Marcus Satterfield makes his voice heard on recent woes, fan frustrations, state of the Gamecocks' offense
Nov. 16, 2022 / VIDEOS FROM USC SPORTS OUTLET
South Carolina’s offense is in a lull. Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield spoke to reporters about that and more Wednesday following a 38-6 loss to Florida in Gainesville and ahead of the Gamecocks’ home game against Tennessee.
Satterfield
“It was not a good night for us on offense. We started out slow, not being able to run the ball. We had four possessions in the first half. Went three and out on a couple of them. Had a couple of late possession drops.
I thought we worked well, coach (Shane) Beamer and I, on the communication part. We were able to be safe on that third down and run it and set up that fake punt opportunity — which was an unreal play by our guys. In the second half, to start out with three turnovers on five plays is just unacceptable. Very frustrating. Very unacceptable. And once you got through those three possessions, then every time you can get a first down or explosive play we got called back for a penalty. Collectively, as a group, the way we executed and the way that we performed was not the standard that we try to play to.
Heading into Tennessee any changes?
“If you turn the ball over three times like that bam, bam, bam you’re not gonna have any run game going. That was, again, very frustrating. But we’ll do whatever we have to do to run the football, whether that’s running Spencer (Rattler) on every down or getting big people. Whatever it takes, I’m going to try to do it to make sure that we can get spread out on the field and get some first downs.”
On Florida, how much do you have to get off-script in terms of your game plan after falling way behind?
“I fell back on the lessons learned against Missouri, where we were talking about just getting away from the gameplan too quickly. In that game, we were trying to be steadfast with what we were trying to establish in the run game and trying to get back to what we were trying to get going. Our guys never panicked. Again, to come out the second half and do what we did for the first few drives, it’s tough.”
With no MarShawn Lloyd and Christian Beal-Smith, do you look to rotate in some other guys or do you sense any frustration with some of those other backs?
“There’s no frustration with anybody. It’s just reacting and evaluating the roster. Like, Jaheim Bell is one of the most talented people on Earth. Trying to find ways to give him the ball, it just makes sense to let him play running back. Juju (McDowell) has got his role and has been practicing well.
Those other guys need to keep coming along and keep practicing better. And once we feel like we can put them in the game and they have a chance to be productive, then they’ll go in the game.”
Nov. 16, 2022 / VIDEOS FROM USC SPORTS OUTLET
South Carolina’s offense is in a lull. Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield spoke to reporters about that and more Wednesday following a 38-6 loss to Florida in Gainesville and ahead of the Gamecocks’ home game against Tennessee.
Satterfield
“It was not a good night for us on offense. We started out slow, not being able to run the ball. We had four possessions in the first half. Went three and out on a couple of them. Had a couple of late possession drops.
I thought we worked well, coach (Shane) Beamer and I, on the communication part. We were able to be safe on that third down and run it and set up that fake punt opportunity — which was an unreal play by our guys. In the second half, to start out with three turnovers on five plays is just unacceptable. Very frustrating. Very unacceptable. And once you got through those three possessions, then every time you can get a first down or explosive play we got called back for a penalty. Collectively, as a group, the way we executed and the way that we performed was not the standard that we try to play to.
Heading into Tennessee any changes?
“If you turn the ball over three times like that bam, bam, bam you’re not gonna have any run game going. That was, again, very frustrating. But we’ll do whatever we have to do to run the football, whether that’s running Spencer (Rattler) on every down or getting big people. Whatever it takes, I’m going to try to do it to make sure that we can get spread out on the field and get some first downs.”
On Florida, how much do you have to get off-script in terms of your game plan after falling way behind?
“I fell back on the lessons learned against Missouri, where we were talking about just getting away from the gameplan too quickly. In that game, we were trying to be steadfast with what we were trying to establish in the run game and trying to get back to what we were trying to get going. Our guys never panicked. Again, to come out the second half and do what we did for the first few drives, it’s tough.”
With no MarShawn Lloyd and Christian Beal-Smith, do you look to rotate in some other guys or do you sense any frustration with some of those other backs?
“There’s no frustration with anybody. It’s just reacting and evaluating the roster. Like, Jaheim Bell is one of the most talented people on Earth. Trying to find ways to give him the ball, it just makes sense to let him play running back. Juju (McDowell) has got his role and has been practicing well.
Those other guys need to keep coming along and keep practicing better. And once we feel like we can put them in the game and they have a chance to be productive, then they’ll go in the game.”
