Mike Norvell Boston College Postgame Press Conference | FSU Football | Warchant TV #FSU

know first first off uh you congratulations to Boston College uh you did they did a good job tonight um obviously came in and you did the things they need to do to win the game um you know for for us you know I just you know sick to how this uh the season started obviously tonight um you know I failed in in preparing the team to to be able to go out and respond tonight and um you know and just the things that that were necessary for us the things we talked about things we emphasized you obviously um you know in All Phases you we're not able to uh um to execute you know you know I didn't put them in a in a position to to Showcase what I believe that this football team is um and it's it's extremely disappointing and you know I apologize to to our to our fans apologize to to everybody associated with the program I mean that was um you know extremely disappointing that um we're not better and um you know you obviously we couldn't get uh a lot of factors you know go into it you know like I said All Phases you know we we just weren't good I mean um you know they had possession you know the entire you know first quarter you know we we went three and out I think our first three drives offensively uh they they capitalized on third Downs you know our third down um execution uh was was extremely poor um you know they ran the ball we we we didn't and um you know we missed you know had some missed opportunities had some um some some chances in the game to be able to to to be able to take a step and we made you know mistakes that that were U obviously extremely costly and you they capitalized they capitalize on it but uh you know it comes down to me it comes down to to uh you me being a prepared this team to go out there and play to the capabilities that that that I believe that they have and um you got a football team that's that's hurting you got a football team that uh um you know you know nobody nobody envisions being you know ever being where we are uh you know and having you know having disappointment having failure um you know but it's uh you know I do believe in what this team can do I believe in what this team can accomplish uh you know I've got to get better I've got to prepare them better and I've got and and obviously we've got to do everything in our power to be able to apply the things that we're emphasizing throughout the course of the week uh you know through the course of a game and um you we need leaders to to to rise up um we need to continue to um to push you know in in all areas of what we're doing and we got to do it together and you know there's going to be U you know I know there's going to be plenty of negativity around this program I understand that right when you perform the way we you know way we just did you know that's all that's all part of it uh but for a football team you know you got to stay together and you got to make sure that you're there for each other you know we've been knocked down um you know and we know how to get up but we've got to go do that and and it's one thing to talk about it it's another thing to put into action and then to be able to perform in the moment you know throughout the course of the game uh but I do believe in this team and I believe in what we can do and I believe in how we can respond but you know obviously there's a lot of work to be done because that that does not look like Florida State football with what we just did and once again it's all on me first question will be Ira on your right you know going back to the the spring and really allseason it seemed like you you guys felt like this was a team that would really be able to run the football um and then you know you haven't really run it well and then tonight you kind of had to abandon it uh what do you think's going on there um you know um obviously tonight you know we went into it a little uh bit more you know run pass trying to trying to get get ourselves in in in right in the right numbers Miss some opportunities there in the passing game we got to you know win win one-on ones obviously um you know bun different factors kind of kind of tie into that but uh when it when it comes to the Run game there's um you know it takes everybody and you know we've got to we've got to you know be able to create space we got to be able to to be on track we got to be make sure that uh we're taking advantage of of you know all positions you know you doing their part um you know if people are stacking in the Box people are squeez in the Box you know we got to be able to take advantage of it out on the perimeter um you know had a plan to try to be able to to uh you take what they were giving us and you know obviously we did not um you did not do a good enough job and and put our guys in a position to to achieve success in in that regards and you know there are some there are some things that you we just got to be better in our execution um but you know we've got to we got to find ways to be able to to you know have success on the in the ground and uh you know for two games you know we definitely have not been able to achieve that to the level that uh you know I was expecting and um you know once again that's that's I've got to put guys in a better position and what we're doing uh you know they're offensively in the Run game uh to to be able to to create to create angles to create space um to let our guys you know have have a chance to um to be able to sustain and and Excel there on the ground we'll stay on that road for Jordan coach with the passing game struggling early on did you ever consider making a quarterback change and coming out of a buy will you have some sort of open competition or you going to stick with DJ from here on out no I mean you know obviously we we were struggling off offensively and there's you know there a lot of reasons you know for that um you know obviously everything everything that we're doing you know we got to push and get better and you we're that's what we're going to we're going to focus on doing we're going to focus on on pushing to get better and we're going to we're going to put our guys in in the best position to Go Achieve success and