Did Satterfield save his job?
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I voted "no" because one game doesn't atone for the 10 previous lousy games. IF our offense can show out in the Clemson game and bowl game, then I might change my mind, but we will need to look impressive. No, I don't expect 63 points in each game, but if we come out and look like our usual selves in the Clemson game and score 9 points, then whatever goodwill he bought in the UT game will be spent up. As phenomenal and historic as the UT game was, it is just one data point.
Our performances in the next two games will tell us whether we actually made some fundamental changes to our offensive philosophy or if we just lucked into some favorable matchups against UT that we were able to exploit.
Our performances in the next two games will tell us whether we actually made some fundamental changes to our offensive philosophy or if we just lucked into some favorable matchups against UT that we were able to exploit.
I do not measure by an isolated or "very few" results, but rather the big and long, consistent picture ... no, he has not, IMHO, and
for the Gamecocks to continue (yes, continue) to improve, we need not just another OC, but an elite OC ... one who is not afraid to
attack the ENTIRE (not just perimeter and sidelines) of the field ... one who is not afraid of going with their gut ... one who has a
"feel" of the flow of the game (Satt has not shown this) ... we have a very good QB who has been used poorly .... it is like having a nuclear
threat and using it like a bow and arrow ... I hope I am wrong on the following, but I suspect that Clemson will run all over, through, and
around us and our offense will be swarmed and swallowed by an aggressive defense ... again, I hope I am wrong and will root for ou
beloved Gamecocks but look at the TOTAL movie and not a single or isolated frame ... life is good - Peace!
for the Gamecocks to continue (yes, continue) to improve, we need not just another OC, but an elite OC ... one who is not afraid to
attack the ENTIRE (not just perimeter and sidelines) of the field ... one who is not afraid of going with their gut ... one who has a
"feel" of the flow of the game (Satt has not shown this) ... we have a very good QB who has been used poorly .... it is like having a nuclear
threat and using it like a bow and arrow ... I hope I am wrong on the following, but I suspect that Clemson will run all over, through, and
around us and our offense will be swarmed and swallowed by an aggressive defense ... again, I hope I am wrong and will root for ou
beloved Gamecocks but look at the TOTAL movie and not a single or isolated frame ... life is good - Peace!
Didn’t vote…I am perplexed. He’s had some games where playcalling was excellent. Even the Arkansas game was great playcalling, just not always good execution. Many games we look lost. But sometimes I think it’s a by product of Spencer being gun shy. Saturday night Spencer decided to be a warrior and that’s what a qb has to be.
After UF, I was livid and ready for him to go. Saturday as I had my grandson at his first ever game and Gamecock walk, I had a moment of pause.
The grandson was so excited he got to high five Beamer, Rattler,Joyner, Wells, etc. I noticed a look on all the players faces that I thought was odd. Not smiles, but stone faces. I first thought uh oh they appear defeated already, then I realized they were focused and appeared to have a determined attitude. I sent the video of my grandson to my wife and she said did you see how ready to play those players looked?
That is when I started to believe. Back to the gcock walk and my point.
So here comes Satterfield. My grandson gets to high five him. I was thinking how difficult it must be for him to know all this criticism he’s getting are from these same people. Almost sad. He held his head up and had that same look as the players but offered up a cordial smile. As a human I wanted him to succeed. This night we saw what he can do. We have seen glimpses. Maybe like a head coach, there’s a growing period. Saturday night he seemed to grow. If he keeps it up the next two games, we need to stand pat. If not, probably not.
But as fans, we need to separate bad calls from bad execution. The taters are more talented than us. We are underdogs….we need to play like there’s nothing to lose once again. We will see but the worst thing he can do is go back to running the read play over and over and over. Our qb is not going to run so that play usually doesn’t work.
So I will enjoy the heck out of this one and HOPE we do it again. Why not shock the world.
After UF, I was livid and ready for him to go. Saturday as I had my grandson at his first ever game and Gamecock walk, I had a moment of pause.
The grandson was so excited he got to high five Beamer, Rattler,Joyner, Wells, etc. I noticed a look on all the players faces that I thought was odd. Not smiles, but stone faces. I first thought uh oh they appear defeated already, then I realized they were focused and appeared to have a determined attitude. I sent the video of my grandson to my wife and she said did you see how ready to play those players looked?
That is when I started to believe. Back to the gcock walk and my point.
So here comes Satterfield. My grandson gets to high five him. I was thinking how difficult it must be for him to know all this criticism he’s getting are from these same people. Almost sad. He held his head up and had that same look as the players but offered up a cordial smile. As a human I wanted him to succeed. This night we saw what he can do. We have seen glimpses. Maybe like a head coach, there’s a growing period. Saturday night he seemed to grow. If he keeps it up the next two games, we need to stand pat. If not, probably not.
