FSU football: ESPN talking heads should stop talking about Deion Sanders to FSU

FSU football moves the needle whether they are on top of the college football world or not. The Noles were the No. 15 most-watched team this year, and Mike Norvell has the program on the precipice of winning 10 games for the first time since 2016.

The job he’s done with the mess inherited is remarkable and will likely result in a nice extension this offseason.

As good as the future looks at FSU, it doesn’t stop talking heads from giving ridiculous takes.

When was the last time you heard ESPN’s Stephan A. Smith mention FSU football? Smith gave a ridiculous take earlier this week about who FSU should hire. Check out this segment below:

Smith says he would consider hiring Deion Sanders because Mike Norvell isn’t Deion. “I’m saying whatever job he’s doing, Deion would have done better.”

It sounds like he’s implying FSU should have hired Deion after firing Willie Taggart. What is this opinion based on? Deion had no coaching experience at the time, and FSU just gambled on a guy that was a coach that had below .500 winning percentage.

Deion Sanders had no college coaching experience before coaching at Jackson State, so why would FSU gamble again? Just because he played at FSU? Yes, we saw how that worked out for Nebraska, and Scott Frost was a much more proven coach than Deion Sanders.

Listen, FSU football has its guy in Mike Norvell. He’s not going to get fired anytime soon, so unless he takes another job elsewhere, the point of talking about Deion Sanders becoming the head coach at FSU is pointless.

It’s a different ballgame when it’s a more level playing field compared to coaching at Jackson State.

Sanders is mulling some opportunities at some smaller-scale schools like Colorado and South Florida. At least let him prove himself at that level before talking recklessly about what you think he’d do when he has nothing on his resume to prove otherwise.