Jimbo Fisher: You can’t judge a person (Muschamp) on one season

Fresh off his team’s victory over Idaho on Saturday, Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher took the time to give some support to embattled Florida coach Will Muschamp.

“Will’s a heck of a football coach and a good guy,” Fisher said. “You have injuries and things that go on. You can’t judge a person on one season. Will’s a heck of a football coach. He’s a great friend, but he’s a heck of a football coach. I’ve coached with him. He does a great job at Florida. I’ll guarantee you this: They’ll be ready to play when we go down there next week. I know that.”

The two coached together at Auburn in the mid-1990s and at LSU in the early-2000s, so perhaps Fisher’s support is to be expected. But there’s no doubt that the last thing the Seminoles want right now is for the Gators to have a healthy program, especially with FSU on the verge of dominating recruiting in the Sunshine State. So maybe it’s in Fisher’s best interest for Muschamp to remain in Gainesville.

Besides, Muschamp has had three seasons at Florida. He was 7-6 in his first year, 11-2 last year and it looks like he’ll finish 4-8 this year.

Seems to me like the one outlier in this record is 2012. So, maybe Fisher is right that you can’t judge Muschamp on one year. It’s just that the year in question should be 2012, not 2013.