8:00 AM ET As David Hale noted on Saturday night, the coaching class of 2018 hasn’t distinguished itself in its second season as much as was assumed, at least not in a good way. That point was driven home when Florida State’s Willie Taggart, one of said second-year coaches, got fired. FSU had improved this fall after bottoming out in Taggart’s 2018 debut, but only marginally so. They had rebounded from 71st in SP+ to only 51st, and after going 5-7 last year, they still had, per SP+, a 55% chance of finishing with six or more wins. This was “improvement” in name only — 51st might be better than 71st, but it’s still awfully bad for a team with top-15 recruiting talent. Nick Lisi/AP Photo It was becoming pretty difficult to see Taggart thriving in Tallahassee, but dumping a guy this quickly when he isn’t cratering is awfully rare.…
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