So glad we didn't end up with Norvell as our HC

[melvinm]

I remember when media people started hyping Norvell as a candidate to replace Saban. My first thoughts were please no. I know he parlayed the headlines to increase his salary from 5.5 million in 2023 to $9.875 million this season, but do you think FSU is glad they gave him that huge raise?

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

I don't think he was part of the equation. That was just put out there by Sexton to get him a raise from the accounts I've heard on FSU boards from press.

 

[colbysullivan]

Was never a serious candidate

 

[Windsortide]

Glad he is not here also. I think the guy we have will do just fine.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

I think Norvell will be jobless by Monday.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

I think Norvell will be jobless by Monday.

 

[melvinm]

I'm surprised, but I just saw his buyout: "set at $6 million in 2024" . Like someone said earlier, he may be gone by Monday.

 

[M2J]

Absolutely not.... Couldn't have been a candidate by his crybaby ways after they were left out of the playoffs. Him playing the victim led to this entitled mentality that has ruined his career at this moment

 

[M2J]

I'm surprised, but I just saw his buyout: "set at $6 million in 2024" . Like someone said earlier, he may be gone by Monday.

Im probably mistaken, but I think that's just if he wants to leave he or the new team pays for that. If they fire him, they either negotiate or he gets the whole thing I believe

 

[TideEngineer08]

I’m with the others who say he was never a candidate.

 

[PA Tide Fan]

I'm beginning to wonder if that thrashing UGA put on them at the end of last season hurt their confidence coming into this season.

 

[colbysullivan]

I'm beginning to wonder if that thrashing UGA put on them at the end of last season hurt their confidence coming into this season.

They were never good to begin with.

 

[mlingerfelt31]

I think Norvell will be jobless by Monday.

I wonder if the 5 players that transfered still the grass is green on the other side.

 

[mlingerfelt31]

I’m with the others who say he was never a candidate.

we got the right guy.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I wonder if the 5 players that transfered still the grass is green on the other side.

well they probably got more money

 

[Methylred]

I remember when media people started hyping Norvell as a candidate to replace Saban. My first thoughts were please no. I know he parlayed the headlines to increase his salary from 5.5 million in 2023 to $9.875 million this season, but do you think FSU is glad they gave him that huge raise?

$9.875 million?!

I would have gladly coached FSU to an 0-3 start for a mere 10% of that.

 

[TitleWave]

I wonder if the 5 players that transfered still the grass is green on the other side.

Well, since they went from playing for ‘Bama to playing along with karma being a bit—being a baaaad QB named Oogie, what do you think?

 

[edwd58]

Did FSU take his car keys and leave him standing in the parking lot to thumb a ride home?

 

[cbi1972]

I wonder if the 5 players that transfered still the grass is green on the other side.

I can't blame Roydell who was being challenged by Jam and Justice, but Earl Little we could have really used

 

[bamaga]

Saying Norvell was not a serious candidate is disingenuous. Byrne himself said he had conversations, plural, with Norvell

From the outset, Washington's DeBoer and Florida State's Mike Norvell were at the top of Byrne's list. Both had what Byrne was looking for: a proven head coach who had won on a big stage and shown the propensity to develop players. Byrne declined to go into detail about whom he talked to first or his pecking order. But he had serious conversations with both coaches the day after Saban retired..

We later learned that Nick Saban leaned toward DeBoer, saying recently he believed CKD was one of the great young football minds in the sport. I don’t know if that was a deciding factor as we also learned that Greg Byrne had been following CKD’s career for awhile. However, if Coach DeBoer decided to stay in Seattle, we might very well be looking at Coach Norvell as our coach. Yes, we dodged that bullet!