Florida State held its first scrimmage of the spring Saturday, and Mike Norvell came away encouraged by what he saw, emphasizing that there’s still room for the team to grow as it figures itself out over the course of camp.
“Our sixth practice, so still relatively new with a lot of newcomers that have joined the program,” he said, expanding later in his opening statement by noting that “for the most part, I thought the overall operation and communication was pretty good. There are some areas [to improve], not only with new players but also with new coaches, of figuring out how we’re going to operate. Right now we’re not in the stadium, so we’re here on the practice field, and there are some limitations in the scrimmage setting — just trying to figure out where guys are, we’re not in the press box, all that — but we’re trying to make it as game-like as possible. I think for the next one, hopefully by the end of spring, we’ll be able to get back in Doak.”
The Seminoles ran approximately 100 plays, and Norvell said the defense had highs — tackles for loss, consistent backfield pressure — coupled with lows, namely missed tackles in open space. The offense, he said, “did its thing.”…