An Open Letter to the Bowdenista's and a Olive Branch-Sort of

Re Bobby-haters, FSU fans shouldn’t disapprove of Bobby for coaching at FSU until now-he was just trying to pursue his own interests (e.g., win most games, make most $, etc.) like the rest of us. FSU fans should disapprove of FSU admin for re-newing his contract for so many years when they shouldn’t have. In short, FSU fans should disapprove of Bobby’s bosses, not Bobby.

Re: Jimbo-haters, Jimbo has a stunning resume: he won at Auburn, won a national championship at LSU (where he made JaMarcus look good!), and made FSU’s offense the best in the ACC the last 2 years with a divided & dysfunctional program.

Btw, there are currently ZERO Bowdens coaching in D1 football. Wow.

Can kiss our @$$e$. Thats if they are still alive to see the changes that are going to happen at FSU. If the boosters come back great if not we will just have to kick some major Butt and get new ones. When I become rich (or at least get promoted to a rank where I dont live pay check to pay check Ill get into all that and help out where I can.

That those who aren’t passionate about something lead lukewarm lives.

For years many folks have been passionate about Bobby Bowden- his warmth and charm, his religious convictions, the stories of helping kids from broken homes. They are emotionally invested in the Story of Bobby Bowden. Most saw his decline and could admit it on an intellectual level, but we’re emotional creatures too, and that shapes our thinking. This has been harder on them than us. They did not see the public embarassment, decline in ticket sales, attendance, contributions, mechandise and TV revenues, or losing to our rivals, as sufficent reasons for not letting Bobby do it again next year. They don’t think $20 million paid to Bobby for the Lost Decade is enough. They hate what has happened, so they lash out at those who acted to fix the situation, at Jimbo Fisher, at anybody except the true cause of Bobby’s dismissal— that would be too hard to admit to themselves.

We are in the camp that it is FSU that deserves our passion and the emotional investment. Those who love Bobby foremost often respond that Bobby IS FSU. That’s Darnell Docket Logic and doesn’t begin to make any sense. A man is not a school. One coach is not the only who could have brought success at FSU anymore than at one man at miami. People loved FSU before and during Bobby’s connection, and they will afterwards. Those are the fans I want to sit by.

If the Bowden First camp wants to complain and undermine FSU’s efforts to fix what’s broken, it’s best that they make good on their threats and just leave.

I couldn’t have said it any better myself.

I have insulted Bobby but now more than being called a playstation all american myself and an ebay person. Some of my pics are not always flattering but I don’t apologize.

Frankly I would be tickled to death if they hired Dave Hart back again and fire Spetman.

a. he’s already recruited a little towards his goals…it’s not like he just stepped off the plane in tallahasee. ( i know he’s been half staffed recruiting, but he’s still pulled in top 10 caliber classes for a couple years)

2. Half the culture war is over on offense…just has to change the culture defensively and that should be easy to do since the staff will be ovehauled and several key players were actually recruited by his staff any way.

d. I think 3 years is long enugh to tell what ANY leader can do with ANY organization provided they have unfettered access.

top 5 or 10 by 2012.