Yes, Pitt hammered them down in Tallahassee in 2020. No doubt he benefitted from Travis and also Verse, Fiske, Keon Coleman… did a great job of recruiting those guys from the portal. Now we’ll see if he can recruit his own roster. But sort of like Narduzzi wasn’t getting fired after 3-9, I think Norvell is safe no matter how the rest of the season plays out.
You can add Texas, Alabama, USC and Georgia to that list. Your program is only as good as your head coach.
Yeah Alabama is the perfect example. No program is immune to a bad higher and then a regression. Just some can quickly rebound with a good hire. Others, they likely only were good because of the coach and stability. There is no stability in college football anymore with NIL and coaches constantly leaving, and fans constantly expecting immediate gratification.
He went 38-15 at Memphis.
It really makes you wonder who in the heck is approving these deals at the University? Are they simply stupid or nuts? At some point these deals are getting so big that the State government is going to want to get involved (since FSU and others are state funded).Mike Norvell buyout: Details of Florida State head coach's contract
If Florida State decided to part ways with head coach Mike Norvell at the end of the 2024 season, the Seminoles would owe their head coach roughly $63 million.www.on3.com
Maybe FSU should take their usual lawsuit approach: "Yes, we signed a contract but now it turns out we dont like the contract and we feel the contract is illegal so we will find a Tallahassee fanboy judge and get it voided."
