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By Bill Kristoph

Yep, I’m just some loser with a blog that writes about other people’s careers. Well, at least that’s what Jay Mariotti and Colin Cowherd would say. Of course, they do the same thing, but get paid handsomely for it. So would I like former FSU strength coach Jon Jost, who has been “reassigned” to another position at FSU, to comment on my job at ScalpEm? Sure, which gives me the right to comment on his reassignment by FSU.

Over at Tomahawk Nation, they’re talking about Offensive Line Coach Rick Trickett basically telling Jost to stay away from his lineman. In all fairness, the lineman are fitter and faster thanks to Trickett’s conditioning in less than six months, compared to numerous years for Jost. From the Warchant Message Boards once the new coaching staff showed up, “The tempo of the weight room workouts was increased and music turned off – but not the concerns or criticism. New coaches – most notably offensive line coach Rick Trickett – focused on the need for better conditioned athletes.”

That’s right Seminole fans, FSU has been soft under Jost.

At tailgates for the last few years, Jost has been a topic of discussion with my friends as yet another problem within the program. Sure, Jeff Bowden took most of the heat, but often enough, player injuries, lineman’s lack of strength and the fact that many of the Noles looked to be “gassed” by the 4th quarter (when FSU used to pull out the close victories), turned the conversation to a need to replace FSU’s strength and conditioning program. All it took was for the Jeff Bowden domino to fall, and now the rest go too.

Does it mean that the Noles are suddenly MNC contenders next year? No. An ACC title is still a realistic goal. But what it does mean is that the Jimbo Fisher offensive staff, and the return of Chuck Amato to the defensive staff want FSU having a no BS attitude. Soft doesn’t cut it in an ACC that has vastly improved over the last ten years. Soft doesn’t cut it when the game is on the line in the 4th quarter. Soft doesn’t cut it, period.

To be fair to coach Jost, I’m not sure how much control he had over player weights. A lot of times the position coaches control that, and the S&C Coach just executes it. I don’t know if he went to bat for the players, saying that adding some extra weight might not be the best of ideas. And, I don’t know if he But in reality, Jost is another one that takes a fall. The full cleansing of the FSU Football Program needed to happen, and Jost is part of an era at FSU that we all hope to forget.