FSU football: How coaching synergy will help ‘Noles offense in 2020

TALLAHASSEE, FL - JUNE 13: Head Coach Mike Norvell of the Florida State Football Team speaks with fans before his team 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)
TALLAHASSEE, FL - JUNE 13: Head Coach Mike Norvell of the Florida State Football Team speaks with fans before his team 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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Kendal Briles thought he would have full control of the offense, and he got to hand-pick his offensive line coach in Randy Clements, who he had worked with for years.

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Well, Briles had control of his offense(for a little while anyway), but he didn’t have full control over the practices.

Taggart let him run the offense but still would give his input into how he wanted certain things done.

Also, FSU spent way too much time standing around and wasting time during practices in the Willie Taggart era. There was way too much standing around for 20-30 minutes with less than 10 15-20 players participating in the “Nole Drill.”

That will not happen with Mike Norvell as the practices allow the players to get the maximum amount of reps possible in the offense.

The fact Norvell and Dillingham have years of running practices together should make things run much smoother than the past two years as the offense is coordinated between two like-minded individuals who understand what works in their offense.