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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 5538793, member: 622"]
Respectfully, you give Alford too much desperation and too much credit.

Regarding Norvell, he sucked before he was good and had a losing record.  If he wanted to pay more, so be it.  The buyout was clearly not warranted.  Norvell was not even close to a championship nor a perennial power status.  Norvell had and still has much to prove to be worth what FSU is paying.  If Alabama was willing to overpay Norvell, so be it.  Alford was not forced into anything.  A true negotiator would have let Norvell go before accepting the deal.

Regarding the ACC lawsuit, he lost miserably, demanding that the ACC let FSU out after the season and for $100MM.  The court ignored him, read the filings.  Sure, once ESPN decided they didn't want to have their dirty laundry aired, ESPN forced the ACC into the renegotiated deal.  Alford has no idea he would receive that windfall and all respectable attorneys who reviews the filings before ESPN forced the ACC's hand agreed FSU had no chance once it went to the federal courts.  Some were not sure it would survive the Florida courts.

Anyway, over estimate Alford's abilities, he's still an amateur in the world of college sports.
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