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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Bowden’s return to FSU good news for GT fans
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If anybody wants to coach forever, they should. So, if Bobby Bowden wants to coach forever, he should.
Nobody should retire. I mean, if somebody wants to keep hiring you, and if you want to keep working for that person at whatever price they are willing to pay, then so be it.
That’s the American Way.
Here’s my point: The bosses at Florida State just agreed to bring the owner of more career victories in college football than anybody not named Joe Paterno back for a 34th year to coach their team. Bowden will turn 80 during the middle of the upcoming season. That means Florida State is bucking the trend throughout the college and professional game of hiring coaches less than half of Bowden’s age.
Is this Bowden move a wise one for the Seminole Nation?
Well, no. Not unless you’re into the combination of sentimentality and mediocrity.
Florida State hasn’t been a top 20 program since 2004. In fact, prior to the Seminoles’ 9-4 finish last season, they hadn’t won more than eight games during any of their previous three years. Their dip to where they are now came after a wonderful stretch from the late 1980s through earlier this century when they always ranked among the elite of the elite.
It happens: The game has sprinted past Bowden, and it has shown. But Bowden wants to keep coaching, and Florida State wants to keep bringing him back.
Good for them.
It’s also good for Georgia Tech and the rest of the rising contenders in the ACC.
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