Petrino's coaching was piss poor

[td75]

I'm not liking his coaching at all. Leaving points on the field before halftime is inexcusable. The dumb penalties among other things, this team wasn't ready to play ball. His shit show coaching nows dares back to the Houston game last year.

Brohm might be back sooner than later.....Plus, Petrino has absolutely zero leverage, he better get it together quickly. The oline looks like crapola...gonna be a long season if this low IQ team isn't prepared any better.

 

[tluck28]

Couldn't agree more.

 

[gocds]

I just love the negativity from two posters with less than 400 post between them. Especially the OP with his 16th post in more than 10 years. Keep on posting and more and more UofL fans will tell you what THEY think.

GO CARDS - BEAT EVERYBODY!!! God Bless America!!!

 

[The Public Enemy]

Undisciplined and non focused Football team...it starts at the top....period

 

[LouisvilleKid79]

Have to agree that the team appears to lack discipline and some of the play calling is head scratching.

A little blame can go all the way around though.

Petrino didn't fumble the ball in the red zone (twice).

It would be nice to see Petrino get others involved in the rushing game for sure. There are times I hold my breathe when Lamar starts running around.

Lamar covers and hides a multitude of errors.

 

[Louisvillian]

Lamar covers and hides a multitude of errors.

Truer words have never been spoken.

 

[tluck28]

I just love the negativity from two posters with less than 400 post between them. Especially the OP with his 16th post in more than 10 years. Keep on posting and more and more UofL fans will tell you what THEY think.



GO CARDS - BEAT EVERYBODY!!! God Bless America!!!

Lol huh? I love this board. Anytime you say something negative and yet obvious, you are labeled a troll. Sorry I only have less than 400 post, I do have a life. Geez man. Maybe you should get one I bet you never played a down in your life, if you did you would know those mistakes are not legit D1 mistakes

 

[td75]

UL is a collection of good athletes that are undisciplined and that shows true with stupid ass penalties...it's a low IQ team, period.

That doesn't mean they can't be good. What it does mean is that Petrino is going to have to do a MUCH better job coaching/preparing/teaching.

 

[mwatson61]

UL is a collection of good athletes that are undisciplined and that shows true with stupid ass penalties...it's a low IQ team, period.

That doesn't mean they can't be good. What it does mean is that Petrino is going to have to do a MUCH better job coaching/preparing/teaching.

Thanks for your opinion.

 

[Cue Card]

Lamar covers and hides a multitude of errors.

He really does. Truly a special player.

Regarding the coaching mishaps; it's easy for all of us armchair coaches to second guess. I know I was too. Late in the game, he was still passing the ball early and not trying to run out the clock. It was driving me crazy. LOL. It's all good though. We won. In the end that's all that matters.

 

[zipp]

...Brohm might be back sooner than later.....Plus, Petrino has absolutely zero leverage...

You obviously don't understand how managers think... K-rag was a freaking disaster, and he got three years. Why? Because the guy who hired him was also responsible for firing him.

Jurich was quoted SINCE last year talking about the great job that Petrino has done. I agree with most of that BTW. But even if I didn't, there's not a way in hell Petrino's going anywhere anytime soon because Jurich hired him. The best way for you impatient guys to rid yourselves of Petrino is to get rid of Jurich.

Now, there's a plan...

 

[CardsFirst]

I think a lot of the OL issues lie with fact we started two freshman and one of them at center. This was their first start in D1. That is a big jump from HS to D1 and that atmosphere last night. I'm sure nerves were at play. The D really started (Secondary) coming around in the fourth quarter. Not panicking yet or throwing stones. Just concerned.

 

[CardMonarch]

You obviously don't understand how managers think... K-rag was a freaking disaster, and he got three years. Why? Because the guy who hired him was also responsible for firing him.

Jurich was quoted SINCE last year talking about the great job that Petrino has done. I agree with most of that BTW. But even if I didn't, there's not a way in hell Petrino's going anywhere anytime soon because Jurich hired him. The best way for you impatient guys to rid yourselves of Petrino is to get rid of Jurich.

Now, there's a plan...

You're kidding right?

 

[zipp]

You're kidding right?

