Shane Beamer on Gamecocks' playcalling
South Carolina coach asked about Gamecocks' playcalling.
Story: Shane Beamer says no conversation on play-calling change
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“Every week, after every game, win or lose, we look at some things that we did well, look at the things we didn’t do well, how we have to be better as coaches,” he said. “When we were sitting here at 5-2 and nationally ranked, we did it, and when were’s sitting here and it’s not what we want it to be, we do the same thing. You’re always evaluating your team, always evaluating your program, and make sure you’re always doing what is best for the football team and the football program.”
We are 9 weeks into the season. If you have been evaluating every week and we know what the problems are, why not make changes. We "were" 5-2 mostly because of defense and special teams and not improvement on offense.
We are 9 weeks into the season. If you have been evaluating every week and we know what the problems are, why not make changes. We "were" 5-2 mostly because of defense and special teams and not improvement on offense.
Some changes happen that aren't made public. I can only hope something like that is going on behind the scenes here.
9 games this season. 21 games total for Satterfield. There’s been plenty of time to evaluate.
Whether they work or not will be made public soon enough. One game won't tell the tale.
Articles like this are meaningless. This is a good example of "overcoverage" or news saturation. The man has only one acceptable comment he can make. Obviously, this is what he would say. We can only hope that the truth is different.Shane Beamer on Gamecocks' playcalling
South Carolina coach asked about Gamecocks' playcalling.www.on3.com
P.S. Sure makes me miss Spurrier throwing his overpaid coaches to the wolves at times.
Sorry you feel this way.
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You are correct in that people are almost hyper concerned with what coaches say in press conference. We actually talk about the angle you mentioned all the time, that sometimes comments are read into too much.
Just because Beamer said this now doesn't mean things won't change at some other point.
At the same time, we wouldn't be doing our job if we didn't report what Beamer said when he was asked the question.
We'll always balance this type of story out with more of what we think, what we're hearing, insider type stuff, which we'll have more of today.
We like to cover what a coach says in a press conference, plus what we hear behind the scenes, plus analysis, all that type stuff. Appreciate you being here.
Chris,
We fans greatly appreciate you and those of you who covered our beloved Gamecocks ... my hunch is this poster is simply frustrated with the "coach speak" and this is due to the poster's line of "one acceptable comment he can make". During this season, many of us clamor for articles and read, read, and reread ... the offensive output is just that, it is offensive ... we as fans get tired of the lack of imagination, absolute non-utilization of our best talent (Bell, and I have been saying this ALL season long, not just the past two weeks), and for me, the frustration of our OC seemingly not understanding the flow of the game and utilizing the talent we have (employ a scheme that fits the talent). So when I read his comment, in no way did I believe the poster desire to single you or anyone with GC out ... it is just our frustration ... anyway, that is my interpretation and again, I am very grateful for you and all that you and the team does ... I have been following the Gamecocks on the web since the mid to late 90's, I am 61 years old, and remember the days of being a lad, listening to the melodious voice of Bob Fulton and dreaming of watching the Gamecocks (back then, it was rare for them to be on TV) ... I remember Jeff Grant, "little" Russ Jackson (as Fulton used to call him), Dickie Harris, Bob LeHeup (who I met around 2009), and many more ... while we are indeed saturated with TV coverage today (and I am thankful for that since I no longer live in SC), this website/board allows me to "fill in the cracks", so to speak ... I did not pay for coverage for on3 so I come here for the gap ... you, sir, are greatly, greatly, appreciated by me and thousands and thousands ... forgive us for not speaking clearly ... willing to chat offline if you desire ... signed, a very thankful Gamecock Disciple ...
Vandy has one of the worst defenses in college football. Whenever you have a high-powered offense face off against a stingy defense, it's often called the "irresistible force vs immovable object". Whatever the opposite of that is is what this game is going to be.
This Seinfeld scene is from "the opposite" ... as to your comment, I am surmising that would be resistible force vs. moveable object ...
I recall being extremely frustrated with our offense last season and how the staff used Zaquandre White. It was apparently early on that he was one of our better offensive players. It became more obvious as the season wore on, but coaches stubbornly resisted playing him. I'm not an Xs and Os guy, but all I could see with my naked eyes is that every time he played, he produced. Especially with an offense that was struggling mightily, it was perplexing that White was left on the bench, even though most times when he came in, he instantly produced.
