Shane Beamer explains why there aren't any midseason coaching role changes
Sunday night, when asked about potentially giving South Carolina’s play-calling duties to another coach, Shane Beamer responded with a quick, “Nope,” and moved forward.
Tuesday during his weekly press conference, Beamer spoke a little more about it and what is next for the Gamecocks’ offense.
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“If I felt like changing the role of a coach on our staff–offense, defense or special teams–was the right thing to do right now, I would. Those are things you look at at the end of the season every year. Last year included. Right now the best thing for us is to go win football games down the stretch, starting trying to win one this week against a good Vanderbilt team. The thing that gives us the best chance to be successful is to try and get better at where we are right now.”
South Carolina is coming off its most anemic offensive performance maybe all season. The Gamecocks scored 10 points and had just two drives encroach inside Missouri’s 40-yard line.
The Gamecocks averaged a season-lows in yards per play (3.8), yards per rush (1.4) and yards per pass attempt (5.7).
There has been pressure mounting publicly from the fan base to move on from offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield, although a midseason change seems unlikely.
Beamer was also asked to evaluate the job Satterfield has done through the first eight games this season.
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“When you’re in this profession, to me when things aren’t going well it’s the head coach, offensive coordinator and the quarterback that get the blame. That’s part of it and what you sign up for,” Beamer said.
“We all thought we could have been better. I could have been better, (same with) Clayton and Pete. Satt will tell you the same as well. Each week is different. We haven’t been good enough. I recognize that.”
Beamer mentions he did see a few plays that could have been made Saturday that weren’t. And he puts the lack of offensive production on him as the head coach.
“We have to coach better. We have to play better. It’s a combination. As bad as it looked the other night–and I get it, it was bad–I see a lot of plays out there to be made. Every week you look back at why we didn’t get that done in that situation,” he said.
“That starts with me. We have to be better, continue to look at how we’re teaching and giving our guys the best opportunity to make plays during the game and be successful.”
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South Carolina now sits at 5-3 with four games remaining, two of which are against top-five opponents.
The Gamecocks play Vanderbilt Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network) before a road tilt at Florida the following week.
They wrap up with a game against No. 2 Tennessee while traveling to No. 5 Clemson to end the season.
To finish the season strong, the offense will have to take another big step forward.
“I understand what we’re doing each week from a game plan standpoint and understand what’s being called during games. I sit in on the meeting with the quarterbacks pretty each day during the week as well and understand what they’re being taught and coached and told. So there’s no miscommunication from that standpoint,” Beamer said. “Each week is a different week and we’ve done some good things on offense this year. That’s behind us. We’re moving into November now and have to continue to be even better.”
