Replay of Fisher's Monday press conference.
Jimbo opens up talking about the excitement of spring.
Says the Fourth Quarter Drills went very well, especially the second half. Said the 7 Early Enrollees looked very good. Didn't make any mistakes in recruiting.
Jimbo said he's excited about the young guys but also the older guys. See which ones are ready to take the next step. "If you're not growing, you're going backwards."
Talking about Fourth Quarter Drills. Changed how they did it this year. Instead of just telling them how they did each day, awarded jerseys. If you got a garnet jersey, you gave Championship effort. If you got a white jersey, you were average. If you got an orange jersey, you were poor.
I asked him how they decided orange was poor, he laughed and said orange isn't a good color around here.
At the end, no orange jerseys. 85-90 percent garnet. Showed the progress and accountability.
More on the importance of Fourth Quarter Drills. "It's all about competing."
Fighting for inches. toughness, effort, discipline. "Find the inches." Football is such a game of inches.
When asked about being 85-90 percent garnet, said they "have a long way to go."
But said they're further along now than last year at this time.
On Francois, Jimbo said the key will be how he grows from first season as starter. Still has things to improve. Says that goes for whole team. Sometimes teams with a lot of returning players struggle in spring because they know everything.
OUT FOR SPRING: Landon Dickerson (ACL), Alec Eberle (hip), Jeremy Kerr (shoulder), Marcus Lewis (hip), Tarvarus McFadden (shoulder)
OUT EARLY IN SPRING: Sh'Mar Kilby-Lane (turf toe), Ermon Lane (recovering from foot surgery), David Robbins (hamstring), Adam Torres (leg).
Wilson Bell is graduating and transferring.
Ethan Frith will get the first shot at LT. Said he's been working very well.
Derwin James is doing very well. Will be full go.
Also, George Campbell is ready to go but could get some extra rest days during the spring. Just on edge of 100 percent. Da'Vante Phillips is ready too.
Taylor, Meyers, Becker, Samuels will all get plenty of work at corner. "Great numbers" at safety too.
Jimbo points out FSU only has 13 seniors again. Said that's the nature of the game now with kids going pro early or looking for other schools where they can play more.
As for strongside DE, Jimbo hints Josh Sweat could be the answer. Said he is very powerful. Plays the run extremely well. Robinson and Wilkerson can play SDE, and Kaindoh will play both WDE and SDE.
Jimbo on a long rant about communicating with players. It's good stuff, but I can't recap it all here. He's preaching about the challenges of coaching kids today.
Asked Jimbo what he would say to NFL scouts if they asked about Dalvin's Combine times. Ssid to "turn on the tape." ... "How'd he run away from all those guys? Those fast guys couldn't catch him."
Said 4.5 is really fast.
Emerging leaders, rattled off a number of players -- Ryan Izzo, Deondre Francois, Rick Leonard, others.
Another injury item, Amir Rasul will be in non-contact jersey this spring after late season shoulder injury.
Baveon Johnson, Boselli and Martinez will be rotating at center.
That's about it for now. We'll have more soon, including the whole video.
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Jimbo is slated to open spring practice with a press conference at 1 p.m.
We'll have updates here.
Jimbo opens up talking about the excitement of spring.
Says the Fourth Quarter Drills went very well, especially the second half. Said the 7 Early Enrollees looked very good. Didn't make any mistakes in recruiting.
Jimbo said he's excited about the young guys but also the older guys. See which ones are ready to take the next step. "If you're not growing, you're going backwards."
Talking about Fourth Quarter Drills. Changed how they did it this year. Instead of just telling them how they did each day, awarded jerseys. If you got a garnet jersey, you gave Championship effort. If you got a white jersey, you were average. If you got an orange jersey, you were poor.
I asked him how they decided orange was poor, he laughed and said orange isn't a good color around here.
At the end, no orange jerseys. 85-90 percent garnet. Showed the progress and accountability.
More on the importance of Fourth Quarter Drills. "It's all about competing."
Fighting for inches. toughness, effort, discipline. "Find the inches." Football is such a game of inches.
When asked about being 85-90 percent garnet, said they "have a long way to go."
But said they're further along now than last year at this time.
On Francois, Jimbo said the key will be how he grows from first season as starter. Still has things to improve. Says that goes for whole team. Sometimes teams with a lot of returning players struggle in spring because they know everything.
OUT FOR SPRING: Landon Dickerson (ACL), Alec Eberle (hip), Jeremy Kerr (shoulder), Marcus Lewis (hip), Tarvarus McFadden (shoulder)
OUT EARLY IN SPRING: Sh'Mar Kilby-Lane (turf toe), Ermon Lane (recovering from foot surgery), David Robbins (hamstring), Adam Torres (leg).
Wilson Bell is graduating and transferring.
Ethan Frith will get the first shot at LT. Said he's been working very well.
Derwin James is doing very well. Will be full go.
Also, George Campbell is ready to go but could get some extra rest days during the spring. Just on edge of 100 percent. Da'Vante Phillips is ready too.
Taylor, Meyers, Becker, Samuels will all get plenty of work at corner. "Great numbers" at safety too.
Jimbo points out FSU only has 13 seniors again. Said that's the nature of the game now with kids going pro early or looking for other schools where they can play more.
As for strongside DE, Jimbo hints Josh Sweat could be the answer. Said he is very powerful. Plays the run extremely well. Robinson and Wilkerson can play SDE, and Kaindoh will play both WDE and SDE.
Jimbo on a long rant about communicating with players. It's good stuff, but I can't recap it all here. He's preaching about the challenges of coaching kids today.
Asked Jimbo what he would say to NFL scouts if they asked about Dalvin's Combine times. Ssid to "turn on the tape." ... "How'd he run away from all those guys? Those fast guys couldn't catch him."
Said 4.5 is really fast.
Emerging leaders, rattled off a number of players -- Ryan Izzo, Deondre Francois, Rick Leonard, others.
Another injury item, Amir Rasul will be in non-contact jersey this spring after late season shoulder injury.
Baveon Johnson, Boselli and Martinez will be rotating at center.
That's about it for now. We'll have more soon, including the whole video.
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Jimbo is slated to open spring practice with a press conference at 1 p.m.
We'll have updates here.
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