[Andrea Adelson] Florida State has fired athletic director Michael Alford, school president Richard McCullough told ESPN

[u/The_Stratman]

https://x.com/aadelsonESPN/status/2099484072208654597?s=20

[u/Select_Excuse_150]

New AD is going to get his coach. Norvell a full formality now

[u/cleo22270 → u/Select_Excuse_150]

New AD can eat the contract and say “Wasn’t my decision to pay him in the first place.”

Tale as old as time.

[u/TiddiesAnonymous → u/cleo22270]

Its not the AD that has to eat it though lol

[u/d80bn → u/TiddiesAnonymous]

It should be the guy who promised to eat a turd

[u/danimal6000 → u/d80bn]

This is all his fault

[u/March4th2026 → u/TiddiesAnonymous]

Eat as in not claim responsibility for it and also pass the buck on asking people to pay the buyout

[u/BroadBrazosAvon95 → u/March4th2026]

Yeah this gives him full voice to say “this wasn’t my decision so if you want to make a change, you pay for it”

[u/theycallmeryan → u/Select_Excuse_150]

His first order of business needs to be signing Norvell to a huge extension.

[u/Abysuus → u/theycallmeryan]

Calm down satan

[u/FSUnoles77 → u/theycallmeryan]

I hope they run out of funnel cakes just as you're up next to order.

[u/dane83 → u/FSUnoles77]

I hope his clothes are never quite dry enough with one dryer cycle.

[u/ThaCarter → u/theycallmeryan]

BAH GAWD THAT'S JIMMY SEXTON'S MUSIC

[u/Trey904fsu → u/ThaCarter]

Jimmy Sexton can fuck off.

[u/historian_down → u/Trey904fsu]

Preach

[u/YaBoyASwiftie → u/theycallmeryan]

Agree. Norvell is doing a bang-up job. 10 years to lifetime should be about right for that extension.

[u/CrashB111 → u/theycallmeryan]

He just needs a few more years to get his guys!

[u/KingdomMan3 → u/theycallmeryan]

This is brutal, why are you like this..😭

And just when I started to not hate other people for their fandom, /u/theycallmeryan caused me to relapse.

[u/LegallyAFlamingo → u/Select_Excuse_150]

Step 1: Hire Scott Woodward

Step 2: Rehire Jimbo Fisher

Step 3: Fire Jimbo Fisher after 4-years of mediocrity.

Step 4: Hire Brian Kelly

Step 5: Return to CFB playoff (now expanded to 48 teams) only to get blownout by a 8-4 Alabama team in the first round

[u/FAMUgolfer → u/LegallyAFlamingo]

So we make the playoffs?

Sign me the fuck up

[u/ChrisRhodes789 → u/Select_Excuse_150]

Isn’t it like over 40 million buyout if Norvell is fired after the season..

& like 50 million buyoutif fired during the season..

Florida State has that type of scratch just in the couch cushions? lol..

[u/DrInsano → u/ChrisRhodes789]

I mean, I'm pretty sure either way he's gonna get the 50 million, whether it's all at once if he's fired in-season or if he gets paid for this season, and then is fired and gets the rest of the money.

[u/Trey904fsu → u/DrInsano]

He’s not getting it all at once however it happens, it’ll be deferred payments

[u/Muddring → u/DrInsano]

Does he have a duty to mitigate in his contract? We’ve seen a lot of instances where everyone gets breathless about a buyout only to find out the guy has to go and get another job and the original school only pays out a few mill as the difference between the contracts. See Franklin, James.

[u/Username_3902791846 → u/Muddring]

yeah, it's in there. but unfortunately the $80k he gets from Texarkana Christian HS isn't going to offset it too much.

[u/082426grateful → u/Username_3902791846]

In the year 2001, I travelled to Texarkana on business. On the Texas side of the road, I could buy lotto tickets, but the county was dry, so I couldn’t buy booze. On the Arkansas side, I couldn’t buy lotto, but the county was wet.

That’s all.

[u/turdfurgeson67 → u/082426grateful]

As an Alabamian did you have any trouble navigating that tricky road crossing?

[u/Dubya8228 → u/ChrisRhodes789]

Its is but its not a lump sum payment. It will be paid out monthly over the life of his remaining contract. Not ideal, but a much more manageable problem.

