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Shambles? Its not his issue that FSU hired a poor man's Sumlin. Recruiting Rankings 2014: 4 2015: 3 2016: 3 2017: 6 #1 in the ACC each year.

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Shambles is an accurate statement. The rankings of Jimbo's recruiting classes don't reflect the glaring holes he left. In 2017, he signed two 5 star RBs (Akers and Laborn) along with a 4 star RB, Zaquandre White. We signed all of one offensive lineman. Jimbo recruited lights out at the DB, DE and RB positions but did poorly at WR, LB and OL. In 2016, FSU managed to recruit a great OL class. They just haven't been developed.

The O-Line Jimbo left behind was/is trash due to years of poor recruiting and hanging on to an OL coach that couldn't recruit to save his life. Same goes for WR and LB coaches. He had a staff at FSU that was in the Top 10 for compensation. It wasn't because of money. It was because the guy is stubborn control freak and it would have meant admitting mistake/failure. FSU has had O-Line issues for years and the recruiting in that unit was always poor, outside of a good class here or there.

Jimbo also didn't have much in-state competition from Miami and UF being in disarray.

Shambles also refers to the cultural rotting of the program. That program was diseased to the core when Taggart took over.

None of these situations are Taggart's issues. He deserves plenty of criticism for the product on the field this year but the state of the program upon his arrival is not even remotely his fault. That's on Jimbo.