you know that's what we're going to focus on beike really struggled how much do you feel like what happened last season has maybe rubbed off Andor affected this team no I mean it's uh you know obviously this this team is this team and um you know we you I know these guys work hard in off season um you know you you push you try to prepare you know for um to go out there and to try to push put your best foot forward to play the best football that you can play and uh unfortunately we haven't done that and you know I think that uh when when that occurs you know obviously you know you know have high expectations here I mean that's and there's always going to be and there needs to be and you know but when things don't go how you want them to go uh you know we had a disappointing outcome in our first game and um you know obviously you know today that it was you know all the things that can go wrong basically did and um you know that's I don't know if that's a a carryover from from any you know part of it other than you know starting to press trying starting to try to do you know too much trying to um you know where you you know you want it so bad but uh you know you there's times where you you can get to where you almost abandon um you know the the training that you've had because you know you get you you just start pressing and trying to do almost too much and um you know I think that's that's something that you know as a football team we've got to be able to uh you know collect ourselves um we got to go and and continue to to evaluate you know what what is best and then you know we've got to we got to build upon the things that we can do right now and and go and get better from them it's uh you know I I like I said I believe in the team I believe in these in these guys and I do believe in what they can accomplish but U you obviously we're not putting that on display right now and definitely did not do that uh do that tonight um you know I I I wholeheartedly believe that we would come out and uh and play better and um but there was there were there were definitely um you know enough mistakes that uh you that that we made that you know kept us from that you know there in that in the first half um and then you know obviously I thought there were some things that in the second half where we started depressed and um you know just you know obviously did not uh did not play very well hey Mike what didn't click with the p game especially early [Music] um there's not much that did click so we we struggled to win one-on ones early um you know uh we had some times where we were giving up you know getting pressure there were times that uh we we missed a throw or uh missed an opportunity for a catch you know trying to get you know some some things to to find a rhythm offensively and you know we weren't able to do that um you know very well I thought we did you know get into that a little bit later as as we uh as we were rolling had a couple of explosive plays that showed up um you know and it just we've got to be able to start fast we got to be able to go out there and uh um you know and compete and to be able to uh to to win our one-on ones to be able to to execute you going through progressions uh we got to be able to protect and then you know obviously we got to have balance in the Run game I think all that all that uh um you know plays off of each other you know some of the things we were doing were were run pass options and you know they playing hard you know you know stacking in the Box in in the run and you got to capitalize you know on the perimeter and when they're doing that you're going you're going to find one-on-one situations and we found some but uh you know obviously we we did not do a good enough job of uh of U you know being able to uh to execute in in some of those situations and and like I said that goes to right am I putting them in the best position in in in what we're doing and then you know obviously uh and the things we're asking them to do you know being able to go out there and and to be able to make it happen second straight week where an opposing offense had a good bit of success on the ground a little different this time felt like a little more up the middle direct I guess what what I know there were a lot of people inside and outside the building that were confident in that defensive line and what they could accomplish I guess were the problems the same today and what are you seeing that's that's not clicking with that group through two games you know I'll have to go back and and watch the film on it you know they um you know obviously it was our guys being on the field for as long as they were you know it was uh I think that definitely played a factor of it you know especially late some of the explosive runs that showed up but uh um you know it's it's not just the defensive line you know linebacker safeties uh you everybody everybody especially when you get into condensed sets I mean you're going to find uh condense sets and ballot sets you know everybody's got a got a role to fill um and you know we got to be we got to be aggressive in our fits we got to make sure that we're keeping our eyes up we got to run through tackles um you know if you give you know athletic players and I mean you know obviously they got you a couple athletic backs you know athletic quarterback if you give them space you they're going to they're going to make it happen um you obiously we had you know a couple just complete you know bust on on you know the back out of the back field that gave up two you know two explosive plays uh would had another one but they dropped it but I mean it was uh that was extremely disappointing uh you something that we we uh obviously work a lot but you in the moment did not were not able to execute and you know when you sit there and you go through I thought early you know they were they were trying to trying to run the football between the tackles and it whether was three four whatever that might have been um but when you get the third down conversions you get a longer drives you your things uh um you know are are sustained you know in that um you know when obviously on the field as much as as our guys were on the field uh it