Willie Taggart Completely Robbed Florida State After Contract Buyout Details Emerge
By Michael Luciano
Willie Taggart finally got the axe in Tallahassee after winning just nine of his 21 games as head coach of the Florida State Seminoles.
The man who ended their 36-year bowl streak isn't leaving town without having swindled some extra money out of one of the most successful programs in college football history, though. Taggart's buyout is in excess of $17 million, and that number could rise to $20 million if the entire staff is bought out.
The buyout for Willie Taggart is more than $17 million. FSU will end up paying more than $20 million to buy out the whole staff at the end of the year. One of the bigger buyouts in college football history.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) November 3, 2019
That buyout is the second-largest in college football history, trailing only Charlie Weis at Notre Dame.
Wait, there's more. FSU paid for his buyout with Oregon!!!
I’m sorry, come again? Florida State ALSO paid the buyout that Oregon owed USF for Willie Taggart?
— Marc Ryan (@MarcRyanOnAir) November 3, 2019
The Seminoles had three mortgages on a money pit. A lemon. pic.twitter.com/rEujcuesqh
That astronomical buyout figure might have given some Seminole officials pause for thought, but a 9-12 record, losses to rivals like Florida and Miami, and a lack of discipline and direction on the field forced their hand. It's hard to argue in favor of keeping Taggart around given how lifeless they looked in recent weeks.
Willie Taggart is going to get paid $17.7M by the place that employed him to not show up to work. Any of you calling this man anything other than a hero and an inspiration are wrong.
— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) November 3, 2019
Taggart might be a pariah in Tallahassee, but he managed to swindle $17 million out of one of the greatest programs in college football history. That's Brock Osweiler-level of fleecing.