TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State did not have a great turnout at its June summer camps. According to sources on the coaching staff, that was partially by design. They were wanting to have an elite event in July in which the best of the best could come and mingle, be recruited together, and compete against one another. They called it Saturday Night Live.
This was, to be clear, a risky strategy. If kids didn’t show up, it would mean they didn’t get to FSU in either June or July.
But the staff pulled if off brilliantly. Better than anyone could have expected, I think, including Florida State’s coaching staff itself.