The only way that I could understand Satt being retained, would be in a Co-OC situation with Glenn Thomas. Thomas was Rhule's playcaller at Temple and Baylor. They have worked together before. Maybe we scrap the blending of schemes and fully incorporate Rhule's college scheme with Thomas as playcaller/QB Coach and Satt working with the OL.
We had so much talent on offense, spectacular quarterbacks, and an overpowering offensive line. Hard to imagine how any coach could have failed.
Don't disagree that there were things lacking at certain places, but can we honestly say that we don't have better talent than SC State, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Syracuse, UConn, and others on Clemson's schedule? None of them got shut out by Clemson, at home, with 80k rowdy fans making noise. How many players on our roster would walk in and start immediately at any of those schools? Vann, Muse, Bell, White, Harris, Lloyd, Jenkins, and probably more if we're honest. It's partly talent, but it's mainly coaching IMO. We (fans) and the players deserve better than what we've got at OC.
Just take a look at how we fill out our roster. Transfers from small colleges, and such a desperate need at the most important position Qb, we had to use a grad assistant. Nobody can compete successfully against our schedule with such a lack of talent. Name me a G5 conference we could have won.
They shouldn't be judged for not being able to win more with such a talent deficient team in their first year.
Definitely, Clemson did play better offensively in the second half of the season, but their defense has been solid all year.
The OL had a lot of starters returning including 4 stars and a good running back group, including 4 stars. Muse made some previous pre-season all star lists. Vann was a 4 star. Doty, who did play some, was a 4 star. I don't buy that we were THAT "talent deficient" on offense that it produced the 116th ranked offense in the country. Coaching, more accurately, lack of coaching, played a part.
The whole star rating system has many flaws. They get a lot of their evaluations correct, but they whiff on a lot too. Every team sometimes has four and five star players that performed like two star players, and vice versa. Nobody can judge how motivated a recruit is to maximize his ability. The star ratings get fans interested in recruiting. Some fans get so interested by the star ratings they pay money to get the news first. Programs with good talent evaluators do not need a star rating to determine if a recruit can play.
Forget the star ratings then. Pretty much this same OL blocked much better last year -- against an all SEC schedule. This year, with four patsies on the schedule and a deeper stable of talented RBs, they look completely lost.
I keep seeing posts about "rumors." What are these rumors that are supposedly hurtful? The rumors keep being mentioned without details.
There are two different things at play in terms of the rumors I believe. One is that there are issues among the staff with Satterfield. It was noted during the season that one or more coaches were unhappy with the way he works with the rest of the group and his unwillingness to take input or accept things that aren’t his idea. The second one is in regards to recruits who are delaying commitments to see if he returns and if he does they may likely go elsewhere.
Agreed. Adkins has coached some good OL’s in the past.
Again, against an all SEC schedule. There were no EIUs, ECUs or Troy's on the schedule last year. And our new DC has managed to put a somewhat respectable defense on the field with a decimated leftover unit.
We are completely happy with this staff and will be making no changes. We are the most parsimonious program in the SEC and we intend to hold on to that distinction. Everyone needs to be #1 at something.
You know how to call them. Word of the day, parsimonious, that is USC.
Our offense last year's Total Offense ranking was 98th. The Rushing Offense last year was ranked 60th. This year's offense Total Offense ranking is 116th. This year's Rushing Offense is ranked 104th.
That's what I call putting things in perspective.
We both know Harris was not 100% most of this season. Those hits that he seemed to run through in 2020 did take a toll on him.
And we both know we had other running backs this year, including highly rated ones.
It has been an uphill struggle for Lloyd. Before he arrived MarShawn suffered a bad injury, especially for a running back.
He played. And at times he showed some brilliance, as did White and McDowell.
Nothing consistent all season. For some reason Beamer played White very sparingly the first half of the season.
The story of our offense as a whole all season, even with most linemen returning from last season.
I used to be a corporate CEO. The biggest mistake I ever made was hiring friends -- it was impossible for me to hold them accountable and it cost me dearly. Shane needs to put emotion aside and find the best damn offensive line coach in the country. No OC could manage the 34 points per game you need in the SEC with a line that 1) creates no run lanes; 2) will get the quarterback killed; 3) ruins a third of our running plays by letting defenders in so that they disrupt the HANDOFF! Why wasn't Adkins fired early in the season? Our excuse of a line is a total train wreck.
I see no point in shouting for assistant coaches to be fired just one season into a MAJOR rebuild. That is the head coach's decision. It will not bother me if he replaces some of his staff, and I totally understand it if he believes in giving the current staff another year. Hopefully soon SEC quality players will start replacing the walk-ons and small college transfers on the roster.
I agree that we need a new OL coach. But, we have an OC now who has been poor at that job with another school where Adkins was not the OL coach.
I agree it is Beamer's decision. Mistakes are made in hiring all the time. You have to hope that the hiring authority realizes the mistake(s) fast enough, before it's too late. I do like the White hire though. His defense was not overflowing with talent either and yet still is ranked highly. Hope we can keep him for a long time.
He left on his own and was fired after one season from his new job and the QB didn’t follow him there either.
Do you think Saban gets kicks by rehabbing coaches he lost to. Bet he makes them miss a ring.