Only slightly... Assuming no off-the-field stuff takes place, Petrino's got two chances of being fired by Jurich: slim and none. If you're pegging your hopes on "slim", good luck with that...

 

[td75]

Getting rid of Petrino has zero to do with how Jurich handled Krags. Jurich gave Krags an extra year cause they were personal friends. You're trying to draw a parallel that really won't exist if Petrino bombs this year and gets fired, nor should it...

Any way you cut it, Petrino didn't have the team ready to play. The oline is going to struggle big time if they can't move Purdue around!! UL will lose the next two games, and that's ok if they are playing hard/play smart. But losing because of bad coaching WILL NOT last long with Jurich.

 

[KozmasAgain]

It was our first game and some of you want to fire the coach, give me a break. It will be interesting to see what you all post if we end up with 10 wins this year and it will also tell us who you really are.

 

[zipp]

Getting rid of Petrino has zero to do with how Jurich handled Krags. Jurich gave Krags an extra year cause they were personal friends. You're trying to draw a parallel that really won't exist if Petrino bombs this year and gets fired, nor should it...

Again, your remarks demonstrate my point, that you're oblivious to a fundamental issue. A coaching hire is one of the most visible results of an AD's decision-making. Here's another example... It took Jurich about 15 minutes to decide to get rid of Ron Cooper. Guess who did NOT hire Coop?

Petrino's association with U of L--again--has Jurich's fingerprints all over it. And it's imperative for Jurich that Petrino succeeds. No chance the guy loses his job anytime soon whether you agree with the basis for that or not...

 

[gocds]

The posters above wanting to "fire" Bobby Petrino just don't get it. Plus they are not being honest. They simply need to qualify their dislike for Bobby, period. Now that's understandable. But to attack his coaching proves how much they don't know about football. All you have to do is look at his entire body of work and then you'd understand how silly and ignorant you sound. But with that being said, I'll admit that you have the right to dislike anyone you choose, but be honest about it.

GO CARDS - BEAT EVERYBODY!!! God Bless America!!!

 

[liquarius]

I'm not liking his coaching at all. Leaving points on the field before halftime is inexcusable. The dumb penalties among other things, this team wasn't ready to play ball. His shit show coaching nows dares back to the Houston game last year.

Brohm might be back sooner than later.....Plus, Petrino has absolutely zero leverage, he better get it together quickly. The oline looks like crapola...gonna be a long season if this low IQ team isn't prepared any better.

Purdue has Brohm locked into a 6 yr deal

 

[Cue Card]

Purdue has Brohm locked into a 6 yr deal

LOL. Yeah and Louisville had Petrino locked into a 10 year deal right before he left for the NFL.

FWIW, I don't want coach Petrino fired, but please understand that Jeff Brohm has UofL in his blood. If and when the time comes, and IF UofL wants him, he will come home. Contract or no contract.

 

[TheRealVille]

Purdue has Brohm locked into a 6 yr deal

If anything you should know, there's nothing "locked" in a coaching contract.

Petrino isn't what we remember his first time here and that's not a surprise. The game has changed and what Petrino did then, lots do now. I don't blame him for the false starts. That was obvious chemistry issues with two freshmen and a bit of nerves. Had nothing to do with being coached or prepared. Sometimes players have to stop messing up and if Lamar had been running for his life being sacked then I would be more concerned.

We all knew going into this game that the OL was in question and expectations of a totally smooth, error free performance is naive. The fumbles are the worse and the only thing Petrino can do is to stop running Jeremy Smith which he did after the fumble. Every year in football and basketball the same thing happens on this message board. Someone always complains about the coaching. Some times it's warranted like Petrino not using his timeouts at the end of the 1st half but the notion the team wasn't prepared or ready to play is nonsense. Like I said in another thread, had we played Murray instead of Purdue, Lamar would have played one half and we wouldn't be as prepared for UNC as we are now.

The game is played by young guys and sometimes they make bad choices on the field. They forget or ignore their coaching like the 1st team All-American Jaire Alexander.

 

[td75]

You're sugar coating the Purdue game. Purdue is an awful team and has been for the last half a decade or more. The oline looked bad, had penalties, just looked unprepared. In your mind that's not a coaching issue, in most minds it is.

Let's hope Petrino can clean it up quickly, or they'll get spanked this next game.

