While Fuente might be on the hot seat given his situation and expectations of the fan base, suggesting he's been less successful or somehow on a worse trajectory than Muschamp is wrong. Fuente still would have been a great hire for South Carolina, and perhaps the better hire.
Since 2015, Fuente has a double digital win season under his belt. A division title. He has four times as many wins against ranked opponents as Muschamp. And he's played Clemson close twice. Even his disaster season in 2018 saw them beat two ranked teams, beat their in-state rivals and make a bowl game appearance.
Taggart has been pretty much an unmitigated disaster.