Nov 2, 2026 · 27 min · 7 segments
Florida State has officially fired head coach Mike Norvell. And now the Seminoles are entering a major head coach search, could a Jimbo Fisher reunion actually happen in Tallahassee, or is FSU looking…
Blake ToppmeyerHost
Matt HayesGuest
John BriceGuest
I'm going to throw some candidates at you here in a moment, but first I want to talk about how good is this job? I mean, once upon a time, this would have been a great job.
Is Florida State still a great job, good job, messy job? How do you guys look at it?
It's no longer a great job, not with the modern dynamics of college football, not with the way that in-state talent, frankly, just doesn't mean as much as does your ability to pay the talent from wherever it comes.
And so it's still a good job, and you're in the ACC as of right now, so you have an easier path than just about any other league to the college football playoff other than Miami.
Well, so I guess what's your definition of great? You know, is it a destination job? Yeah, probably not anymore.
I would say it's more along the lines of, look, you're set up to win if you can get the right guy that can recruit that state, which is full of good players, and you really want to commit to doing it organically and developing players, and you think you've got a guy that can do that, and then supplement a little from the portal.
But, yeah, I mean, look, at the end of the day, there's not there's not as much money there in the ACC as the other power conferences, as we know.
Clearly, the school is in is in debt from debt service on the stadium and on the new football facility.
That whole line that all of a sudden Florida State has no money, if we're going to start talking about debt service with facilities, no one has money, okay? That's where we are in this college football world right now.
I think you've got to get the right guy who can recruit and who can change what's been happening there for the last two decades.
They're like in a two-decade spin cycle, not unlike what their neighbor in the state of Florida is in.
I'm going to throw some candidates at you here in a moment, but first I want to talk about how good is this job? I mean, once upon a time, this would have been a great job.
Is Florida State still a great job, good job, messy job? How do you guys look at it?
It's no longer a great job, not with the modern dynamics of college football, not with the way that in-state talent, frankly, just doesn't mean as much as does your ability to pay the talent from wherever it comes.
And so it's still a good job, and you're in the ACC as of right now, so you have an easier path than just about any other league to the college football playoff other than Miami.
Well, so I guess what's your definition of great? You know, is it a destination job? Yeah, probably not anymore.
I would say it's more along the lines of, look, you're set up to win if you can get the right guy that can recruit that state, which is full of good players, and you really want to commit to doing it organically and developing players, and you think you've got a guy that can do that, and then supplement a little from the portal.
But, yeah, I mean, look, at the end of the day, there's not there's not as much money there in the ACC as the other power conferences, as we know.
Clearly, the school is in is in debt from debt service on the stadium and on the new football facility.
That whole line that all of a sudden Florida State has no money, if we're going to start talking about debt service with facilities, no one has money, okay? That's where we are in this college football world right now.
I think you've got to get the right guy who can recruit and who can change what's been happening there for the last two decades.
They're like in a two-decade spin cycle, not unlike what their neighbor in the state of Florida is in.
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