I love when the recruiting picks up enough to start making these posts with multiple bits of info in them and I have a feeling this is just the tip of the iceberg.
- Louisville definitely wants at least 1 quarterback in the class of 2019. I know Louisville has reached out to JUCO QB Messiah deWeaver to express interest but nothing really beyond that has been communicated to him. Without assistant coaches this is not surprising whatsoever so we will see if one of the new hires reaches out to him after they are announced.
- Speaking of QB's, keep an eye on Appalachian St. QB commit Evan Conley. He hasn't heard from Louisville yet but considering he was recruited by Bryan Brown at App. St., again, that isn't surprising. He did tell me he would be extremely interested in Louisville if they came calling. Don't get caught up in his 2-star ranking because he can play ball and I think could compete for a job at Louisville right away.
- An interesting note on Dwayne Ledford, Louisville's reported new OL coach from NC State. Former Louisville OL commit Jamari Williams (current Arizona commit) messaged me yesterday curious about the coaches Satterfield was getting and when I mentioned Ledford, Williams stated he recruited him hard to NC State and was a "hell of a coach". I asked Williams if he would reconsider Louisville with Ledford here but it was clear that wasn't an option Williams wanted to even consider. Just wanted to pass along that bit of info on Ledford from a recruits point of view.
- I'm monitoring Charles Njoku to see if Louisville may happen to get involved with him as an athletic tight end prospect. We'll see if anything materializes there.
- I'm continuing to monitor 3-star TE/OL Jimmy Fritzsche who at this point is waiting to see which coaches from Appalachian State join Satterfield's staff at Louisville. Fritzsche is currently the size of a tight end but someone they believe could grow into a very athletic offensive tackle at the college level. Regardless which one he plays, Louisville needs both.
- I know there is a lot of talk about JJ Weaver recently. I know the reports that say he is 100% UK and that he is just signing in February to sign with his teammates. With that being said, TECHNICALLY it still leaves the door open for Louisville to recruit him. Any analysis of his recruitment or status is dependent on the current situation at both schools. Let me be clear that I am not predicting Louisville will flip him whatsoever. What I am saying is that when dominoes start falling a lot of things can change. I'm definitely interested in watching this play out over the next couple months.
- I tweeted this out yesterday and wanted to expand on it a little.
This isn't sour grapes or trying to be overly positive just because. It is important to remember that the immediate impact had Brohm come to Louisville would have been substantially greater than Satterfield coming as far as transfers coming here (Rondale Moore?) and local recruits (Wandale Robinson, Milton Wright, etc.). With that being said, I'm venturing to say that the staff Satterfield is in the process of assembling (including some names I've heard thrown around) could easily be better than that Brohm would have assembled. I know there were talks about how people weren't 100% sold on Nick Holt as the DC and for good reason as Purdue wasn't a defensive juggernaut. Now, Louisville will have a young DC that led App. St. to a top 5 defense in 2018. The same could be said with offensive line coaches. Would anyone really have preferred Dale Williams over Dwayne Ledford? I think this theme will continue as more names emerge and while we are talking actual vs. theoretical I think the case could be easily made that Satterfield's staff is going to be better than the staff Brohm would have assembled.
Edit: One more quick note I forgot in my original post... I reached out to Jordan Travis and he states he has not heard from Satterfield or anyone yet so unless something changes I'm expecting the staff to go in another direction, which I think is the right move.
- Louisville definitely wants at least 1 quarterback in the class of 2019. I know Louisville has reached out to JUCO QB Messiah deWeaver to express interest but nothing really beyond that has been communicated to him. Without assistant coaches this is not surprising whatsoever so we will see if one of the new hires reaches out to him after they are announced.
- Speaking of QB's, keep an eye on Appalachian St. QB commit Evan Conley. He hasn't heard from Louisville yet but considering he was recruited by Bryan Brown at App. St., again, that isn't surprising. He did tell me he would be extremely interested in Louisville if they came calling. Don't get caught up in his 2-star ranking because he can play ball and I think could compete for a job at Louisville right away.
- An interesting note on Dwayne Ledford, Louisville's reported new OL coach from NC State. Former Louisville OL commit Jamari Williams (current Arizona commit) messaged me yesterday curious about the coaches Satterfield was getting and when I mentioned Ledford, Williams stated he recruited him hard to NC State and was a "hell of a coach". I asked Williams if he would reconsider Louisville with Ledford here but it was clear that wasn't an option Williams wanted to even consider. Just wanted to pass along that bit of info on Ledford from a recruits point of view.
- I'm monitoring Charles Njoku to see if Louisville may happen to get involved with him as an athletic tight end prospect. We'll see if anything materializes there.
- I'm continuing to monitor 3-star TE/OL Jimmy Fritzsche who at this point is waiting to see which coaches from Appalachian State join Satterfield's staff at Louisville. Fritzsche is currently the size of a tight end but someone they believe could grow into a very athletic offensive tackle at the college level. Regardless which one he plays, Louisville needs both.
- I know there is a lot of talk about JJ Weaver recently. I know the reports that say he is 100% UK and that he is just signing in February to sign with his teammates. With that being said, TECHNICALLY it still leaves the door open for Louisville to recruit him. Any analysis of his recruitment or status is dependent on the current situation at both schools. Let me be clear that I am not predicting Louisville will flip him whatsoever. What I am saying is that when dominoes start falling a lot of things can change. I'm definitely interested in watching this play out over the next couple months.
- I tweeted this out yesterday and wanted to expand on it a little.
This isn't sour grapes or trying to be overly positive just because. It is important to remember that the immediate impact had Brohm come to Louisville would have been substantially greater than Satterfield coming as far as transfers coming here (Rondale Moore?) and local recruits (Wandale Robinson, Milton Wright, etc.). With that being said, I'm venturing to say that the staff Satterfield is in the process of assembling (including some names I've heard thrown around) could easily be better than that Brohm would have assembled. I know there were talks about how people weren't 100% sold on Nick Holt as the DC and for good reason as Purdue wasn't a defensive juggernaut. Now, Louisville will have a young DC that led App. St. to a top 5 defense in 2018. The same could be said with offensive line coaches. Would anyone really have preferred Dale Williams over Dwayne Ledford? I think this theme will continue as more names emerge and while we are talking actual vs. theoretical I think the case could be easily made that Satterfield's staff is going to be better than the staff Brohm would have assembled.
Edit: One more quick note I forgot in my original post... I reached out to Jordan Travis and he states he has not heard from Satterfield or anyone yet so unless something changes I'm expecting the staff to go in another direction, which I think is the right move.
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