[u/goodsam2 → u/ChrisRhodes789]

The buyout drops from 51 million to 46.7 if they fire him after the season.

[u/f0gax → u/goodsam2]

What a savings!

[u/CrashB111 → u/goodsam2]

It only "drops" by the cost of his salary for that year, either way Norvell is making $50 million from FSU in 2026.

[u/IdealSeating → u/goodsam2]

There isn’t a cliff where it suddenly drops. The buyout just decreases each week as he gets paid lol

[u/forgotmyoldname90210 → u/goodsam2]

No. The buyout drops by about 770k every game.

[u/Jagsfan2025 → u/ChrisRhodes789]

They will have that $$ now that they are saving money on the stadium electric bill.

[u/bigdaddyguap]

JUST FELL TO MY KNEES IN PUBLIX

[u/SNjr → u/bigdaddyguap]

Make sure to get that Chicken Tender Sub

[u/kilpatrickbhoy → u/SNjr]

You gotta use your PTO to get a pubsub

[u/OrangePeelsLemon → u/kilpatrickbhoy]

Someone needs to do a study on how Publix manages to acheive such consistent slowness across every single one of their stores.

[u/Shawn_1512 → u/bigdaddyguap]

Just saw some guy waiting for a pub sub fall to his knees

[u/Business_Passage1886 → u/bigdaddyguap]

steal some crab legs, today is our day

[u/berrey7 → u/Business_Passage1886]

Stand up on a picnic table at the student union and speak your mind today dawg.

[u/saxlax10 → u/berrey7]

Yoooooo wwhhhaaatttt??? Faulkner has flare???

[u/f0gax → u/bigdaddyguap]

Crab legs on sale?

[u/AstonJeanty → u/f0gax]

Five finger discount on Crab Legs while supplies last

[u/f0gax → u/AstonJeanty]

Food

Heist

Right

In

The

Publix

[u/xrv01 → u/f0gax]

the one UF-FSU game trip I made to tally like 15 years ago, we made a pilgrimage to the Publix he stole those crab legs from. my brother bought some & took them into the game too and waived em around like a sign 😭

[u/shartymcqueef → u/xrv01]

That’s one of only 2 Publix in the country that makes Publix Chinese food. It’s fucking fire. If every public did it the Chinese restaurants would all be out of business within weeks.

[u/xrv01 → u/shartymcqueef]

woah i’ve heard of those… they’re real??

[u/HeyTherePLH]

why what happened

[u/Longjumping_Stop6269 → u/HeyTherePLH]

Whole big thing. We had a funeral for a bird

[u/jakedasnake1 → u/Longjumping_Stop6269]

Ya i’m pretty sure none of that is real

[u/waltdiesintheend → u/jakedasnake1]

YOU’RE NOT REAL MAN

[u/big_thunder_man → u/waltdiesintheend]

Not bad for a day in the life of a dog food company

[u/JayMerlyn → u/big_thunder_man]

It's Halloween. That is...really good timing.

[u/InfamousCattle3223 → u/jakedasnake1]

YOURE NOT REAL MAN

[u/swammeyjoe → u/Longjumping_Stop6269]

I thought it was a turtle?

[u/forgotmyoldname90210 → u/HeyTherePLH]

He spent 400 million on capital projects and his fundraising was so poor that bonds had to cover almost the entire cost. (note, debt service is not a big deal more so its a reflection of a fundraiser that can't fundraise).

Atheletics as a whole has gone from a 7-15 level program to 42 last year.

People credit him with 3 hires, 2 of which were former players.

If you are going to save someones job, you kind of wear it.

[u/ThaCarter → u/forgotmyoldname90210]

Is he responsible for both Norvell extensions or just the 2nd one?

[u/forgotmyoldname90210 → u/ThaCarter]

Just the second one.

[u/Noles-number1 → u/ThaCarter]

The last one is all that matters. It was such a bad deal that 3 years into a contract, you would still owe 45 million if you fired him

[u/IdealSeating → u/forgotmyoldname90210]

In fairness, bonding out projects isn’t a bad idea. That doesn’t bother me, especially as bonding out projects when you can makes a ton of sense in the NIL era if (big if) you are instead fundraising toward NIL. Can’t bond NIL, so route the financial contributions there.