But as fans, we need to separate bad calls from bad execution. The taters are more talented than us. We are underdogs….we need to play like there’s nothing to lose once again. We will see but the worst thing he can do is go back to running the read play over and over and over. Our qb is not going to run so that play usually doesn’t work.
So I will enjoy the heck out of this one and HOPE we do it again. Why not shock the world.
Good perspective on the individual/human side of this (Satt and all he is and has been going through) ... it still does not sway my thinking (and of course, my thinking does not matter) but if something happens, any individual needs to be treated with grace and dignity ... a buy out helps anyone (and I am not sure if he has one), but with or without a buyout, handle it appropriately ... glad you got to go with your grandson ... a precious moment. Life is good - Peace!
Whoever said it was in jeopardy? Bunch of crybaby, whiners, haters & complainers. 7 win season in SEC & going to bowl games doesn’t get you fired. If anything it gets you a raise & contract extension. Shows how non knowledgeable fans are about a sport they probably never played & damn sure never coached
This game plan served two very good purposes. It won the game and gave clemzon a lot to game plan for defensively.
You may want to check actual facts before you go on telling people they are the ones that don’t know things. Especially since it was only 5 years ago that WE fired our Offensive Coordinator (Kurt Roper) after an 8-win regular season. Roper was in his 2nd season as OC…very similar to this season.
You can make your point without putting people down, and in this case, making yourself look foolish.
As for my opinion…Satterfield has shown he’s capable of putting together a good game plan in a couple of games at SC. Unfortunately, he’s shown more often that he’s also capable of putting together some of the worst offensive performances in our history. If we can repeat last Saturday this week…I’m willing to give a chance. But his body of work is embarrassing and one game, with him coaching for his life, shouldn’t change that.
Well, it does help when our receivers catch the ball. Just mentioning. Ha
Should nickname him the weasel for the way his offenses pop up and down. We can do better.
How long do weasels stay down? More than often? Because Satterfield’s offenses have been bad far more often than they have been good. Don’t forget the rushing attack we had in 2020…OL comes back, RB comes back…we can’t run the football.Should nickname him the weasel for the way his offenses pop up and down. We can do better.
There are plenty of legitimate concerns about our offense. I can’t imagine anyone who really thinks otherwise when we basically didn’t show up for 2 out of 3 games. I can appreciate some of our fan’s loyalty…but the best thing for our program is to part ways with Satterfield. Even this past Saturday showed what we are capable of. So how in the world did we do what we did against Missouri and Florida? How can he not get more out of Rattler when he’s capable of that kind of game? These are fair questions to ask.
It's a 4-win season in the SEC. And, hey, that's an improvement. First time we've broken even in the conference since 2018.
That aside, the critiques of our offense prior to the UT game were hardly limited to "crybaby, whiners & complainers" among the fan base. Our offense was being panned across the board from those outside the program as well.
That is true. I think "unwatchable" was the term the Gameday crew used.
If our goal is 7 wins and a trip to low/mid tier bowl games then nothing has changed at Gamecock Nation. It's been this way for decades and apparently much of the fan base is ok with mediocrity and a miserable ROI for the financial investment being made. Do we just want to play against the elite teams are do we want to be an elite team?
I think it's too soon to be expecting to compete with elite teams.
But I don't think it's too soon to expect a decent offense prior to game 11 of the season.
Yeah, Fowler and Herbstreit were panning our offense early in the game to give contrast to how well we were playing against UT. They couldn't comment enough about how inept we'd been on offense, which made the showing so remarkable.
Goals have to be set and expectations raised or we never get there. This year's offense will not get us there.
Oh I agree. I'm just saying even a good OC would not have us at "elite" yet. I just feel we'd see more progress with one.
We made McClendon OC because of a one-game performance. Didn't work out well. Can't give Satterfield a new contract b/c of one game.
I can’t even say it was a one-game performance (maybe one-half) as it was just incompetence, cheap, and for recruiting. Our offense was really bad in the first half of that bowl game against Michigan. Easily as bad as Roper’s. But no doubt, that win was great, but didn’t bode well for our future.
To be fair there have been other games with really good offence. UNC Vandy, etc. But Saturday was the first complete dominating game. It takes time sometimes to get where you want to go. If Beamer had canned Satt. prior to Saturdays game we would never know the joy of that victory. Patience is a virtue.
Unknown and unknowable. Maybe we would have known it sooner.
TN game is the shiny object which distracts from the big picture.
