I was at Barnes & Noble today and checked the Althon football edition, the write up wasn’t to positive for Louisville. I hope they’re wrong but it clearly made the argument that CSS was the wrong coach for Louisville. They said even though Louisville has hired an offensive coordinator CSS will still be calling the plays which they feel will be a major mistake.
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I think we're all hoping Satterfield will learn from his mistakes this season and not let up with a lead?
And maybe not only rush 3 and allow all the great ACC QB’s to sit back and carve us up. 🙏
I have been one of those who has been as critical of CSS play calling as anyone, and there have been a number of close contests over his tenure where his judgement may very well have resulted in the difference between a win and a loss.
With that said, the lack of talent, depth and experience at key positions on both sides of the football comes much closer to defining our poor performance than his play calling. Despite some key transfers filling in our DL and DB slots, we remain vulnerable to any injuries there.
With that said, the lack of talent, depth and experience at key positions on both sides of the football comes much closer to defining our poor performance than his play calling. Despite some key transfers filling in our DL and DB slots, we remain vulnerable to any injuries there.
Well, Satterfield doesn't call the defensive plays.
While this is true, he certainly is the guy who is responsible for deciding whether the defensive play calling is effective and whether a change is needed…as evidenced by the decision to add McGriff as co-defensive coordinator. Hopefully, this will resolve the aforementioned completely ineffective rushing 3 and dropping 8 strategy against elite passing QBs, which the ACC has a plethora of.
I don't get this angle.
The one area UofL has consistently been somewhere between good and great is on offense. Now, some of his second half play calling and some of his close game play calling and calling too many run plays has been worth criticizing but in the scheme of the Scott Satterfield era the offense/play calling would quiet literally be the last thing I would think anyone would complain about.
Recruiting? Sure. Special Teams? Sure. Defense? Absolutely. Coaching/game planning? Sure.....offense? Nah.
I have to disagree here. Malik is the sole reason the offense has looked as good as it has since Satterfield arrived. His "Lamar" like ability to run and pass has rescued many a bad play call.
Don't think Satterfield sucks at calling plays but he tends to be very conservative with a lead and he's a bit to predictable at times. I believe this worked for him at App. State but hopefully he realized it's not as effective here.
I accept that he's a run first coordinator but he needs to be less predictable.
Let’s fire this OC and hire the OC at Purdue!
I’ll keep on keeping on that we have OVERACHIEVED the last 3 years. We all view our roster with red colored lenses, but we were a crap roster overall when he arrived.
He had explosive skill guys in Hawkins, Tutu, and Fitz. Malik was learning a new system after basically a season off. We had one of the best offensive linemen the nation in Becton. But after that? Small defense that was not talented and lacked depth. Offensive line with 0 depth and was a walking penalty.
Oh? And then add in that his first year the 2019 class was non-existent due to Bobby, those guys would be in year 4 now. His 2nd class was just all about getting depth and fresh bodies. But then those guys in his first class didn’t get a real freshman year in 2020, those are your 3rd year guys.
So basically this year his roster
5th year and above are Bobby holdovers and transfers.
4th year guys are the 2019 class, basically a class that didn’t exist because of Bobby.
3rd year guys are the 2020 class that didn’t have a normal freshman year.
2nd year guys are that really good class of 2021 when he finally had time to get out there and recruit
1st year guys are class of 2022
He arrived with some good skill guys that were all gone by year 2. No other depth and he had to fill out the roster with a lot of mid major type talent. The rebuild was hard not because of year 1, but the depth and recruiting behind it was gonna be rough waters.
He doesn’t even really have a full group of upperclassmen on the roster of his own guys and he didn’t inherit much either.
This hasn’t been a good roster. Now has he been perfect? Did we lose some 50/50 games and had some questionable play calls??? Yes.
But a young team that lost a bunch of close games turns into a wise team that wins those games.
I’ll keep on keeping on that we have OVERACHIEVED the last 3 years. We all view our roster with red colored lenses, but we were a crap roster overall when he arrived.
He had explosive skill guys in Hawkins, Tutu, and Fitz. Malik was learning a new system after basically a season off. We had one of the best offensive linemen the nation in Becton. But after that? Small defense that was not talented and lacked depth. Offensive line with 0 depth and was a walking penalty.
Oh? And then add in that his first year the 2019 class was non-existent due to Bobby, those guys would be in year 4 now. His 2nd class was just all about getting depth and fresh bodies. But then those guys in his first class didn’t get a real freshman year in 2020, those are your 3rd year guys.