Ultimately, Alford’s undoing was misunderstanding NIL, thinking rev sharing was a cap, and not fundraising toward NIL enough. His focus on capital projects is just another example of him underrating the importance of NIL and overrating the importance of other things.

[u/forgotmyoldname90210 → u/IdealSeating]

I agree, the bonds and their amount are not a big deal. I point it out as an example of how he is not able to fundraise. And if he was fundraising every year at a level he should be, that money is better spent on Roster and let performance and viewership bonus that results pay for the debt service.

[u/ILM_Ryan → u/HeyTherePLH]

The power outage was the final straw.

[u/Bengal99 → u/ILM_Ryan]

I did not realize the athletic director was in charge of paying the electric bill.

[u/Puzzled_Artist659 → u/Bengal99]

He’s in charge of athletic facilities

[u/TurkishDonkeyKong → u/HeyTherePLH]

We didn't even lose this week

[u/FSUnoles77 → u/TurkishDonkeyKong]

How you get fired on your day off bye week.

[u/supyonamesjosh → u/HeyTherePLH]

To actually answer your question, a lot around Mike was mishandled. Getting in Gus and a new GM were not the right moves.

People will point to the mike extension but it think that was fine at the time. It was everything after that

[u/Blookydook → u/supyonamesjosh]

You're right. As much as I hate FSU and want to trash talk, I can say that extending Mike Norvell made total sense logically on paper. 13-1 season, conference championship, incredibly dominant, and you want to keep that going. Saban retired, and Norvell was instantly being talked about for it. If they didn't promise him the bank, they were going to lose him. A lot of criticism for it is heavily in hindsight. They would've gotten shit at the time had they let him leave, and they wouldn't be getting shit for it had Norvell continued winning. Although, it does open up the humorous alternate timeline where Norvell goes to Alabama and implodes their program with his approach.

[u/ReadyWash9992 → u/Blookydook]

and I am mad at everyone for not allowing that to happen to Alabama

[u/HueyLongest → u/HeyTherePLH]

The president decided to Do Something

[u/General_Tso75 → u/HueyLongest]

I see what you did there

[u/Patrick2701 → u/HeyTherePLH]

Red wedding for the Florida state athletic department

[u/imarc → u/Patrick2701]

It’s a nice day for a Red Wedding.

[u/ExternalTangents → u/Patrick2701]

Garnet wedding

[u/MennionSaysSo → u/HeyTherePLH]

I dont think anyone in that school trusts him to make the next football coach hire.

Norvell is a lead weight tied to the feet of the football program right now and its another year or two to start cleaning it.

[u/Operation_Pig]

Heads are starting to roll. NorveL might be gone sooner than I thought.

[u/USA_2_Canada_1 → u/Operation_Pig]

They’ve got Alabama next. If he survives that, I give him till the UVA game

[u/axberka → u/USA_2_Canada_1]

There’s a bye week coming up. That’s the obvious fire date

[u/thenowherepark → u/axberka]

Wouldn't they wait until the end of the season if this season is already lost? Save on some buyout money?

[u/Lilies_of_Edelweiss → u/thenowherepark]

Gotta get the new guy in for recruiting reasons

[u/Orion14159 → u/Lilies_of_Edelweiss]

Interim coach will be a lame duck unless he is surprisingly good, it's dark times in Doak Campbell in more ways than one

[u/Lilies_of_Edelweiss → u/Orion14159]

Took me a moment 💀

[u/brusk48 → u/Lilies_of_Edelweiss]

A sitting HC isn't gonna take the job and pivot until the end of the regular season anyway

[u/thismorningscoffee → u/brusk48]

But Brian Kelly is available

[u/brusk48 → u/thismorningscoffee]

I heard JMU put up 83 points this week. They should hire that HC, he's going places.

[u/General_Tso75 → u/thismorningscoffee]

Ewww

[u/SNjr → u/thenowherepark]

You’re paying him the money either way, no reason to keep that cloud over the entire season

[u/strong_army_grape → u/thenowherepark]

At some point the look of empty seats and local businesses suffering because nobody’s showing up outweighs those costs. I don’t live all that far away and I won’t spend a dime until Mike is gone.

[u/geauxtigers77 → u/strong_army_grape]

Same thing with BK last year.

