FSU football: Top three issues after loss at Wake Forest

By Kelvin Hunt | Sep 19, 2021

TALLAHASSEE, FL - JUNE 13: Head Coach Mike Norvell of the Florida State Football Team speaks with fans before a unity walk on June 13, 2020 in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State players and members of the football coaching staff led fans and supporters on a unity walk from the Doak Campbell Stadium on the Florida State University campus to the state capitol building in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Protests erupted across the nation after George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25th. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) /

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FSU football is at its lowest point in my lifetime of 43 years. The Noles are 0-3 for the first time since 1976 in Bobby Bowden’s first season and legitimately may only win two games the rest of the year.

The coaching staff won the offseason with some nice moves in the transfer portal and, by all accounts, looked like an improvement compared to the previous regime. The attention to detail in every aspect was noticeable, from their work on social media to how they evaluated talent on the recruiting trails.

The practices had organization, and everyone who had first-hand accounts expected things to improve when the Noles took the field in 2021. That has not been the case aside from their opening game against Notre Dame.

I thought I had an idea with what happened in the Jacksonville State loss, but the performance against Wake Forest made me question everything about this Mike Norvell coaching staff. All of the factors that impacted his first year can not be a crutch in 2021.

How could they get nearly everything right off the field but fail when it comes to doing what they get paid to do, which is coaching?

I can tell you what the issues are with FSU football. The question is, can the coaches find solutions to the problems?

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