FSU football: A look at how good coaching improves things

Final Thoughts

I chose to use those two examples for a couple of reasons. They both were FSU football teams that involved coaching changes in subsequent years.

What we saw was huge improvements in those two units after coaching changes that largely involved players that played in both years.

That means something happened to make those players play better as a unit. Usually, it’s things like better organization, more efficient use of practice time and the player’s belief in you as a coach.

Mike Norvell and Kenny Dillingham have a track record of producing excellent offenses in the past. That bodes well for this offensive unit in 2020. Can they improve upon the success Kendal Briles had is the question?

FSU defensive coordinator Adam Fuller has shown the ability to have improvements in his defenses similar to what Mark Stoops produced in 2010.

The good thing is Fuller has done it at both Marshall and Memphis the past two years. FSU’s defense finished No. 37 in 2018 and regressed with Harlon Barnett trying to run a defense he wasn’t familiar with for parts of the season.

The defense should see an improvement since they are familiar with the 4-3 Fuller likes to run.
Will these improvements translate to winning some of the coin flip games on the schedule? I think that’s the case and would not be surprised to see this team win eight games in 2020.