Scott Satterfield leaves for Cincinnati: Louisville football players react to the news
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Louisville football players woke up to a stunner Monday morning.
Their coach, Scott Satterfield, hired in 2018 to lead a program in the wake of Bobby Petrino's second tenure with the program, is taking the University of Cincinnati head coaching job. The news broke almost exactly four years to the day since Satterfield joined U of L from Appalachian State.
To say the Cardinals were shocked, hurt and perhaps more goes without saying. Satterfield's job security was uncertainty barely a month ago after a 2-3 start. But he turned around the program, won five of the last seven, and secured a bowl game for the third time in his tenure. He saved his job and had one of the nation's best projected recruiting classes coming in for 2023.
Now, with the Cardinals set to face the very same Bearcats in two weeks in the Fenway Bowl in Boston, U of L players are left wondering why and what's next.
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Here's how current and former players reacted to the news:
Bro what???
— S A N O G O (@_momosanogo) December 5, 2022
Woahhhh😲 https://t.co/PKJ6nHSndi
— Ahmari Huggins (@ahmari_huggins) December 5, 2022
Think I’m going to go to sleep and wake back up and try it again 😂
— Trevion Cooley (@TrevionCooley) December 5, 2022
wtf? I literally just woke up …
— Selah Brown | #𝘍𝘰𝘦𝘍𝘰𝘦𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥🏝 (@grindtimesayy) December 5, 2022
I had a lot of respect for that man for the sheer fact that he put me on scholarship and gave me a chance, but now 0️⃣
— Dayna K. Kinnaird (@DaynaKinnaird) December 5, 2022
I think I’ve heard that before🤔 https://t.co/awc0uVic8d
— Yaya “Yaski” Diaby (@greatyaya4) December 5, 2022
— ♠️Marshon Ford♠️ (@ford_marshon) December 5, 2022
Last thing I will say. When the South Carolina job rumors were floating around, he MADE US tweet about how well he was treating us good, but wouldn’t tell his players that he was leaving in person! He was NEVER honest with us!
— Dez Fitzpatrick (@dezfitz8) December 5, 2022
Follow assistant sports editor Jake Adams on Twitter @jakeadams520 or email him at jadams@gannett.com
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Satterfield takes Cincinnati football job: Louisville players weigh in
