There continues to be grumblings from FSU fans about the firing of P.T. Willis from the Noles football broadcast booth.  Since Bobby Bowden's statement at a recent FSU booster club gathering saying, " (A FSU analyst) should be a PR man." its fueled the fire.

    First of all Bobby, you are absolutely wrong!  An analyst of any broadcast has an obligation to his or her audience, not to make you happy.  If you suck, you suck. And your offense was horrendous.  However, I would very much like to know more of this story before I absolve PT from calling the Noles O "a high school offense."  I will say that particular phrase got him fired.  Had he said "a vanilla offense with little imagination", he would likely still have his job.  PT basically insulted the Bowden's personally with that statement, right or wrong.  Secondly, I've seen HS offenses that are far from basic.

   What I want to know is how much time did P.T. spend with the offensive coaches durinig the week?.  How much prep did he go through during the week?  Why was their offense so "high schoolish?"  Was it because of the inexperience? Was it all on the coaches, specifically Bobby's son, Jeff Bowden, who was offensive coordinator at the time? 

   If PT made more than a token Friday get together with the coaches as part of his due diligence during the week, understood the multiple reasons why the offense struggled, I think he would have made a more informative statement there.  To be honest, calling the O " a high school offense" would be a typical jock response I would expect from someone who is less glib and uninformed.

    I never considered PT in that light, but then again I don't know him.  Bobby B gravely errored in his assessment of the job description.  As for P.T., had he phrased that infamous statement another way, I don't think Bobby would have pulled a power play to get him off the broadcast.  It is what it is..  How will William Floyd do as PT's replacement?  Who knows.  Just give the guy a chance to develop. 

Tom Korun