What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on lately? Yesterday it was the flap about Clemson keeping a lid on a story about a coach using a racial epithet in practice and now comes word about some tension at Florida State.
It appears to have started with a comment Mike Norvell, the head coach, gave to a beat writer from The Athletic.
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On the surface, fairly anodyne stuff you wouldn’t be surprised to hear said by a typical head coach in the past few days. Apparently, though, it didn’t go over well with one of FSU’s best players.
Man this
did not happen mane. We got a generated text that was sent to everybody. There was no one on one talk between us and coach. This is a lie and me and my teammates as a whole are outraged and we will not be working out until further notice #hunchoout https://t.co/6Uuy6K7Eu3 — HEAD HUNCHO
(@marvinwilson21) June 4, 2020
I have no idea where this is going, but Norvell’s got some fixin’ to do, to say the least. Two incidents in a couple of days doth not a trend make, of course, but were I a head coach, it might behoove me to stick a finger in the air to see which way the wind blows before opening my mouth.
Norvell’s not a dumb guy. He’s just used to being able to speak loosely about his player relations without being called on it. Like a lot of his peers.
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UPDATE: Sounds like they’ve kissed and made up.
Florida State's Marvin Wilson: "Took a stand we got what we wanted & we are moving forward
!!! I appreciate @coachnorvell for encouraging me to use my platform and speak for what me and teammates believe in." https://t.co/Oi5xPnEhKY — Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) June 4, 2020