 

[Rollem Cards]

I don't want him fired.

But I DO want to see the disciplined teams that he had before.

If not, I'd like to know WHY he can't produce that, but I'd like to win the lottery too.

Chances of winning the lottery are better of course.

 

[Big_Tasty_Muffin]

I'm not liking his coaching at all. Leaving points on the field before halftime is inexcusable. The dumb penalties among other things, this team wasn't ready to play ball. His shit show coaching nows dares back to the Houston game last year.

Brohm might be back sooner than later.....Plus, Petrino has absolutely zero leverage, he better get it together quickly. The oline looks like crapola...gonna be a long season if this low IQ team isn't prepared any better.

I don't blame his coaching. I believe Petrino is one of the top 15 coaches in the country. I am as frustrated as anyone with the penalties and turnovers but you have to keep in mind this was the first game of the year. These are 18-22 year olds who did not any preseason games to get "tuned up."

The negatives that happened Saturday can be fixed in a short amount of time.

 

[PHCARD]

Purdue has Brohm locked into a 6 yr deal

I didn't know that contracts were locked? You can't be serious!

 

[TheRealVille]

You're sugar coating the Purdue game. Purdue is an awful team and has been for the last half a decade or more. The oline looked bad, had penalties, just looked unprepared. In your mind that's not a coaching issue, in most minds it is.

Let's hope Petrino can clean it up quickly, or they'll get spanked this next game.

You're sugar coating the Purdue game. Purdue is an awful team and has been for the last half a decade or more. The oline looked bad, had penalties, just looked unprepared. In your mind that's not a coaching issue, in most minds it is.

Let's hope Petrino can clean it up quickly, or they'll get spanked this next game.

Purdue is not a awful team and if you watched the game you could see that. Brohm is all the difference in the world with that program and it was obvious. Both QB's played aggressive and confident and looked good. They have a ways to go to be a serious player in college football but Baylor is a awful football team, not Purdue.

The OL, other than the false starts did not look bad. In fact, they protected Lamar very well. There were no holding calls or chop blocks or hands to the face and those are the things we did last year. The false starts were frustrating and memorable because you don't usually see that many but it was easily attributed to freshmen on the line. It takes experience to work that kind of thing out.

It's ridiculous to think there was no coaching of the OL with the issues from last year. All summer those guys were being coached on technique and team play as a unit. The false starts were not due to lack of coaching or being prepared. If that was the case, Lamar would have been sacked several times. If you can replay the game, watch it. You can see how much improved we are up front, especially in the middle. The false starts looked like a team in a hurry and still trying to find that chemistry that's needed in a no huddle offense. It takes game experience.

 

[Senore2006]

Petrino said the false starts were a reflection of Purdue's shifting line alignments and Robbie Bell's additional responsibility as center to call out the changes. He said he could hear Robbie's unfinished business as Lamar started calling for the ball. That happened something like 7 times. This is why it is referred to as "correctable". Is it indeed what our fan rabid Punishment Ethic calls "unprepared and undisciplined"? Yes, as a matter of fact. Is it either? In a way, I suppose, we could blame the coaching staff. Similarly, this was Bell's first game playing against Div 1 speed, quite an adjustment and a heavy load for a freshman. More importantly this: I also doubt it will matter going forward.

"No sacks" tells me our line is just fine, thank you. Last season we led the country in sacks, lol. But, you guys know lack of discipline and bad play when you see it. I think we should find someone to stone.

 

[LouisvilleKid79]

I don't blame his coaching. I believe Petrino is one of the top 15 coaches in the country. I am as frustrated as anyone with the penalties and turnovers but you have to keep in mind this was the first game of the year. These are 18-22 year olds who did not any preseason games to get "tuned up."

The negatives that happened Saturday can be fixed in a short amount of time.

This is a fair point, but it was the first game for a lot teams, all teams (at least I hope) are playing with 18-22 year olds and no college teams have preseason games. There appears to be some carryover from last year. I think it's ok for fans to call out the concerns and be frustrated without overreacting by calling for Petrino's head.

I am not in the "far" Petrino camp but it is a little concerning.

Let's see if we some improvement in game 2.

