Malzahn selfishness?!

I bet Gus will be devastated to hear this. 🙄 The man has spent 35 years coaching and has made a decision to retire like millions do every year. Regarding the offense it’s entirely possible IMO that CMN and the other offensive staff have decided to continue with what Gus brought. We shall see.

MarHar32 said:

Maybe now we can actually throw the ball downfield.

With Daniels?

We threw the ball down field a ton w Malzahn lol. We just didn’t utilize the intermediate passing game.

He came here to help Mike. He thought he could make a big improvement in one year and get Mike back on the right path. It didn't happen. It's also possible he sees next season as a disaster and plans to come out of "retirement" after a year.

MarHar32 said:

How can you have an entire offense recruited surrounding your type of players (mobile qb, 2 elite RBs , good blocking o line” and you quit on the team after the transfer portal and recruiting. Gus never cared about this team. Maybe now we can actually throw the ball downfield.

Not selfish by Malzahn, however, with this likely not catching Mike by surprise, it is incredibly stupid by FSU. Knowing this retirement was likely, or even possibly, coming, and still tailoring everything around him is just incompetent

Jaguar said:

He came here to help Mike. He thought he could make a big improvement in one year and get Mike back on the right path. It didn't happen. It's also possible he sees next season as a disaster and plans to come out of "retirement" after a year.

Agree with most of this, but he looks like he has been done with football since he came to FSU. I don't see any chance that guy would coach again.

NorthAlabamaNole said:

Not selfish by Malzahn, however, with this likely not catching Mike by surprise

I would be stunned it Gus did not officially tell mike in November. He stayed to help Mike in the HS recruiting in Dec and in the portal. Coincidence the portal closed and we make this announcement .. I do not think so.

Yeah, Gus retiring to spend time with family and a sick Mom is really selfish. :rolleyes:

Gus has always been about himself. Nothing he has done is not self serving. let him retire if that what he wants and say so long. Bye!

His mother is very ill. He’s been to Arkansas a lot. Also, why the hell would he stay at FSU? Have you not seen the shit show that this is? We have a lame duck coach, we don’t have players for shit. Gus is the smart one getting out now. Why would you spend another losing season with this crap? FSU is going to do exactly what UF did to Billy last year. Throw the season, fire Mike probably late September and then hire someone. Gus doesn’t want to be here for that.

Gus and Mike run the same offense, just a different perspective game planning and caller. It's likely Mike knew about his feelings for awhile and requested he wait until the portal close.

MarHar32 said:

How can you have an entire offense recruited surrounding your type of players (mobile qb, 2 elite RBs , good blocking o line” and you quit on the team after the transfer portal and recruiting. Gus never cared about this team. Maybe now we can actually throw the ball downfield.

Selfishness is probably not the right word. He is giving up guaranteed money to call it a career. He may have done some of these recruits dirty by doing it. We will see how it all plays out. Maybe it will be for the best for everyone.

They knew for 3 weeks he was retiring. His wife isn't doing well, Norvell is in a bad sport to much chaos in his program.

GvilleNole said:

I would be stunned it Gus did not officially tell mike in November. He stayed to help Mike in the HS recruiting in Dec and in the portal. Coincidence the portal closed and we make this announcement .. I do not think so.

I kind of feel the same way.

MarHar32 said:

How can you have an entire offense recruited surrounding your type of players 2 elite RBs , good blocking o line”

lol, i think anyone would want these things for their offense

There seems to be a total lack of perspective here.

It has happened with players in the NFL and now with coaches. It's just how it is sometimes. One day, you feel like you can take on the world, and the next day, you feel so messed up that you can't go on anymore. The timing was bad, but this is not unusual.

MarHar32 said:

How can you have an entire offense recruited surrounding your type of players (mobile qb, 2 elite RBs , good blocking o line” and you quit on the team after the transfer portal and recruiting. Gus never cared about this team. Maybe now we can actually throw the ball downfield.

Par for the course with this program recently. Players quit on the team and move on, coaches do as well.

bstaple12 said:

We threw the ball down field a ton w Malzahn lol. We just didn’t utilize the intermediate passing game.

Oh we utilized the intermediate passing game a lot… TC just couldn’t see them or hit them. If you actually watch the All-22 film you will pull your hair out when seeing all the intermediate wide open receivers.

Goldmom said:

I bet Gus will be devastated to hear this. 🙄 The man has spent 35 years coaching and has made a decision to retire like millions do every year. Regarding the offense it’s entirely possible IMO that CMN and the other offensive staff have decided to continue with what Gus brought. We shall see.

So when a coach does it its cool but a player is a pos? Also please stop with the 35 years coaching as if he had a life of service in the military

Honestly, Gus’s sideline body language should be studied in coaching clinics under “What Quitting Looks Like Without Resigning.”, until today. Arms crossed. Blank stare. Zero engagement. Like a guy forced to attend a meeting about a job he already mentally left. Then you hear about the zero buy-in on recruiting, the staff meetings he couldn’t be bothered with, and suddenly the puzzle solves itself. When the spotlight wasn’t permanently glued to him, the interest vanished. Turns out “team player” only applied when the team served Gus. Leaders adapt. Builders recruit. Adults show up. Narcissists sulk on the sideline and wait for someone else to blame. And he did it right on national television.

bstaple12 said:

We threw the ball down field a ton w Malzahn lol. We just didn’t utilize the intermediate passing game.

And our quarterback was inaccurate. Tommy was a vicinity pass wet as he threw the ball in the vicinity of our receivers than actually to them. .

OrlanNOLE said:

So when a coach does it its cool but a player is a pos? Also please stop with the 35 years coaching as if he had a life of service in the military

You’re right. Let’s force someone to stay on and never have the right to call it a day. And not just in coaching. Any profession. I don’t recall saying a player is a POS (for taking advantage of a seismic change in college athletics) but honestly I do see it as different circumstances.

MarHar32 said:

How can you have an entire offense recruited surrounding your type of players (mobile qb, 2 elite RBs , good blocking o line” and you quit on the team after the transfer portal and recruiting. Gus never cared about this team. Maybe now we can actually throw the ball downfield.

What offense isn’t better with a mobile quarterback, elite running backs and a good blocking offense line. ?😏