The End Is Near. FSU Board Of Trustees Chair Believes "Enough Is Enough" with Bobby Bowden

Is support for Bobby Bowden eroding in the Florida State inner circle? One has to wonder after this latest development.

The Tallahassee Democrat reported that FSU trustee chair Jim Smith believes "enough is enough."
Smith, who is chair of the universities Board of Trustees, was quoted in the Tallahassee Democrat: “My hope is frankly that we’ll go ahead, and if we have to, let the world know that this year will be the end of the Bowden Era,”


Smith added: “We are dependent on the goodwill and the financial resources of thousands of people to make this program work effectively,” Smith said. “And we don’t have any goodwill out there right now. … People have had it."

“The Board of Trustees, and I think, the President — we can’t ignore that. That’s a fact.”

You can read the full article from the Tallahassee Democrat right here.

Waning support from the fan base is one thing but when the power brokers within the university, especially the ones that set policy, is almost a kiss of death.

There's no way around it, FSU has plunged into the abyss of mediocrity and is very close to becoming irrelevant IN THE ACC! This year was supposed to the year the Seminoles returned to the spotlight, a bill of goods the ACC media bought voting Florida State to win the ACC Atlantic Division. That hasn't been the case. A big win at BYU has been backed up by a pathetic loss to South Florida and losing on the road to a Boston College team that was picked to finish last in the ACC Atlantic.

It's becoming apparent that Bowden is losing the fan base, the local paper and now the power brokers.

As for Bowden, he appears unfazed and borderline clueless. Bowden said this during his Sunday press conference on FSU's current situation.

"Fifty percent of the teams in the country last week got beat — 50 percent of them," Bowden said. "They are all asking the same questions. This is part of football; you win some, you lose some. You had a tied ball game in the fourth quarter and we had a chance to win it."

There is a succession plan in place, offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher is the "head coach in waiting." Their are reports surfacing that Fisher's head coaching contract is being worked out.

It appears after 33 years a fresh approach is needed at FSU.

Photo Courtesy: Phil Sears/Tallahassee Democrat