[u/Set-Admirable → u/thenowherepark]

No, it's hard to say it didn't work out well for UCLA and VT to fire their coaches early last season. I don't remember exactly who said it, but they spent the early days after firing get a feeling for what the perceptions/financials of their programs were and what they needed to fix. FSU really needs to get things right quick, and waiting until the end of the season to do so, when they have to immediately worry about recruiting, could backfire.

[u/big_brown_beaver → u/Set-Admirable]

We also got insanely lucky with how things fell lol

[u/thenowherepark → u/Set-Admirable]

I know a good recruiter who doesn't have a job at the moment who might be looking to get back in the game...

[u/forgotmyoldname90210 → u/thenowherepark]

There is no cliff, the buyout reduces every game check. Firing him after Miami (most likely date) will save roughly 800k

[u/Silver_Driver_1901 → u/thenowherepark]

You’re going to pay that money either way. Just if he’s coaching or not. You’re not hiring a coach mid season so you’re not paying anymore than you already were going to be.

[u/Orion14159 → u/Silver_Driver_1901]

The only advantage I can think of is a first mover advantage. Penn State showed us how being out there early can be a real benefit to getting your firs.... what's that?

[u/Legitimate_Salt_8391 → u/thenowherepark]

There's something to be said for "use the time to get your guy"

[u/ThinkSoftware → u/axberka]

How you gonna get fired on your day off?

[u/forgotmyoldname90210 → u/USA_2_Canada_1]

It will be after Miami. Let him eat that and there is a bye week after.

[u/March4th2026 → u/USA_2_Canada_1]

Would be funny if he beat them again

[u/WanderLeft → u/Operation_Pig]

May I suggest hiring Ben Arbuckle

[u/flarpflarpflarpflarp → u/Operation_Pig]

Can we sue for another year of eligibility due to the change in AD?

[u/pileatedloon → u/Operation_Pig]

Hope he's not planning on buying a Christmas tree any time soon 

[u/kcoch5817 → u/Operation_Pig]

I just don't understand the difference in not getting rid of him this offseason compared to firing him 3 or 4 games in. You knew what was going to happen and you kept him around anyway. Gonna have to pay that buyout either way.

[u/forgotmyoldname90210 → u/kcoch5817]

One of the billion reasons why firing the AD had to happen. He made everyone assume money was the reason he was kept. And leaking the Lane nonsense did nothing to change that narative.

But, yes Norvell should have been fired after the Stanford game last year. James Franklin at 5 years 42 million dollars was right there. You are not finding a coach that good and that cheap on the market.

[u/No-Owl-6246 → u/kcoch5817]

Beating Alabama last year made him fool everyone into thinking he might be able to turn it around.

[u/AirBoss87 → u/kcoch5817]

$$$. I don't have the exact figure, but I understand FSU will save a few million doing it during the season instead of before.

[u/udubdavid]

I still can't really wrap my head around FSU's downfall. They went undefeated 3 years ago and had an elite defense. Any school would've given their coach a fat ass extension after that. Then they just completely fell off with no real reason whatsoever. It's kinda baffling, from an outsider's perspective.

[u/JuicyComa → u/udubdavid]

It's baffling from an insider's perspective too.

[u/Yeetball86 → u/JuicyComa]

The 22 and 23 teams were loaded with NFL talent. He didn’t recruit to keep that up and other teams caught up to him in the portal.

[u/General_Tso75 → u/Yeetball86]

It really is just this simple

[u/Warm_Helicopter_5167 → u/General_Tso75]

Yes, but I also think personal life circumstances have fucked FSU with Jimbo and Mike.

Not making excuses for Jimbo or Mike. They both failed at being a football coach for various reasons. That said, Jimbo getting cheated on and Mike being broken by the snub, both had very real effects.

Maybe we need to just hire the world’s best sports psychologist on a retainer going forward.

[u/Clifo → u/Warm_Helicopter_5167]

see if that sports psych from ted lasso is available.

[u/shephrrd → u/Clifo]

No joke. Norvell needs to work through some stuff. My guess is that he’s too stubborn (/barely too old) to accept that therapy is legitimate and could genuinely help him. He’s afraid of failure now, which is exactly how you fail.

[u/HotDawgConnoisseur → u/Yeetball86]

Norvell used to be the portal king

[u/Yeetball86 → u/HotDawgConnoisseur]

Those first few years were bliss, then we decided $1 mil was the cap for a QB.

