Former FSU quarterback Danny Kanell made his feelings known after AD Alford released a statement on Monday declaring that Norvell would be staying through at least the end of the season.<\/p>\n
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Aug 28 1993; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; FILE PHOTO; Florida State Seminoles quarterback Danny Kanell (13) in action against the Kansas Jayhawks at the Kick-off Classic at Giants Stadium. Mandatory Credit: RVR Photos-Imagn Images \/ RVR Photos-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Why hasn’t Mike Norvell been fired yet? pic.twitter.com\/7sIot4G22n<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) October 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis to me, tells me they don’t have the money right now, and I think everybody knows that. So you’re kind of like, what are you waiting on?” Kanell said. “And Bud [Elliot] has said this a couple times, and I wanted to push back on it, but I don’t think there’s any more pushing back. It’s not a matter of if that it’s when.”\u00a0<\/p>\n “And I do think, like watching that game unfold, I was like, ‘This is unacceptable’. Like, this is not the latest example of being unacceptable,” Kanell added. “I thought the biggest game of Mike Norvell’s career was the game against Pitt. It was at home. It was a winnable game. You lost that one.”<\/p>\n “Then it was like, ‘Oh, they’re going to Stanford. This is an absolutely must win, you cannot lose this game.’ And they lose it, like, how many more of those games can you go through?”<\/p>\n Finally, the former FSU QB said that winning and losing does not appear to be the reason Norvell’s status as the Seminoles’ head coach remains the same halfway through his sixth season with the team.<\/p>\n “So to your question, I think it’s a financial thing. I think they’re going to try to figure out how to make this work financially, and then somehow, if Florida State can win out, and you’re in a better position then, hey, maybe you look at it, you reevaluate it, and you don’t make a panic move,” Kanell said.<\/p>\n The Florida State Seminoles are off this weekend on a bye. They will face the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Nov. 1 in Tallahassee. That game will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Mike Norvell addresses sideline altercation with FSU football DB Edwin Joseph<\/a><\/p>\n Stick with\u00a0NoleGameday\u00a0for more\u00a0FREE coverage of Florida State<\/a>\u00a0Football throughout the 2025 season<\/p>\n Follow NoleGameday on and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n