So basically this year his roster
5th year and above are Bobby holdovers and transfers.
4th year guys are the 2019 class, basically a class that didn’t exist because of Bobby.
3rd year guys are the 2020 class that didn’t have a normal freshman year.
2nd year guys are that really good class of 2021 when he finally had time to get out there and recruit
1st year guys are class of 2022
He arrived with some good skill guys that were all gone by year 2. No other depth and he had to fill out the roster with a lot of mid major type talent. The rebuild was hard not because of year 1, but the depth and recruiting behind it was gonna be rough waters.
He doesn’t even really have a full group of upperclassmen on the roster of his own guys and he didn’t inherit much either.
This hasn’t been a good roster. Now has he been perfect? Did we lose some 50/50 games and had some questionable play calls??? Yes.
But a young team that lost a bunch of close games turns into a wise team that wins those games.
Well yeah, he is the head coach but we all know that most head coaches trust the DC that they hired and normally don't make any changes during the season. It's when a head coach tries to intervene with the defensive play calling that things go awry, especially from a offensive minded head coach.
Pitt has been patient with Narduzzi and it has paid off. I think we stick with Scott. He has a good staff and a good plan.
Over the years, Athlon is the one pre-season magazine I have learned to completely ignore.
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When your roster is broke, COVID has affected the the game the past 2 years and this NIL thing in its' infancy, I'm not sure 4 years IS plenty of time even with a new set of transfer rules.
Yes, I do think we need to be "shown something" this year. But what do we need to be shown? The easiest way to express this is "wins"...8, 9, 10 or more? Losses will need "reasons". JMO
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Other coaches at other programs not only managed those same challenges, but succeeded. I think 8 wins is the minimum.
Yes. Everybody saw COVID and NIL impact but only a few saw those issues AND a massive talent rebuilding effort. I think 8 Ws are possible but we have 5 pre-season top AP 25s on our schedule. We have to avoid upsets by the others.
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None of those other coaches followed a Bob Petrino mess either. How long did it take Arkansas even with SEC cred to dig out of his tenure? Relativity matters not cart blanch comparisons.
Satt won as many games as he did year one because of Petrino’s players. The roster was loaded. Now, if you want to talk recruiting, ok, but don’t act like Satt had nothing his first year.
Yea...he took a 2 win team of Petrino's players to his 8 year win total.
Why couldn't CBP coach these players to more than 2 wins and CSS got to 8? CSS that much better of a coach?
So coaching as well as recruiting matters. We all know and have discussed the imbalance of OL/DL players that were the direct result of CBP's recruiting efforts or lack there of, that really hit hard in CSS's 2nd year.
If the roster was so loaded....CBP would have won more than 2 by your thinking. He did not and quit before being fired...or was he was fired before he quit.
You’re acting like that 2 win season was under normal circumstances. Revisionist history. Circumstances matter. I’d lay it all out, but you know what happened. Satt didn’t magically win 8 games with coaching alone.Yea...he took a 2 win team of Petrino's players to his 8 year win total.
Why couldn't CBP coach these players to more than 2 wins and CSS got to 8? CSS that much better of a coach?
So coaching as well as recruiting matters. We all know and have discussed the imbalance of OL/DL players that were the direct result of CBP's recruiting efforts or lack there of, that really hit hard in CSS's 2nd year.
If the roster was so loaded....CBP would have won more than 2 by your thinking. He did not and quit before being fired...or was he was fired before he quit.
I totally agree 100% with both Mayoman and WildCard. It is in the best interest of UL football that Satterfield be given an opportunity to show improvement. Regrettably, the criteria may not necessarily be determined by the number of wins, but rather how we perform over the entirety of the season.
If Malik can make it through the season injury free, I expect a very good chance for 8 wins.
If Malik can make it through the season injury free, I expect a very good chance for 8 wins.
Your ACC version sounds much like the SEC....the top two coaches last year are superior, the bottom two are fine folks that need time and everybody else is in the middle.
Really tough to believe opposing head coaches would allow any 'anonymous' locker room food.
Really tough to believe opposing head coaches would allow any 'anonymous' locker room food.
I hate to use UK as an example for anything, but the patience that Stoops received from Mitch was rewarded by the marked improvement in their football program. I believe there were periods where fan approval of Stoops was well below where some UL fans have been (and are now) with Satterfield.
UofL won’t risk next years recruiting class unless they only have 2-4 wins, or losses being blowouts for the majority.
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