
‘I don’t think we should be doing this’: FSU coach vows ‘we’ll never go back’
With an all-but-certain ACC Coastal Division title in the balance, FSU head coach Jimbo Fisher is determined to finish his season with a bang.
And his biggest challenge will be convincing his players to play through a knee injury sustained in last Saturday’s loss to Duke.
Fisher said he won’t play the injured FSU players again and called it “the worst injury” he’s ever been in.
He didn’t elaborate on the severity of the injury.
“I don.
I’m not going to get into any specifics on it,” Fisher said Monday, adding that it was a “very serious injury” and “it hurts.””
I’m not saying anything more than that,” Fisher added.
“It’s just, I think, we’ve got to go out and win.”
Fisher, who has never been to a ACC championship game, was asked about his reaction to the loss.
He said he didn’t think the loss hurt his team, but that he was shocked it happened so quickly.
“That’s a tough thing to explain,” Fisher, who coached Florida State to a national championship in 2006 and 2007, said.
That’s something that we’ve just got to figure out how to move on from. “
I don, frankly, I don’t know what to say.
While Fisher hasn’t publicly expressed any thoughts on how to handle the injury since, he said Monday he’s not ruling out playing the injured players.””
We’ve got some guys that have been hurt, we got some that are still out there, but we got to find a way to move forward.”
While Fisher hasn’t publicly expressed any thoughts on how to handle the injury since, he said Monday he’s not ruling out playing the injured players.
“What I’ll say is we’ll never be back to playing in a game like that,” he said.
“The only way you can really put it in your head is if you have to play, that the injury’s going to be serious.
“If you’re injured, I’m the first one that has to step up and make sure that everybody’s doing their job. “
“And I can’t play that way.””
Fishers added he hasn’t spoken to his players about the injury, but said they need to be on the same page.””
And I can’t play that way.”
Fishers added he hasn’t spoken to his players about the injury, but said they need to be on the same page.
“This is a very difficult situation to get through,” he added.