Sanford says changing personnel on the O-line is not the answer
by Mike Rutherford on Sep 14, 2011 10:35 PM EDT
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PrintC.L. Brown has some notes from Wednesday's U of L practice up on his blog right now. The most significant is a quote from offensive coordinator Mike Sanford saying that poor play on the offensive line won't be solved by changes in personnel.
"The big thing right now is the guys that we have improving them and having them doing what their jobs are," Sanford said.
Though there might not be changes in the names, it'll still be interesting to see if there are any position moves the week after the line was embarrassed, quite frankly, by Florida International's front four. The play of tackles Hector Henandez and Ryan Kessling has been especially scrutinized.
Other notes from C.L.:
--Dominique Brown was not wearing the yellow quarterbacks jersey he ordinarily dons during practice. This could mean that he's going to see some snaps at another position - presumably running back - on Saturday.
It's really not a bad idea since Brown is the best power runner on the roster and Victor Anderson and Jeremy Wright have both had a hard time hitting holes...on the rare occasion that they exist.
--Michaelee Harris played with Teddy Bridgewater in high school and says he's noticed a drastic improvement in the QB since coming to college.
"On the field I believe he’s gotten better," Harris said. "He reads better, he goes through his progressions better. Coach (Shawn) Watson has done a great job working with him."
Beat Kentucky.
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I was shocked the Dom Brown Wildcat sneak didn't happen against FIU
Hopefully he moves to running back. Just so he can continue do the Wildcat draw for 3 yards all the time.
This is good news
We’ve always heard that Dom Brown is one of the best athletes on the team. He’s pretty much wasted as a 3rd string QB. I applaud this move. Let’s see what the guy can do in other capacities
by DirtyBirds04 on Sep 14, 2011 10:47 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
We need some full back type power running and BLOCKING
Moving Nick and Dom into these positions is good, IMO
Ditto
If the OL won’t make holes to run through, maybe guys at the point of attack can do it or at least drag bodies far enough to get those crucial extra couple yards. The reason our offense can’t get points on the board (beyond the poor OL play) is being in such poor down-and-yardage situations way too often. 2nd-and-8 or 3rd-and-6 just won’t cut it. We need to more consistently gain 4-5 yards on 1st Down and at least 2-3 more on 2nd Down. Maybe beefier guys in the backfield will give us those extra couple needed to open things up. I gotta say, though, that JW is pretty good at dragging guys an extra yard or two. He rarely goes down at first contact. I would like to see them split the load more until the OL sorts itself out and/or Benavides returns.
by CardsRuleBE on Sep 15, 2011 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
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"...and the present, for us, is something that we really look forward to."
- Rick Pitino
When Sanford says, "The big thing right now is the guys that we have improving them and having them doing what their jobs are"'
I would ask, can you tell us why they have not been doing their jobs? Do they have the ability? Are they not strong enough? Are they not quick enough? Are they not smart enough? Do they have poor attitudes? Are the reserves not any better?
Not trying to be an ass here but seriously, after the very poor performance thus far, we know they have not performed well. What we don’t know is WHY?
by Carolina Cardinal on Sep 14, 2011 11:25 PM EDT reply actions
I'm about to jump off of Sanford's train car.
If the O-line doesn’t improve, there better be some adjustments made. More quick routes, keeping a TE or FB in to block. Something. Anything. I don’t care. Smash the playbook down to sets that have a FB or TE blocking at all times. I want to see that he can make adjustments if the O-line isn’t improved.
He didn't necessarily mean this year
He actually said we could be a bad football team this year, but the train is coming… that Strong is building something here at Louisville, even though it may not be this year yet.
True.
But we’ve already seen some issues with Sanford’s playcalling and lack of imagination.
by CardinalDude on Sep 15, 2011 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
If this means that John Clark and/or Karmen Joyer are worse at Center
than Hernandez is at left tackle, then “Oh, my!”
If this means that they flipped a switch in Hernandez’s brain this week and he’s going to play football to his potential on Saturday, then “Oh, my!”
by Remote Cardinal on Sep 15, 2011 10:49 AM EDT reply actions
No doubt lots of people will be watching ole number 73 on Saturday. If he is ever going to play, it should be then.
If he turns in another FIU performance (or anything even resembling that debacle), then he needs to be gone.
by Carolina Cardinal on Sep 15, 2011 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
i agree
But I think the coaches concern is continuity amongst the unit at this point. I know the o-line hasn’t shown much of it, but at this point, my belief is, that the coaches believe.. that, until MarioB is able to return, replacing ole 73 does more harm than good, as far as the o-line goes
by grey on Sep 15, 2011 10:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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