The top-tier candidates that are reportedly interested in the Florida State job?

Crinkle up that sheet of names and throw them in the trash, ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum says.

The Seminoles' head coaching vacancy isn't what it used to be and the next guy has a difficult turnaround ahead, Finebaum said during Tuesday's appearance on Golic and Wingo. And grabbing a former national champion like Bob Stoops to lead is next to impossible, he believes.

"People in Tallahassee maintain their No.1 target is Bob Stoops, but I don’t think they can get Bob Stoops,” Finebaum said. “He walked away from Oklahoma and I’m told the only job he’d really be interested in is Notre Dame. He’s coaching in the XFL. I just can not imagine why he would want to go what is clearly — sometimes we use this phrase loosely, but not here — Florida State is an absolute dumpster fire.

“Why Bob Stoops would want anything to do with that place I don know. They are losing recruits. They are being mismanaged from the top down. Their facilities are subpar. I think a smart coach would be wise to say, ‘you know what? I could do much better than FSU.’ And I believe Bob Stoops is a very smart coach.”

“Florida State is an absolute dumpster fire.”



-@finebaum pic.twitter.com/Nm9YtwP45V — Golic and Wingo (@GolicAndWingo) November 5, 2019

A breaking report on Monday night linked Stoops to the Florida State opening, but that noise has not been corroborated by other outlets, including Noles247.

The Seminoles have reportedly hired a search firm to aid in finding a new coach.

Florida State athletic director David Coburn axed Taggart on Sunday, saying there was no need to delay the inevitable following Saturday's disappointing home loss to Miami.

"In terms of doing it now, we looked at the pluses and minuses, and we didn't really see any upside to waiting," Coburn said. "We wanted to go ahead and get started with a search, see if we could get somebody in here ready to go as quickly as possible. Frankly, 6-6 isn't good enough, and we didn't see an advantage to waiting until the end."

According to Football Scoop, Glenn Sugiyama of DHR will help Coburn and the Seminoles as they look for the next leader of their football program. Looking at Sugiyama’s past resume, he may not be a person that fans in Tallahassee are excited to see leading the search.

“Sources tell FootballScoop FSU plans to use Glenn Sugiyama of DHR to lead the search,” Zach Barnett of Football Scoop writes. “Sugiyama oversaw Utah State’s search (which resulted in them re-hiring former head coach Gary Andersen), Arizona’s search (Kevin Sumlin) and Oregon State’s search (which resulted in hiring Jonathan Smith) recently (among others). Sugiyama also oversaw the search which placed Charlie Weis at Kansas.”