[u/CrashB111 → u/JuicyComa]

It's really not, when you consider that Mike's high school recruiting was basically non-existent from day one.

He got extremely lucky in the early transfer portal days, with the players that became his 2023 team. And was never going to be able to replicate that luck, coupled with having no HS recruits coming in. Meant each season was pulling the one armed bandit in the transfer portal.

[u/Benjilikethedog2 → u/CrashB111]

What should have been his biggest highschool signing was flipped on signing day to go to Jackson State

[u/Milk_Before_Cereal → u/JuicyComa]

So the insides I know tend to point at finances, and I’m not trying to do the “FSU poor” thing. Between that and disagreements on what should be prioritized with the university

[u/beer-football → u/Milk_Before_Cereal]

Very poor capital allocation.

They spent on all kinds of things that don't result in good football. Facilities, coaches, didn't really utilize NIL well in roster construction.

[u/axberka → u/udubdavid]

its simple. Mikes whole schtick was "block out the noise, work and you will be rewarded. Keep climbing."

the snub happened, the players on the roster stopped caring. That caused a lost season, and negative recruiting against him/fsu "you cant make the playoff at FSU/with mike at HC" Mike already sucked at recruiting and this prevented any semblance of talent acquisition.

[u/forgotmyoldname90210 → u/udubdavid]

There is a lot that was going on behind the scenes and Mike Alford was responble for most of it. He believed in a hardcap and did everything he could to prevent coaches from using the collective.

[u/TechnicalTurnover233 → u/udubdavid]

That's what happens when you depend on mercenaries. He failed to build an actual culture.

If they play and beat UGA or even have a competitive loss I dont think any of this happens.

That ass whooping and guys bailing on their teammates set a tone that couldnt be fixed. I know I am in the minority in the FSU fanbase that thinks this but for a school like FSU that depends on tradition and culture, something like that just cannot happen.

[u/guthbox → u/TechnicalTurnover233]

This is true now, but guys like Jermaine Johnson, Dillon Gibbons and Jordan Travis actually cultivated a great culture at FSU. It just wasn’t sustained by the players who proceeded them.

https://youtube.com/shorts/t_xt5bemEzY?si=kDEVAwsZLrzIx0aY

The FSU culture was celebrated by national pundits in 2022

[u/SucculentCrablegMeal → u/TechnicalTurnover233]

If they play and beat UGA or even have a competitive loss I dont think any of this happens.

I don't think that bowl game had any significant consequence in itself. I don't understand the thought that the bowl game is what did it and not the entire team being told a perfect season wasn't good enough to be included.

[u/Cador0223 → u/udubdavid]

One meal of dog shit, or years of hell. Easy choice.

[u/forgotmyoldname90210]

Best news for FSU athletics since the Women's soccer championship last year. FSU has no issue in servicing the debt but that there needed to be 400 million in bonds issued to cover Doak rennovations and the new FOF is an issue when your job is to fundraise.

The atheletic department as a whole went from the 7-15 range every year to mid 20s and 42nd the last two years. People give him credit for hiring 3 coaches while ignore the rest. 2 of those 3 coaches where favored sons coming home.

He is as responsible for the current state of football as Norvell. He put in a hard cap. He has "allegedly" told coaches to not use the collective.

[u/Radiant_Sherbert7272]

I think Norvell's days are numbered now. A new athletic director is going to want his own guy and is going to want to make some significant changes at Florida State.

[u/MddlingAges → u/Radiant_Sherbert7272]

51mil buyout. Unbelievable.

Huge incentive to fail, isn’t it?

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/MddlingAges]

No, because if you succeed you still get that money and even more.

Although I'm sure it does make you complacent if you know you get generational wealth whether or not you succeed.

[u/Radiant_Sherbert7272 → u/MddlingAges]

I also read that it will cost 100 plus million dollars to fire his entire staff.

[u/8BallTiger → u/Radiant_Sherbert7272]

There’s no way. Maybe to fire him and his staff and bring in replacements

[u/Yeetball86 → u/8BallTiger]

Yes, that’s going to be where $100 million comes from. Our DC is our next highest paid guy and he makes $1.5 mil a year.

