FSU football: Former players give thoughts on state of the program

FSU football is entering into its second bye week of the season after the blowout loss to Louisville. Former players give their thoughts.

FSU football seemed to be making progress before the Louisville game. As I wrote Monday, I feel confident Mike Norvell will continue to improve the offense as long as he gets decent QB play, and the wide receivers don’t continue to drop passes.

The defense, on the other hand, seems to have a billion questions that no one can answer. Is the problem Adam Fuller?

Is the problem the players? How much did missing spring practice hurt the team? It  was the worst-case scenario for a brand new coaching staff, but I do feel like we should see some progress on that side of the ball.

It felt like we were, and then the Louisville game happened. The only thing I can point to is that was the first time they had seen a zone running game all season.

However, it’s not like they didn’t play Louisville last season, who had the same QB, running backs, and wide receivers. Heck, I thought they’d have an advantage by being able to look at the tape coupled with the majority of the defense playing in last year’s game too.

That wasn’t the case, and it was the worst the defense has looked all season. It was embarrassing, and then it went over to the offense with the wide receivers forgetting how to catch.

Some things need to change, and some former FSU players are becoming more vocal about what they see on the field.

Former Players Speak

Thoughts

I see no lies told here. I’m excited former players seem to care about the state of the program for once. I’ve long said I felt most former players had more allegiance to whoever coached them, and not the actual program.

However, here we have players that were coached by Bobby Bowden and Jimbo Fisher speaking up. I wish MORE former players would speak up, especially players that played for the program more recently.

To be fair, these players may reach out to the program/players outside of social media. However, there doesn’t seem to be that family atmosphere of being Noleblooded anymore. I get it, my college baseball coach retired after my senior year, and I was never close to the new coaching staff but had they gone in the toilet, I’d let my voice be heard.

Maybe this is what it’ll take to bring all the former players back together to support the program and help these players get back to respectability and player for championships?