans were pissing all over him and that was also grading on him after he had so much success there. Essentially he was being told he needed to win NC's and beat Clemson but wasn't given the tools needed to keep up. A&M came by and gave him everything he wanted and then some and so he left.

FSU then made the problem much worse by hiring Taggert. There was still talent there at FSU and building blocks in place but he blew that up in a hurry and they fell into the abyss. They are starting to climb out slowly now and should be fine but the reality is you are going to have trouble Competing with the big boys if you aren't willing to spend like them and the Admin isn't fully supportive. FSU had basically been punching above its pay grade for a long time and they thought the colors on their jersey and location would make that continue forever.

My recollection is that a lot of this is true, with the caveat that recruiting misses led to huge deficiencies all along the OL and at QB, post Jameis.

I think the OL misses were so bad that they were almost solely responsible for a complete collapse on offense. And that makes sense since he runs a pro style offense.

Again, my recollection. Probably some injuries mixed in there too.