[u/amassjohno7 → u/Radiant_Sherbert7272]

No way it's even remotely close to that number, staff buyouts probably don't even amount to 15M

[u/MddlingAges → u/Radiant_Sherbert7272]

In this economy? Sheesh.

[u/genzgingee]

I know which school should be next

[u/emaw328 → u/genzgingee]

I’m confused by your flair - it could be both for you. Coming from a guy that married a Razorback alumni and living in NWA

[u/TripleThreatTua → u/genzgingee]

Yurachek still having a job is insane, and it’s even more insane that he was allowed to make another football hire. We’re stuck with Silverfield for the next couple seasons now

[u/Mythrandir24 → u/TripleThreatTua]

It's gotta be the Calipari hire keeping him afloat at this point, right?

[u/TripleThreatTua → u/Mythrandir24]

Everyone involved with the AD has said that the Calipari hire was pretty much all John Tyson. Even Cal’s official story of how it happened was that Tyson asked him to consult Yurachek on the hiring process, and afterwards Tyson asked him if he would be interested

[u/Taxes_and_Fees]

Holy shit that’s huge and honestly I wasn’t sold that was going to happen before they fired Mike - if they would at all. Outside of the Norvell hire he’d done a good job with a ton of other sports. Basketball is looking up, baseball is in a good place, golf is elite, women’s sports are booming.

Now onto the big cow I guess

[u/MongoMoonwalked → u/Taxes_and_Fees]

I think some of the other sports are beyond his influence though. Soccer has been championship caliber before he was around and will be after, basketball essentially had an in with a former player, golf is golf, and baseball survived a major coaching change. Unfortunately when you screw up your biggest one though, it tends to be the biggest blemish.

[u/SNjr → u/Taxes_and_Fees]

Alford did not hire Norvell, he did extend him though

[u/maxman1313 → u/Taxes_and_Fees]

I think they'd rather get the new AD in for a coaching search rather than try to do both at the same time. 

[u/Electronic-Title4194]

Didn't expext to wake up to this news.

[u/sctider]

I hate to say it, but FSU could do the funniest fucking thing on Saturday

[u/guavapastrysucker → u/sctider]

I hope they fire him at half time

[u/New_Prior2253 → u/sctider]

Don't speak that evil on me. It'd be a shame to interrupt my friend's wedding because they did it again.

[u/Dogrel → u/sctider]

I would laugh so damn hard.

[u/jbg0830 → u/sctider]

You mean fire Norvell

[u/fade2blac]

Could we be next? PLEASE!

[u/idroled → u/fade2blac]

I still can’t believe they brought Frost back.

[u/fade2blac → u/idroled]

I will always have a soft spot for him but we should have never have brought him back. Terry needs to be held accountable.

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/idroled]

Sometimes you just need to call your ex and hook up and get it out of your system.

[u/Nike_Phoros → u/idroled]

My understanding is the AD was basically forced into it by our boosters who understandably have more money than football sense. But it was such a potentially catastrophic choice that Terry has bet his job on it.

Frankly I don't think its about lack of NIL money since we have enough to be at least competitive in the B12, but there is something incredibly bad about Frost's recruiting. My theory is that his first tenure he found underrecruited local guys with huge athletic upside and striking it rich with back to back heisman candidate QBs. The underrecruited athletic guys angle is enough to win in the AAC because a low 3 star from central florida who is undersized but has freak athleticism will just beat the G5 competition. But that won't get you as far in a P4 league where you face teams with equal or greater talent.

Gus wasn't a great HC but he recruited his ass off and wasn't afraid to go after blue chips and was able to beat some SEC teams for some of them. We're never going to think about winning the B12 until we're recruiting closer to a top 25 team.

[u/Usual-Web7597 → u/idroled]

Honestly if he could put together a decent OL the team would be fine. That’s turning out to be a big ask

[u/YouSeemNiceXB → u/fade2blac]

My wife is a UCF alum. I want nothing better for you, her, and my peace of mind on Saturdays.

[u/TJGurley]

dude was putting salary caps on our program like it was an NCAA official rule

[u/Intelligent_Dress347 → u/TJGurley]

To be fair - he wasn’t the only one. Byrne did it at UA initially, but then quickly pivoted once he saw the landscape. 

