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Post by cardrock on Feb 11, 2019 9:05:48 GMT -6
University of Louisville has a new football coach/staff, Coach Satterfield, brought in from Appalachian State. Seems like a solid hire so far, but has a little different way of doing things.
Today is first day of their spring practice schedule. Also there will be no spring game. When you first hear it it sounds strange, however there’s benefits that I think are beneficial for young teams.
His two major points seem to be; 1) if injuries occur during spring practice there’s a longer healing time available before fall camp/season starts and 2) players have more time with the strength/conditioning coach(es). most of the staff seem to believe there’s not much they learn from a spring game that they don’t learn during practice.
It’ll be interesting to see how this develops over a season or two, but it seemed to work well at App State.
Interested in what others think and wonder if something like this might become a trend for teams that don’t draw a full stadium for their spring games.
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Post by cardfan on Feb 11, 2019 9:11:04 GMT -6
I’ll say in my opinion our spring game the last several years hasn’t been worth it. Basically it’s been a controlled and scripted scrimmage with several guys out recovering from injuries. Don’t see unknown guys show something that much anymore. I remember Plitt looking really bad in the spring game a couple years ago and he turned out to be serviceable in the fall.
I used to look forward to the spring game but any more it’s uneventful and boring. Coaches just don’t want to show much and you don’t want guys injured.
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Post by frozenbaugh on Feb 11, 2019 9:13:01 GMT -6
I’ll say in my opinion our spring game the last several years hasn’t been worth it. Basically it’s been a controlled and scripted scrimmage with several guys out recovering from injuries. Don’t see unknown guys show something that much anymore. I remember Plitt looking really bad in the spring game a couple years ago and he turned out to be serviceable in the fall. I used to look forward to the spring game but any more it’s uneventful and boring. Coaches just don’t want to show much and you don’t want guys injured. I checked out a few years ago. I do love football but not enough that I'm going to go watch practice which is what it is. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Feb 11, 2019 9:18:01 GMT -6
I went to a couple spring games as a student. Would never go now with a busy schedule and not living in Muncie.
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Post by rmcalhoun on Feb 11, 2019 11:19:26 GMT -6
Spring game has been a snooze fest for years.. Ill likely still go though and probably one practice to watch the Qb's and Receivers
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Post by comet on Feb 11, 2019 12:20:46 GMT -6
Yep, agree with cardfan and rmcalhoun. Boring, but I'll hit a couple of practices and then likely the spring game, too, if it works into my schedule.
Wouldn't drop anything to attend as it just doesn't show anything.
Can't blame coaches for not risking injuries, but it's just not the same from a spectator/fan perspective.
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Post by CallingBS on Feb 12, 2019 18:53:27 GMT -6
University of Louisville has a new football coach/staff, Coach Satterfield, brought in from Appalachian State. Seems like a solid hire so far, but has a little different way of doing things. Today is first day of their spring practice schedule. Also there will be no spring game. When you first hear it it sounds strange, however there’s benefits that I think are beneficial for young teams. His two major points seem to be; 1) if injuries occur during spring practice there’s a longer healing time available before fall camp/season starts and 2) players have more time with the strength/conditioning coach(es). most of the staff seem to believe there’s not much they learn from a spring game that they don’t learn during practice. It’ll be interesting to see how this develops over a season or two, but it seemed to work well at App State. Interested in what others think and wonder if something like this might become a trend for teams that don’t draw a full stadium for their spring games. I believe we call this innovation. I like it. |
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