Clemson coach Dabo Swinney's had enough of college football's incessant need for a pound of flesh after every loss this season and went long on the situation involving Mike Norvell following Saturday night's 36-24 win over Florida State. There was a prominent, albeit misspelled, "FSU: Fire Novell" banner flying high above Doak Campbell Stadium during pre-game warmups and the first half that ignited a fire inside Swinney for his coaching colleague. "What I saw above the stadium was embarrassing," Swinney said postgame.
"It was an embarrassment. Florida State's better than that. That's not good for these kids.
Listen, hey, I get it, man. Everybody's got contracts and all this type of stuff, but man, that bothered me. They didn't even spell his name right.
They didn't even have the freaking R in the name. I mean, it's just disrespectful. "Mike Norvell's a good man.
You ain't got to like him as a football coach, that's a good man right there and he's a helluva football coach. I know Florida State's better than that. There's so many good places at this place and this program." Now 1-4 in the ACC after the program's 17th loss in their last 21 conference games, the Seminoles are facing a critical junction in Norvell's tenure.
Here’s Clemson coach Dabo Swinney’s full quote ripping the people who flew a “Fire Mike Novell” sign over FSU’s football stadium pregame. He brought this up unprompted, calling it “embarrassing” and “shameful.” Dabo: “And they didn’t even spell his name right” pic.twitter.com/K1JTml3LI9 Swinney said he noticed the banner during pre-game warmups and it bothered him. "He ain't going to say, but I'll say it -- I was feaking disappointed to see that," Swinney said.
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