Lets look at some guys who were all brought up either as serious candidates or guys that fans wanted when Satt was hired.
Full disclosure - I was all in on Satterfield when it became clear to me that Brohm wasn't coming. Satt was my first and only legit choice. My top 3 were Satterfield, Luke Fickell and Neal Brown. Below are the coaches that were brought up in the media or by fans back when Satterfied was hired and their record since then.
Jeff Brohm - 6-12 at Purdue, 1-0 this year.
Neal Brown - 11-12 at WVU, 0-1 this year and as someone living in WV his seat is getting real hot.
Luke Fickell - 20-4 at Cincy, 1-0 this year.
Bill Clark - UAB HC. 15-8 the last two years, 1-0 this year.
Clark Lea - Notre Dame DC the last 2 years, just named Vandy's HC.
Chip Long - Fired by ND, current OC at Tulane
Mike Norvell - 12-1 in 19 at Memphis, 3-6 at FSU, 0-1 this year.
Matt Wells - hired by TTech same year as Satt. 8-14 and 1-0 this year.
Dino Babers - 6-17 at Cuse, 1-0 this year and likely to be fired.
So...Bill Clark and Luke Fickell are the only two still at the same school they were in 2018 and are the only 2 who've been successful during Satterfields tenure at Louisville.
Norvell, Wells, Brown - all at "better" football schools than Louisville and all with as bad or worse results. Clark Lea's at Vandy so we can expect him to be fired in 3-4 years and Chip Long was fired a year after being a finalist for the Broyles Award. Babers will be fired after this year and Jeff Brohm has somehow turned a 20-25 career record at Purdue into a top 10 paycheck as he begins his 5th year there.
I don't know if Satterfield will or can work out at Louisville but I'm pretty sure switching coaches every 3-4 years isn't the answer either. Nearly every coach we looked at 3 years ago has gone on to fail at much better schools so our odds of picking a coach that will come in and win right away and be positive and have teams that look great even during the rebuilding phases is a long shot.
Full disclosure - I was all in on Satterfield when it became clear to me that Brohm wasn't coming. Satt was my first and only legit choice. My top 3 were Satterfield, Luke Fickell and Neal Brown. Below are the coaches that were brought up in the media or by fans back when Satterfied was hired and their record since then.
Jeff Brohm - 6-12 at Purdue, 1-0 this year.
Neal Brown - 11-12 at WVU, 0-1 this year and as someone living in WV his seat is getting real hot.
Luke Fickell - 20-4 at Cincy, 1-0 this year.
Bill Clark - UAB HC. 15-8 the last two years, 1-0 this year.
Clark Lea - Notre Dame DC the last 2 years, just named Vandy's HC.
Chip Long - Fired by ND, current OC at Tulane
Mike Norvell - 12-1 in 19 at Memphis, 3-6 at FSU, 0-1 this year.
Matt Wells - hired by TTech same year as Satt. 8-14 and 1-0 this year.
Dino Babers - 6-17 at Cuse, 1-0 this year and likely to be fired.
So...Bill Clark and Luke Fickell are the only two still at the same school they were in 2018 and are the only 2 who've been successful during Satterfields tenure at Louisville.
Norvell, Wells, Brown - all at "better" football schools than Louisville and all with as bad or worse results. Clark Lea's at Vandy so we can expect him to be fired in 3-4 years and Chip Long was fired a year after being a finalist for the Broyles Award. Babers will be fired after this year and Jeff Brohm has somehow turned a 20-25 career record at Purdue into a top 10 paycheck as he begins his 5th year there.
I don't know if Satterfield will or can work out at Louisville but I'm pretty sure switching coaches every 3-4 years isn't the answer either. Nearly every coach we looked at 3 years ago has gone on to fail at much better schools so our odds of picking a coach that will come in and win right away and be positive and have teams that look great even during the rebuilding phases is a long shot.