A Football Analogy

[OldhamCard335]

To the KP apologists, supporters and other delusional sorts.

I do realize this is the MBB board. But, think back to our football team’s defensive play this past season. Through the first five games of the season we were ready to fire Brian Brown. Our defense sucked…and that’s being kind. Players couldn’t tackle. Guys were always out of position. Receivers were running wide open and our defensive schemes were confusing at best. We wanted Brian Brown’s head on a stick. We were saying that if CSS didn’t fire Brown he should be fired himself.

During that time, we didn’t say we had bad players. Sure some were weak, but they weren’t the reason the defense was so bad. It was coaching. We all knew it was coaching. We knew bad play when we saw it and we knew who was responsible for it. The coaches.

Then, the press put heat on CSS and he buckled then said he was going to be more active with the defense. None of us know what he actually did but the results were dramatic. Suddenly, our dense was our strength.

A change in the coaching made a change in the team’s performance. Clear and undeniable. We didn’t need new and better players and the players we had didn’t miraculously get better. The coaching staff changed what they were doing and suddenly the talent of the players was revealed. Our bad defense was never because we had no talent. We just had bad coaching and bad coaching philosophy.

Time for a coaching change for our MBB team. KP needs to change greatly or he should resign. Now.

 

[the artist FKA zipp]

IMO that change in defensive performance was borderline remarkable everything considered. I would have never expected Satterfield and Brown could have pulled that off.

But THOSE TWO guys did that, no one else. And they’re gone maybe never to do something like that again. You’re asking U of L to pull off a similar miracle with a coaching hire. The same people who have delivered to you multiple coaching failures.

See where I’m going?…

 

[OldhamCard335]

Yep. That is what I’m asking. I know you know the answer….is there anyone there with the cajones to do it?

 

[the artist FKA zipp]

Not this year even if it's deserved and happens eventually...

 

[Thecycle27]

IMO that change in defensive performance was borderline remarkable everything considered. I would have never expected Satterfield and Brown could have pulled that off.

But THOSE TWO guys did that, no one else. And they’re gone maybe never to do something like that again. You’re asking U of L to pull off a similar miracle with a coaching hire. The same people who have delivered to you multiple coaching failures.

See where I’m going?…

It is always a combination of things that lead to a turn around. When teams lose coaching always looks terrible.

The football team wasn’t poorly coached. They had key guys underperform early on. Clark and Monty were coming off major injuries. Duncan was horrific. Both Monty and Clark played great the 2nd of the year. Griffin was outstanding when he replaced Duncan. A small scheme change in not isolating the safeties one on one.

Coaching in basketball is terrible but players performance is a factor. Player performance good or bad isn’t 100 percent because of coaching. Look at Jeff Waltz frustration with his team. Sometimes the team chemistry is off or toxic. Even one of the best in his profession isn’t immune from his team underperforming. He has a veteran team and still can’t get them to play together. It doesn’t mean they are poorly coached.

All the post are reasonable and expected but Louisville didn’t make this hire to jettison it after year 1. Year 2 brings more data and scrutiny.