Only the thoughts of a man to change the media policy of FSU football, Mike Norvell

I started doing this story in my head about a week ago, in which you have most things as the actual workshops yourself.

It felt like this was possible for most of a month.

State Florida trainer Mike Norvell This spring opted for more or less close practices after they were praised by local and national media as one of the most transparent coaches in the country. All practices, but a scrimmage and some B roll options have been closed, which is a strong shift from its previous policy in order to keep almost every spring practice open as a whole. In addition to the rarest of all jewels in the college football media landscape: opened practices in the season, twice a week, these investments allowed these investments, which are not the tasks of depth chart pieces, and information on details has been detailed.

They are gone now.

At least the spring practices, with the autumn practices again re -evaluating. I have learned that in most cases in life, when something is taken away by them, it is usually not returned … so we will see.

Before I go on, I will pull a B-rabbit (“spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti” … I understand it with millennials, I think). A few qualifications:

• Yes, I can't be completely objective. I loved to go to practice in general and had the feeling of learning a lot from these options, especially since the program 2021 and 2022 rise. I only learned at a prayer yesterday and told my wife that it reminded me of the time Tatum Bethune At the beginning of an exercise before a big rivalry game in 2022, I turned it on it. As a proud empathy, I was able to feel the energy and trust, which were put together every week, regardless of the result of the previous game. Trainer trained that reacted players. Development took place. It was really, very cool.
• Yes, I can't be completely objective on this point either: it makes my work more difficult. In this case, I don't want to go out as a wine -seek reporter (I have a lot of other instances for it), I just can't do it any other way. Zach summarized it the other day, but we will find a way to report and comment on things that are important for our audience for FSU football. We usually always have it.
• Yes, my outlet has not properly predicted the perhaps the most unprecedented decline in the individual season in modern college football. Only Paul Finebaum has it, I think? Regardless of the reservations made available on the way, most of them don't care when they miss as badly as I do myself or anyone who was there for these swelling summer exercises. We went through spring and summer camps and I still had the feeling of seeing enough of enough DJ Uiagalelei That you could have a stable crime and that the Pass rush could be elite. I was very wrong with these assessments, so trust was rightly lost in some. It would be a long spring of permanent eyelets if there are practice reports … I understand that. Some of them are happy or indifferent that the practice is closed for this reason (for other reasons). I somehow understand that.
• “Media member plays the smallest violin in the world.” I don't want that to be. For me it is a loss offer that does not matter to most of them what kind of access we get as long as the program wins. FSU football is a big business with a content that is connected to it. If the guy who works, how this decision helps him to win – which in turn drives the economy – I can at least get it, even if I don't like the decision.

Ok, now that the qualifications have been qualified, my point. This should not be a piece of thinking about the rights of media access. Rather, it is about a trend that I think of it is important to consider and do something that I said for subscribers that I would hold on to this off -season: If I see something, say something.

Mike Norvell was one of the most open and transparent trainers on the P4 level. The exercises were open, access to trainers and players was and is still plenty of (he won an award from the Football Writers of Association of America … and this aspect of his program remains fair), but the shift in spring access is remarkable. Not only is it drastically 180 of what the trainer has always done, but the FSU access is now probably more restrictive than most of the program in the state.

On the one hand, change was required. If you go 2-10, it is a necessity. New coordinators, many new assistants, over 30 new players in spring. New media directive to boot.

On the other hand, in my experience, two other coaches in this program, which reduce or threaten to reduce access to media, this does not happen if things go in a good direction.

Norvell said in an explanation that was sent to the media about the changed guideline a few days before the camp that “this is not a suggestion that I think the record has something to do with media members last season that observes our practices.” The whole statement can be read hereAnd I ask you to do this for the context.

He also said that part of the decision was “because” in a day on which so many people have access to our players, in our time of preparation and development, would like to create an atmosphere that is free from external perspectives “.

It is a completely different feeling than Norvell's argument to keep the practices open in spring 2021, compared to the FSU about its 3-6-year-old campaign during the pandemic:

“I always had a very open approach to the media, just because I understand who we are, I understand what we are about. I can train some incredible young men, and so that their story can be told to the best illustration of what they are going through, and what we do, I believe in development.

“And we would like to help you build your brand, build your identity and share your message. I have always thought that this was a critical piece to tell the story because these guys work extremely hard.

“Our trainers have invested so much time. I think it is a great opportunity, we are very open to our co -trainers in all aspects, because one day there are some coaches in my employees, of whom I think they will be chief coaches. To prepare them for this moment to build these relationships with the media and be able to tell how they can see something with the recruit, to see something, how that plays.

“I just think that it is a remarkable opportunity for everyone involved.”

A lot has changed since then. We all reserve the right to change our respective heads with new information or to find ourselves in another landscape. If this remarkable opportunity is just now markable, then it is the case.

But for the trainer-a coach who triggered hope for the future months after the above quote by turning a 0: 4 team in 2021 by not changing at all. We, I, we follow trends.

Norvell, who preached mental hardness so often while practicing transparency, has decided to quit and isolate its program from outside.

One, included, could argue that the decision to alienate reporters, and in the broader sense in the fan base – a fan base that is often asked for more than tickets, but also for duty rosters and facilities – that the outer noise still does not include in the cell phones and social accounts of players if they are really worried.

It was a calculated decision that I am sure that it was checked by Norvell and many within the program before making the last call. And one that was frankly unphamedistic.

Basically it is a crap. For me, yes. But what is more important for some of them who read this too.