Charlie Strong did not leave much of an OLine for Petrino either. Charlie was all about defense. Bridgewater would have had Madden FB numbers under Petrino.
PETRINO HAS LOUISVILLE RANKED # 13 IN AP POLL !
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Living in Lousivlle, UL fans were predicting battling for the ACC in the first year under BP because they knew Strong left the cupboard full and thought BP would take a methodical offense and turn it into a juggernaut overnight. They were not talking about thin lines. Expectations have been recreated retrospectively.
Strong's lack of recruiting for the OL was discussed often on the premium board. Expectations were high though since FSU was coming to town and UM was the first game.
He didn't word it well but it is true. He left the defense stacked it is the quarterback position that has been a mess as there wasn't a good replacement ready to replace Bridgewater and the OL wasn't very good. Petrino now has a good QB and the entire OL returns from last year so they should be better. Petrino has definitely had to recruit OL and quarterbacks to get the offense fixed. They've been a defensive heavy team for the last couple of years with not much offense to support it.
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And yet fans and players both raved about Gardner repeatedly before BP got hold of him. And RBs that thrived before BP suddenly were not good enough. Yet, he is a genius.
The Gardner hype was from the spring game, he looked great in that game. If not for the injury, Gardner could've had a really good career at Louisville.
And from practices the year before. People were saying he had attributes that surpassed Teddy. Yet, now the cupboard was bare. Bolin too. Seems BP needs a great WB to be a great coach. Go figure.
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I thought ole Bobby was such an offensive genius that it wouldn't matter who he plugged in, his offenses could still pile up points. The truth is he had 10 players drafted off his first team back at UofL. Yes that's right 10 players were drafted and yet he still managed to lose 4 games that year. The cupboard was far from bare but the fact is Petrino hasn't lived up to the hype since he's come back. Of course with most UofL fans the hype is always far from reality. Just like this year too of course. How about you guys just actually beat FSU then maybe you have a reason to talk.
You know, I think you're right. Petrino really can't coach offense or quarterbacks. He's a complete sham. The offenses will just get worse and worse the longer he's around. I'll don't think he'll be a successful coach at all. I hope Jurich makes a move before the football program just collapses. Petrino obviously cannot coach and he's has no business trying to develop quarterbacks. I just hope Louisville is lucky enough to even make it to a bowl game this year. We are just lucky we've had the opportunity to get your completely unbiased wisdom as to how incompetent of a coach he really is. We've been living under scam that he actually knew anything about good offense and running a football team.
Your objectivity is amazing. And, you are right. He had been amazing. That is why you have won so many games where you have been outmanned. Games Strong could have never won. Because BP's records and scoring has so greatly outdone Strong. Too bad your DC is holding BP back and Strong left UL with no defenders. Otherwise, you would have had playoff victories beyond of the ACC titles. With a good defense BP would be unstoppable.
The biggest problem with the 2014 offense was not having Devante Parker for 7 weeks. The offensive line wasn't great, but having Parker out there for an entire season would have greatly helped that cause. Of course, just as Parker came back, Gardner goes down and we had to put in a true freshman QB who is not even a QB any longer. Even with those issues, we still finished 9-3, which ain't bad. With Parker, I think it's reasonable to believe that we beat either Virginia or Clemson (or perhaps both) to win 10 or 11 games.
The offense was a lot more disappointing last year, that's for sure.
With Melvin Lewis and Boom last year, we beat UL. Probably just getting Boom for the whole game gives us that victory and a bowl
Maybe.
Thats a huge assumption of dominos falling into just the right place. Maybe Boom allows the UL defense to stop pressuring Barker and he actually completes a pass in the 2nd half. Barker looked terrible in that game and only completed 6 passes. Maybe Boom allows the UK defense to rest more and UL isn't able to to quickly get back in the game. Like I said, its a butterfly effect of a lot of maybes to assume that Boom Williams would have single handedly changed the outcome of a game UK lost by 2 TDs. It was UL turnovers and the UK defense that had UK out to a 21-0 lead. The UK defense and Mark Stoops had absolutely no answer for Lamar Jackson. I think Boom would have made the game more competitive and the end result would have probably been closer but I don't think for the second that Boom would have single handedly swung the game to UKs favor because of how badly and unprepared the defense looked against Jackson.
Also..UL was missing arguably their best defensive lineman in Treyvon Young and arguably their best WR in Jamari Staples.
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With Otis not being able to stop Boom the Otis offense isn't on the field enough to score enough to win... Same with SoMiss last week
Look at the games boom didn't play last year. He went out in UT game while leading before wheels fell off. Didn't play the Georgia game, eku, and left with a big lead against Georgia. He was what allowed our offense to do what it did with him in there. He requires a safety to prevent the big run that opens up time for passing game.
Well, you and Weener are morons. Of course a local louisville honk is going to promote that game. What a bunch of nincompoops... [laughing]
Ah, the old treating opinion as fact thread.
"If this", "if that".
Here's an if. What "IF" Louisville played Jackson the entire game and not only after Bolin threw pick after pick?
Well, that's your opinion and you are welcome to it.
What baggage? He hired his mistress and then got busted taking her for a ride on his motorcycle. Some people on here act like he spent time in prison or was found guilty of violating numerous NCAA rules.
My question to the "holier than thou" segment of our fanbase is, WHO is this mythical, proven head coach with no baggage, who will be begging to take the head coaching gig at UK and lead us to victory?
We're talking about UK FOOTBALL, not basketball. The only way we will ever get a top tier, proven head coach, is if we hire someone who has some baggage that keeps the traditional power schools from trying to hire him.
Stoops was hired because he was supposed to be some sort of Defensive genius. He is now in his 4th year and a decent high school team could waltz into Commonwealth Stadium and rush for 200 yards against us.
LOL... What?? Their fans were talking playoff last year, and the year before. Their unrealistic, asinine expectations are absolutely hilarious, but certainly not an indicator of the program's progress.
Its crazy to play that game. There are so many variables on both sides that you're better off not even bringing it up or thinking about it. Sure if we give UK all the "should haves" they want and not consider all the "should haves" for UL then UK might have won that game. But what if Treyvon Young was healthy for UL? What if Staples plays? What if Jackson starts the game? What if Josh Forrest drops that int? What if Josh Forrest doesn't throw the ball in the stands and get that penalty? What if Lamar Jackson doesn't throw that redzone interception early in the 2nd quarter? I am of the opinion that the better team wins the football game most of the time.
I don't think you quite understand my post .... He said they have been pushing back expectations and my point is.... They are delusional.... They'll never have lowered expectations up there
We had two starters on defense suspended against Kentucky, one was our best pass rusher. If is a word that can be used in every game....
Life forces people with unreasonable expectations to push them back and rationalize why things did not work out as they expected.