 

[Capt Tony]

I'm not liking his coaching at all. Leaving points on the field before halftime is inexcusable. The dumb penalties among other things, this team wasn't ready to play ball. His shit show coaching nows dares back to the Houston game last year.

Brohm might be back sooner than later.....Plus, Petrino has absolutely zero leverage, he better get it together quickly. The oline looks like crapola...gonna be a long season if this low IQ team isn't prepared any better.

So Petrino brings us our first Heisman Trophy winner and his coaching sucks? Heisman winner at Louisville? Really??? Oh, and that same Heisman winner just became the favorite to win it again this year after that "awful" game Petrino coached Saturday.

Some of our 'fans' have no clue about football. Or where Louisville fits in the college football food chain. When you have sat in a 35,000 seat baseball stadium in 20 degree weather to watch us LOSE to the likes of Indiana STATE and Murray State, then it would be easier to appreciate where we are today, INCLUDING how good we have it with Petrino as our coach.

And Petrino has zero leverage? Low IQ team? Too damn funny! As someone once said, "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

Some of our 'fans' have no clue about football. Or where Louisville fits in the college football food chain. When you have sat in a 35,000 seat baseball stadium in 20 degree weather to watch us LOSE to the likes of Indiana STATE and Murray State, then it would be easier to appreciate where we are today,

Very well said.

It is hilarious reading people mentioning a potential "firing" of a coach who has won no less than 8 games in any season since he returned.

Part of the "problem" - if there is one, is the remarkable expectations that are hoisted onto this program by some of the fans. If Louisville football could resolve all the "issues" the team has that the fans suggest, the team would be undefeated or a one loss team every year - i.e. - Alabama.

Laughable.

 

[gocds]

So Petrino brings us our first Heisman Trophy winner and his coaching sucks? Heisman winner at Louisville? Really??? Oh, and that same Heisman winner just became the favorite to win it again this year after that "awful" game Petrino coached Saturday.

Some of our 'fans' have no clue about football. Or where Louisville fits in the college football food chain. When you have sat in a 35,000 seat baseball stadium in 20 degree weather to watch us LOSE to the likes of Indiana STATE and Murray State, then it would be easier to appreciate where we are today, INCLUDING how good we have it with Petrino as our coach.

And Petrino has zero leverage? Low IQ team? Too damn funny! As someone once said, "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."

Very well said Capt. Tony. I was once told that ignorance is bliss. I'd like to ask those negative nellies if this is true.

GO CARDS - BEAT EVERYBODY!!! God Bless America!!!

 

[Mayoman]

Very well said Capt. Tony. I was once told that ignorance is bliss. I'd like to ask those negative nellies if this is true.

GO CARDS - BEAT EVERYBODY!!! God Bless America!!!

You could ask them.....but they would be too dumb to comprehend what you are really asking them. And they would not know what the 'Truth' is if it jumped up and bit them in the ass.

 

[Rollem Cards]

And CBP could say

I coached good, but they sure played bad.

 

[valley St. Card]

I think a lot of the OL issues lie with fact we started two freshman and one of them at center. This was their first start in D1. That is a big jump from HS to D1 and that atmosphere last night. I'm sure nerves were at play. The D really started (Secondary) coming around in the fourth quarter. Not panicking yet or throwing stones. Just concerned.

Bell is a redshirt freshman. So he has been with the team for a year. Just sayin!

 

[CardsFirst]

I think a lot of the OL issues lie with fact we started two freshman and one of them at center. This was their first start in D1. That is a big jump from HS to D1 and that atmosphere last night. I'm sure nerves were at play. The D really started (Secondary) coming around in the fourth quarter. Not panicking yet or throwing stones. Just concerned.

Bell is a redshirt freshman. So he has been with the team for a year. Just sayin!

Just saying he hasn't played in a game and practice isn't a game.

 

[CardsFirst]

I think a lot of the OL issues lie with fact we started two freshman and one of them at center. This was their first start in D1. That is a big jump from HS to D1 and that atmosphere last night. I'm sure nerves were at play. The D really started (Secondary) coming around in the fourth quarter. Not panicking yet or throwing stones. Just concerned.

Bell is a redshirt freshman. So he has been with the team for a year. Just sayin!

Typically it takes longer for OL and DL to develop and nothing takes the place of game time experience.