FSU football: Positives of hiring Michael Alford as FSU Athletic Director

Parting Thoughts

FSU football has been bad the past few years, but other sports have excelled. FSU women’s soccer won its third national title in the last eight years.

FSU basketball has carried the load the last 5-6 years although the young team is going through some growing pains this season. For whatever reason, it feels like FSU athletics is finally getting its ducks in a row.

The Seminole Boosters organization is working hand-in-hand with the athletic department for the first time in over 40 years. FSU has an athletic director that understands the importance of fundraising and state-of-the-art facilities. FSU fans have been re-energized by Michael Alford over the past year, and booster contributions are heading back to where they used to be when FSU was elite in football.

It couldn’t happen at a better time with Clemson football showing signs they are about to fall back to earth after an incredible run over the past 6-7 years. Miami seems to have re-committed to its football program, at least for now, and Florida has a new head coach that might be in over his head already.

I can’t overstate the importance of when Alford came on board at FSU. It gave him a first-hand account of what Mike Norvell inherited as a coach instead of wondering what was happening from afar. I think that experience will serve their relationship well as long as Norvell continues to show progress on and off the field.

The next couple of years could be a prime opportunity to return FSU football to where it deserves to be, among the elite programs once again.

I think Michael Alford understands the importance of that, knowing if FSU football does well, everyone at FSU does well.