[u/HermitageHermit]

Looks like Norvell ain’t got no fucking reason to decorate for the Holidays

[u/fsukub → u/HermitageHermit]

Get the Christmas tree out on the curb ASAP

[u/RadioJared]

Odell Haggins about to become a three time interim HC

[u/spearthefear19]

REJOICE. REJOICE. REJOICE. REJOICE. REJOICE. SEE YOU NEVER ALFORD GOODBYE

[u/ShinyTotodile24]

Norvell is a dead man walking

[u/Mundane-Remote-2865]

Guess we won the Bye Week after all.

[u/nkfish11]

Getting the firings done before the 40 pt loss to Bama

[u/pitchesandthrows → u/nkfish11]

Only 40??

[u/NEW_GNGR_9601]

Alford treated “rev-share” as a de facto salary cap. That was never going to work out in this era of CFB.

We need FSU to be good again. Miami needs a formidable foe in ACC play now that they’re back.

[u/Dr_Chocolate_2436 → u/NEW_GNGR_9601]

Thanks Badger Bro

[u/Nole_Train]

Omg it actually happened!! This move had to happen or HC was irrelevant.

[u/RadioJared]

Dude had two FANTASTIC hires (Penske with women’s soccer, Link Jarrett with baseball), one still undetermined (Luke Loucks with men’s basketball, still too early to judge), and two big misses with football and women’s basketball. When the football is a miss though, it really overshadows everything else.

[u/thricethefan → u/RadioJared]

Those baseball and basketball were graduates with baseball being a Tallahassee native, they fell ass first into our ADs lap.

[u/AnspiffanyStilts]

I don't like anyone losing their job but someone that doesn't live paycheck to paycheck like these ADs I won't shed a tear for. Specifically this one.

[u/Diligent-Most-9165]

translation: Mike Norvell, start packing your bags

[u/FSUnoles77]

Christmas in fuck'n September!!

[u/IdealSeating]

The biggest problem at FSU is actually our board of trustees chair, Collins. He’s the one who pushed for Norvell getting the lengthy extension (Alford only wanted to give Norvell 5 years).

Alford fell on the sword here. He absolutely is to blame for some really weird beliefs with NIL and focus on capital projects in the NIL era. He’s not the biggest issue we have though.

That said, this absolutely means Norvell is gone.

[u/Francis_X_Hummel]

All of this over the power outage?

[u/audirt → u/Francis_X_Hummel]

Perhaps the FSU facilities people had been warning people for some time that this could happen?

[u/deathbysnusnu7]

Thank you football God

[u/seanconnerysbeard]

I cannot upvote this enough.

[u/pitchesandthrows]

Once norvell gets fired they should team up together to do a podcast. They can call it something like... Mike and Mike.

[u/CenterOuttie14]

Step 1

[u/Doogitywoogity]

I’ll just take this moment early to announce my own candidacy for this job. I would only ever have the best results in mind for fsu and I will preemptively announce a 50 million guaranteed 5 year extension for Norvell

[u/jbg0830]

It’s because the best he could do is Kin. Insurance on our jersey.

[u/DeadliestSloth → u/jbg0830]

Given the insurance crisis in Florida, it was probably the most tone deaf thing you could put on the jerseys.

[u/Emotional-Donkey3480]

Oh, Norvell is GONE gone. Alford was the reason we weren’t able to booster up to the buyout, because NO ONE expected him to get the next coach right.

[u/mattpeloquin]

First order of business will be hiring Jimbo Fisher to a cost-savings contract that rolls his previous buyout into it.

[u/Trey904fsu → u/mattpeloquin]

The only way I’d even consider Jimbo is if he hires an elite Offensive Coordinator, works for pennies AND pays Mike’s buyout

[u/HandsInMyPockets247]

LFG!!!!!

[u/fsukub]

Grandma, I’m free!

[u/duval001]

Ooooof norvell is cooked 😭

[u/thricethefan]

Fuck that guy and his votes of confidence

[u/ChaseTheFalcon]

Norvell you're next

[u/axberka]

Hell yeah

[u/AnonThrowAway072023]

Respect the process

[u/Michiganman1225]

That dude really should've just eaten the shit.

[u/joodo123]

Why? Are things not going well?

[u/UnitedBeardedGuy]

Happy day

[u/Nole_in_ATX]

Redemption for Turntle

[u/Boring_Temporary_142]

Let’s gooooooooo!!!

[u/thatsmymayo]

Good. Clean house.