What is so sad is that we waste the first 3/4 possessions of every game. Satterfield's first 12 "scripted plays" produce nothing and waste possessions. That was never more obvious than in last Saturday's game (the first 3 possessions were 5 plays and then a couple of 3 and outs) or the first and 5 the defense gave us in the previous game.
Chris,
Thank you for all you have done for all these years. I have been on here for at least 23 years now and remember when all your in-depth recruiting work started.
I am sorry for being negative. Another poster was right that it is just frustrating to hear more words all the time. Talk is cheap, basically. But I am sure y'all are even more frustrated with how things are.
Thanks again. I truly appreciate your great efforts.
I am not a football guru by any stretch of the imagination, but I have not been impressed with Satts play calling since, forever. Earlier I posted that I thought it might be a result of his field level view of the game vs being in the press box. That brought comments about other coaches being that way and being successful. Which, I think, kind of makes my case. We lost to Missouri by 13. Vandy lost by 3. That does say something about the play calling as well as Vandy's defense. We all want this team to be successful, and I'm sure Satt does, too. But can he make it happen? I'm not so sure.Shane Beamer on Gamecocks' playcalling
South Carolina coach asked about Gamecocks' playcalling.
The offense is ranked 82nd in the nation. That's poor. The offense was awful last season too. If you do some research on Satterfield's tenure as OC at Temple, you will find that his offenses there were poor, also. I think that Beamer will replace him after this season. BUT, I thought (and hoped for) the same thing last year. Satterfield is not an Offensive Coordinator. He is an Offensive Buffoon.
In my opinion, Beamer will never make SC nationally relevant unless he brings in a top caliber OC. College football today is an OFFENSIVE game. Defensive gurus like Nick Saban and Kirby Smart know that. UGA's offense is ranked 2nd in the nation. Bama's offense is ranked 15th. I thought that when Beamer was hired, he would bring in a Lincoln Riley-type offense. You don't necessarily need all-world talent. Look at Ole MIss. Their offense is ranked 10th in the nation. But, you do need an OC who has a clue on how to coordinate an offense.
Speaking of Ole Miss, look how quickly Kiffin has made Ole Miss a national power. He won 10 games in his 2nd season there, finishing 11th in the nation. They are 8-1 in his 3rd season there. And look how fast Josh Heupel turned Tennessee around. Neither Ole Miss nor UT have/had better talent than Carolina (and Heupel's program had the most players leave, right after Heupel's hire, than any program in the nation.) By the way, someone posted on here that Heupel ran UCF to the ground in his last season there. Their record did fall off to 6-4 in that season. But, yet the UCF AD hired by UT, in turn, hired Heupel to be UT's Head Coach. If Heupel ran the UCF football program to the ground, why would he be hired by UT? That is ILLOGICAL. Today, UT has the top-ranked offense in the nation.
Beamer needs to hire a high-quality OC or, his time at SC will be short.
In my opinion, Beamer will never make SC nationally relevant unless he brings in a top caliber OC. College football today is an OFFENSIVE game. Defensive gurus like Nick Saban and Kirby Smart know that. UGA's offense is ranked 2nd in the nation. Bama's offense is ranked 15th. I thought that when Beamer was hired, he would bring in a Lincoln Riley-type offense. You don't necessarily need all-world talent. Look at Ole MIss. Their offense is ranked 10th in the nation. But, you do need an OC who has a clue on how to coordinate an offense.
Speaking of Ole Miss, look how quickly Kiffin has made Ole Miss a national power. He won 10 games in his 2nd season there, finishing 11th in the nation. They are 8-1 in his 3rd season there. And look how fast Josh Heupel turned Tennessee around. Neither Ole Miss nor UT have/had better talent than Carolina (and Heupel's program had the most players leave, right after Heupel's hire, than any program in the nation.) By the way, someone posted on here that Heupel ran UCF to the ground in his last season there. Their record did fall off to 6-4 in that season. But, yet the UCF AD hired by UT, in turn, hired Heupel to be UT's Head Coach. If Heupel ran the UCF football program to the ground, why would he be hired by UT? That is ILLOGICAL. Today, UT has the top-ranked offense in the nation.
Beamer needs to hire a high-quality OC or, his time at SC will be short.