gets challenging and uh you know you obviously some of those explosive runs showed up late and um you you'll really hurt us going into the season as a team that that you talked about working very hard and having a lot of athleticism in raw skills do you have a sense of of what the disconnect is to where those aspects aren't translating over to results that that you guys want on the field on Saturdays well I mean obviously that's going to be something that got to continue to continue to evaluate I mean I didn't you know like I said I believe in this team but it didn't show it you know who I believe we are didn't show up tonight and that's it's on me and that's you know I apologize you know to to everyone you know just that uh that that's not good enough and for what we saw you know obviously there there is obviously a disconnect in how we were able to perform tonight and what we did so you know I've got to be better and this football team has to continue to push to be better um I can tell you it's not from a lack of work and not from a lack of work from coaches players I mean everybody involved but we got to you know for that identity that that I know that we have you we got to be able to put on display and you it's in the moment for for to translate practice to the game um you know and it's and you know when you when you're playing athletic people you know sometimes bad things will happen sometimes you'll get beat on a play you can't allow one to take to turn into two and then turn into to five and then you know just to to let things spiral and go down downhill and that's where I do think that that our leadership um and the guy that have been here and the guys that have have poured through the guys that have been through uh you know so much I mean it's it's you standing up you sticking together and just you know you know making the choice to continue to push to do more and um you know I I know that's what uh I'm going to do and I know that's what we're going to do as a coaching staff for these guys and um you know we're going to we're going to put them in the best position to go uh go get better and you know at the end of the day nobody nobody wanted to sit here 0 and two and I sure as hell didn't want to look like we'd look tonight because it it was not very good um but you know at the end of the day you we have an opportunity to get better and that's what we're going to do and that's what we can control and I still believe in this football team and what we can accomplish you guys lost a lot of talent and Leadership from last year's team but you were quite aggressive in evaluating and and plugging those holes and going to the transfer portal is it too soon to say some of those evaluations might have been off and was there a risk of it looking like this with how quickly you had to replenish the roster well I mean I've I've not done a good enough job of putting our guys in a position to to Showcase what I believe that they are so I I I'll be better what attributes of the running game are you looking to improve the most say it again what attributes of the running game are you looking to improve the most uh you know once again it's you know it's a lot of different factors when you go running game I mean we we all have have a job we got to create space um we got to make sure that um you know at all three levels we're taking you we are taking what they're giving us you know if we can't let let somebody you know put you know seven eight people in the boxes you know in uh in different s sets we got to be able to uh take advantage of of space on the perimeter but on the flip side of it you know um we got to do a good job when we get opportunities of of being able to uh you give the backs a track to run we got to be on in position where we we're where we're supposed to be and then when you're always going to have a one-on-one at some point and we got to win those one-on-one and whether it's in the Run game whether it's in the passing game um but we we have to build upon that and we got to be able to establish you know part of that run game um you know as we get in as we get into um you know you know this this next this next week and uh you know obviously the the next opponent um you know it's got to be something that we we get established and we can build an identity of um of of who we are up front on the uh on the fourth down on the first drive of the second half uh I guess maybe going to the thinking of going for it there and was DJ just trying to make a play CU he was feeling pressure what was the breakdown on the play that was right I mean it was right at the brink of um you know just analytically you know thought to go um you know we' we've had success you know in some of those fourth down situations you know um you know obviously um you know we got a little bit you know they got a little bit of pressure um you know obviously tried to tried to uh to force a ball um you know came out came out U you know poorly and uh you obviously was a was a big big play in the game and you know in those in those situations you know you you try to play to put your guys in a position to To Go Achieve success we knew you know you trying to spark some momentum trying to spark uh uh an opportunity um you know but obviously it was a it was a bad bad decision in in that regards especially you know carrying the uh with with the results of the play you know turning the ball over and giving them a short field but um you know definitely uh something that you know was sought through felt you know you know in all aspects of what we what we needed analytically what I thought would would occur on the play uh was was confident in it but uh definitely was not the result two more the hey coach uh just with the bye coming up uh you mentioned this team pressing and kind of wanting it so much how important is kind of instilling their confidence getting that back over this two we period heading into this next game yeah I mean we you know we've got to you we've got to build upon you know the the things that uh I know we can do and uh we've got to build upon you know U you know just showcasing our identity and what we're about and um you know we're going to have to we're going to have to work