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Norvell gone

OrangeCane said:
I doubt they could have afforded to fire Norvell last year, as his buyout would have been even higher.
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I think they finally realized they can’t afford NOT to..
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L A M P said:
Norvell went 2-10 in 2024. Going into last season, seat should’ve been scorching. He proceeds to upset Bama (talent is there) before losing 4 straight (capped off by a terrible Stanford loss) before the bye week.

Late October. Perfect time to make a move. James Franklin, fired 6 days before, there for the taking.. and what do they do?! Double-down. Let VT take their obvious replacement. Bring back a dead man walking to do exactly what we all expected. Could not have played it worse.. and we are all better for it. Thank you for pulling a Miami. It’s been fun to watch.
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There has been some reporting on this time
Period that sheds light on what happened. They made a run at Lane who they knew wanted their job badly in 2020. They ofc were worried about Lane dominating them at UF (UF passed on lane to hire Billy Napier, his former colleague).

Lane told both places no. FSU considered Franklin for a beat but weren’t that interested in him although he very much wanted that job. Then they decided to put out that statement saying norvell would return as HC for ‘26 after it looked shaky for him for a bit. Rest was history

In all actuality, it was probably the Alabama win more than anything else that delayed the firing
 
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FSU has hired a search firm to find new AD and HC according to those in the know. Timing was obviously due to December recruit signing and the portal.
 
Dwinstitles said:
hope so but his Miami groupies will blame money when he fails there. Boys got a million excuses for Manny bruh, but I hope they hire him so his fanboys can stfu when he destroys their program. I mean I apologize I hope they dont hire him man Manny is elite.
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Honestly I think Manny would cost too much.... and I can't believe I just typed that... lol..... He's got a good gig at Duke... I mean it really fits him.....
Now on the other side of things I could see them making a play for Deion.... He's basically cooked at Colorado, the shine is gone.... They might be able to get him a lot cheaper than other coaches.... But who knows, that program ran itself down hard.... They got issues everywhere...
 
Is Jim Harbaugh a candidate? He’d scare me. I’m not sure if he is on the hot seat but the Chargers are 0-7 which is surprising.
 
I had one of dem muhfuccas look me dead in the face and say, “We want Tomlin….. as in Mike Tomlin”. After I stopped laughing, Iasked was he serious? He says, “I’m dead serious.” So I said….”OK, yall are shooting for the moon, but let’s be more realistic here. Tomlin is about to have his choice of NFL jobs thrown at him, so he not probably entertaining no college jobs.” He says, “Well yall didn’t think Belichick was thinking about college jobs either.” So then I laughed again, as I was heading for the door. Then he sends me a pic of Tomlin in Nole gear. 🤣😂🤣 True Story.
 

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Duke and Wake both have playoff shots this year. No way they pry one of those two away without a monster spend, which they won't do. And if they wait until January, it's too late.
 
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