Every coach who takes over for a departed coach inherits whatever mess that coach left. And since nobody runs a perfect program, it's only a matter of time before word gets out about flaws and gaps that got papered over.
It's not popular to say around here, but the TRUTH is that when Coach Bryant stepped down as football coach, there were already some cracks in the foundation that had proven so successful for so long.
But Dennis Franchione inherited a colossal mess far worse than what Taggart has down there, and it only took him one try to beat Auburn and two to beat Tennessee and be near the top of the SEC. Yeah, I know what he did next, but considering the situation he walked into, he did better than should have been expected for a little while there.
Urban Meyer LEFT a mess in both Florida and Ohio State, but he also inherited a mess and went on an immediate winning streak.
And by jove, Saban inherited the combined messes of Franchione, what Price did to the program, and the utter lack of discipline of the Shula era. While I realize we can't hold Taggart to the Saban standard, he ultimately has to fix it regardless. When these stories come out, they sound a little too much like "PR in case we lose" to me.
Maybe my mind is just still angry over the yarn spinning Dubious did getting everyone to buy his excuses early in his tenure. Hell, I inherited a mess in my work section when I was chosen as supervisor too, but nobody gives a damn. It's my job to fix it.