you know obviously we have um you know we've got a few days here this week um opportunities to go out and work to be better uh we have then we've got obviously Memphis coming into town that's a you know a very talented team and um you know right now it it really doesn't matter you know who we playing I we got to we got to continue to work on ourselves we got to continue to um you know continue to push continue to to build that confidence through the work and then to be able to execute in the moment I mean that's that's the uh and and like I said coaches players everybody involved is that you know you you only get so so limited of opportunity ities and you know when when when you get there at a game day I mean you've got to be able to go perform and you got to be your best and you know that that confidence um you know it's it's something that you got to you got to earn and um you know we we work to build it through uh through practice we work to build it through um you know competition and what we what we try to do um but you when you get out there on the field you mean that's where you know I say you got to trust your training you got to you got to be able to put that on display and um you know it's the same thing for for coaches and as you're going through game plans you you have a sense of what you you know believe you your guys are are U that's going to put them in the best position and uh you know there's times that you know you got to you got to adapt adapt adjust you know throughout the course but you know also got to make sure you stay true to who you are and not not press as a coach too and I think that there's there's times that we've done that you as well um and you know ultimately I mean it's it's my job to to go get it better and uh you we're gonna we're gonna continue to to build these guys up and uh you allow them to go you know build confidence through the work they're doing on the field coach piggy backing off that confidence thing um with the third down struggles today do you think that's an area if a couple of those three and outs go your way in the first quarter you could see more confidence put in your offense and is that something you guys are going to look to do you know moving forward yeah I mean you you know obviously it's a uh it's a big it's a big point of emphasis for us it's something that you know I um I believ that we that would be a strength of our ours uh in and how we were how we would operate and in third downs and you know unfortunately you we've not we've not operated as well as what I believe that we we could um you know and and you know obviously it's in both it's offensively defensively um mean we got to get get off the field on third Downs you know defensively um you know we got to make sure that um you know for for the guys whether it's in it's in the passing game being able to create the pass rush being able to to to be tight to to you know receivers got to make sure that we're we're great I mean obviously their their quarterback made a couple couple nice plays you with his legs to extend to extend drives um and you for us offensively you we got to make sure that uh you you know that our Playmakers you know in those moments or you know you rise up and and be able to to keep possession of the ball uh allow us to get into into a rhythm and that's you that's one of the things that's hard you know when when you're not when you're not being successful on third downs and you're not achieving the explosive plays you know within those drives uh it's just hard to get in a rhythm and you we we we had the one drive in the first half in the first quarter um with the three and out and then you you get out there and whether it's a it's a slight mistake within those next set of plays um you know missed opportunity and then you know you sit there and you find yourself you've had limited possessions and limited plays um you know as you get as you get through the the entire half so uh um obviously we got to we got to make sure we put our guys in a great position and and you know obviously we got to be able to to have success on third Downs last one we'll go back to DJ you missed some throws but there were some other breakdowns also some drop passes some pass protection breakdowns things like that but but when the crowd the students are kind of making chance that you know are not supportive of him how did he handle all that like how was he when you talk to him between possessions is the pressure uh part of what's going on yeah I mean that's that's part of that's part of the game I mean and at the end of the day I mean you know there's you know everybody's going to have an opinion on on what it is and uh you know obviously you know it's playing quarterback uh being the head coach being you know being a part of a um you know a great a great University great program with high expectations I mean um it's our job to go and and to to play to to a high level and um you know there's times that you know it's you might hear things that you don't want to hear you might you might have to go through U you know hard and challenging situations and those are all it's it's all part of it but uh you know I think DJ you know he's he's he's mature he's obviously been through a lot um you know I think that you he's he was very encouraging there on the sideline with his teammates very encouraging there in the in the Huddle as we were going just you know trying to push to to go make the next play and uh you that's what you have to be able to live within um you know when you play this game is you know you can the world can be against you but you know if you if you you be able to go out and execute just in and control that next play you'll be able to work yourself through it and um you know but I thought he was I thought he was fine on the uh on the sideline um you know he was able to respond there a little bit in that third quarter and uh you you'll have have a couple explosive plays you know I thought you know him KRON they were able to hit some some good plays you know uh um but obviously it's not enough for us tonight and we'll continue to work and go get better as a as an entire Team all right thank you coach thank you guys we'll have K here DJ l