FSU Football: Faults of Jimbo Fisher becoming clearer with every loss

FSU football now has their worst record through their first four games under Jimbo Fisher – and it’s time to tell the truth about the head man.

Only minutes after losing for the first time to the Miami Hurricanes as head coach of FSU football, Jimbo Fisher spoke to the media and attempted to make sense of how the Seminoles were able to score with less than two minutes to go – only to give the lead right back and watch the Canes get into the end zone for the winning score with six seconds to go.

Very eloquently, Fisher told fans that they should blame him for the 1-3 start to the season after preseason expectations that included ACC title and playoff predictions – before actually having the gull to make the following statement about the game (h/t Orlando Sentinel):

"“Congratulations to Florida State. Florida State played a helluva football game, too. Made plays when they had to, too.”"

Evidently, FSU football has officially hit the point this season where they are in the business of moral victory.

Regularly since Fisher took over as the head coach of the Seminoles before the 2010 season, fans have watched as the team as floundered away the chance to put an opponent away only to watch it come back to bite them. It happened again right before halftime against the Hurricanes, as the Seminoles nursed a three point lead.

Running the ball has become what the offense will be with a freshman quarterback in the game and a two-headed monster of Cam Akers and Jacques Patrick in the backfield. However, with a chance to take a two possession lead over the Canes knowing Miami gets the ball after halftime, Fisher went into his usual conservative mode and played for a field goal by running the ball eight of the first nine plays.

Apologists for Jimbo will point out James Blackman threw an interception on the drive, but that drive is just a single example of what has been a trend for FSU football. Games like the 2015 loss to Georgia Tech (and even the 2015 comeback win over Miami) are even more examples where Fisher goes conservative and it comes back to haunt the Seminoles.

Time after time, Fisher keeps talking like there is no problem and things will work out naturally. As we’ve said before on this site, that seems to come from the notion of living off the 2013 championship team – a group that was so talented they rarely had to worry about what it was like to be down in the fourth quarter. This is a season where Fisher’s coaching is going to be needed – and so far, it seems like the same old story.

Everyone is going to say that I am calling for Fisher to be fired and that is not the case – I still think he is a good coach and I want what is best for my alma mater, which doesn’t mean firing someone unless you are absolutely sure you can have someone better to replace them…something most schools don’t do when they make a move based on emotion.

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Despite that, we as FSU football fans have a duty to speak truth about our own – and the truth is that the way Jimbo coaches this team down the stretch and at crucial points is beyond questionable no matter what his “process” might be.