FSU hires Cornrow Norvell from bottom feeder Memphis

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Just watched Norvell's introductory presser. He seems to be fairly well-spoken and exuded the passion you'd expect from a guy getting his first big-time coaching gig. Sounds like Odell is staying on and that has to be for recruiting if nothing else, as that seems to be an unknown with Norvell right now. Not a stretch, but I'd think that the quality of the staff he assembles and how quickly he does it and gets them on the road will be a determiner of how quickly he succeeds or doesn't. He identified evaluating and selecting assistants as a strength. I can see why he would be likable (@78), but I also get the sense that he knows he's just jumped into much bigger pond. He seemed to spend more time on the "thanks for the opportunity" and "you all believed in me" moments than going over the framework of what he's got to do to get things back on track. Understandable I suppose and he's quite polite, but if he's got a ruthless side, it better be in his holster, cocked and locked. He'll need it in this state and at this level. Overall impression is that they could've done a lot worse. They'll be interesting to keep an eye on from now through spring ball.
 
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It is my understanding that he was gonna coach memphis through the bowl game. Is that the case or was that just BS until FSU formally announced him. Would love for that to be true, their recruiting class would be a barren waste land :lol:
 

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It is my understanding that he was gonna coach memphis through the bowl game. Is that the case or was that just BS until FSU formally announced him. Would love for that to be true, their recruiting class would be a barren waste land :lol:
The only thing I remember him saying was that he met with the Memphis players prior to coming to Tallahassee and they were all happy for him. I recall having heard that he wanted to coach the bowl with them, but I can't believe that would be possible.
 

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Just watched Norvell's introductory presser. He seems to be fairly well-spoken and exuded the passion you'd expect from a guy getting his first big-time coaching gig. Sounds like Odell is staying on and that has to be for recruiting if nothing else, as that seems to be an unknown with Norvell right now. Not a stretch, but I'd think that the quality of the staff he assembles and how quickly he does it and gets them on the road will be a determiner of how quickly he succeeds or doesn't. He identified evaluating and selecting assistants as a strength. I can see why he would be likable (@'78), but I also get the sense that he knows he's just jumped into much bigger pond. He seemed to spend more time on the "thanks for the opportunity" and "you all believed in me" moments than going over the framework of what he's got to do to get things back on track. Understandable I suppose and he's quite polite, but if he's got a ruthless side, it better be in his holster, cocked and locked. He'll need it in this state and at this level. Overall impression is that they could've done a lot worse. They'll be interesting to keep an eye on from now through spring ball.
It will be interesting to see how many players leave the program over the next few months. If very few do leave he's made a big mistake and is in for trouble.
 

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Florida State: Auburn offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham is joining Mike Norvell;’s staff as offensive coordinator, Pete Thamel tweets. Before leaving for The Plains, Dillingham was Norvell’s offensive coordinator at Memphis and also worked under him at Arizona State where Norvell was the offensive coordinator.
 

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Florida State: Auburn offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham is joining Mike Norvell;’s staff as offensive coordinator, Pete Thamel tweets. Before leaving for The Plains, Dillingham was Norvell’s offensive coordinator at Memphis and also worked under him at Arizona State where Norvell was the offensive coordinator.
They gonna run some Gus type version of offense? Please make it so :lol:
 

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It is my understanding that he was gonna coach memphis through the bowl game. Is that the case or was that just BS until FSU formally announced him. Would love for that to be true, their recruiting class would be a barren waste land :lol:


Memphis has named an interim head coach and removed all record of Norvell from the coaches biographies when I looked for info at 7 am this morning.
 

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Article on football scoop talks about Novell putting a lot of emphasis on special teams. In his time at Memphis, they led the nation in w/ 11 KO returns for TD's (over 4 years). I wish UF would put more emphasis on ST's (and there's another valid reason to get rid of Knox)....
 

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Article on football scoop talks about Novell putting a lot of emphasis on special teams. In his time at Memphis, they led the nation in w/ 11 KO returns for TD's (over 4 years). I wish UF would put more emphasis on ST's (and there's another valid reason to get rid of Knox)....

Urban was all about STs. I’m flummoxed that Mullen has such a lousy coach over ST.

Mullen would put a young, hungry coach on STs to prove themselves.
 

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I know. It’s enough to turn you off on women, period.

Just a guess, but you’ll come around eventually. It’s amazing how the eyes evolve as we age. Of course, if you keep buying out-of-warranty Beemers with bad transmissions, you may lose some of that wealth leverage that allows one to age while freezing the age of the opposite sex at that tender young, tight number.
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