FSU football: Top 3 May observations with Mike Norvell

FSU football head coach Mike Norvell put in a lot of work his five months on the job. Here are three observations from the sixth month.

FSU football coach Mike Norvell wasted no time hitting the ground running in his first five months on the job.

He was able to hire most of his coaching staff while working to make the Early Signing Period the best in FSU football history.

Coach Norvell was able to sign two prep quarterbacks, which addressed a need that hadn’t been met since Jimbo Fisher was head coach.

They signed 17 of their 18 commitments early and had eight of those players enroll in the spring semester, which will be huge for their development.

I can’t think of any negatives that he’d have any control over. However, there were still questions about how he’d handle everything that comes with being the head coach at FSU.

It’s his first power five coaching job, and can he handle consistently recruiting at this level? What about players buying into his vision for the program? How will the coronavirus and complete shutdown of spring activities affect the progress of the program?

I think most FSU football fans have seen enough feel confident Mike Norvell can get this program turned around but some are taking a wait and see approach too. There seems to be some concern about 2021 recruiting class in the trenches and those are understood.

They were behind on the class for one because of the transition, secondly, it’s hard for recruits to buy-in to a product they can’t see up close and personal.

Norvell has accomplished a lot in his first five months on the job. Here are my top three observations from May with Mike Norvell.