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Post by ohsixrain on Nov 12, 2018 13:03:40 GMT -5
I hope the Coaching Staff remove Baker from punt duties.Baker is not a punt retuner .Why not let Wilson return punts the rest of the Season. I think next year punt retuner will be the young Man from S.C He hasn't been taught to not let the ball bounce, if you have to fair catch it fine but catch the ball. He makes it a struggle just catching the ball, like he's fighting the ball. We didn't realize how fortunate we were to have Ghardin, he just had a good feel for punt returning.
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Post by marchingband1969 on Nov 12, 2018 13:12:32 GMT -5
Every aspect of our Special Teams need to be upgraded next season. We've been somewhat lucky so far it has not hurt us more. I don't know who recruited our Special Team players in the past 4 years but prior to this year, they've done an outstanding job.
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Post by DOOMS on Nov 12, 2018 14:03:40 GMT -5
Our punter and long snappers are good. We have to give them kudos. Everybody else has work to do.
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Post by popdad on Nov 12, 2018 14:32:03 GMT -5
Don’t want to overlook a recruit with so much potential especially one that reach out to us... even as bad as we played the games that we lost, we had a chance to win them with a solid kicking game.
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Post by saabman on Nov 12, 2018 14:33:32 GMT -5
I hope the Coaching Staff remove Baker from punt duties.Baker is not a punt retuner .Why not let Wilson return punts the rest of the Season. I think next year punt retuner will be the young Man from S.C He hasn't been taught to not let the ball bounce, if you have to fair catch it fine but catch the ball. He makes it a struggle just catching the ball, like he's fighting the ball. We didn't realize how fortunate we were to have Ghardin, he just had a good feel for punt returning.[/quote He looks to be stiff and tense when he received the ball like he is bracing for a hit . Most true return men are the most relaxed players on the team . If you can not focus on the ball in flight but are looking up field to see what's coming at you , You should not return anything period . You take one look up field at the coverage and then focus on the ball either fair catch it or catch and go it's that simple . it is not rocket science you either have the guts or you don't .
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Post by DOOMS on Nov 12, 2018 14:41:14 GMT -5
I’d refer to it as a skill as opposed to guts.
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Post by saabman on Nov 12, 2018 15:51:15 GMT -5
Dooms to be truthful it's every bit of both .
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Post by codeblu78 on Nov 19, 2018 12:05:14 GMT -5
Ruiz was perfect Sat. Hats off to the coaching staff for not giving up on this kid. Obviously he has been working hard. His form and kicks looked much improved!
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 19, 2018 13:56:01 GMT -5
Ruiz was perfect Sat. Hats off to the coaching staff for not giving up on this kid. Obviously he has been working hard. His form and kicks looked much improved! agreed. i was "pleasantly" surprised to see him knock down that 32 yard field goal, a field goal that you're expected to make at the fcs level and he did. not only did he make it, but it was "dead center" with plenty of room to spare. now we just need that "consistency" from him going into the cb and if so, i'm good...
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Post by Bornthrilla on Jan 10, 2019 13:43:46 GMT -5
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Post by AggiePride on Jan 10, 2019 14:59:59 GMT -5
Towards the middle of the season didn’t Coach start exclusively working with kicking game? If so, that is remarkable.
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Post by marchingband1969 on Jan 10, 2019 19:21:32 GMT -5
What he did in ATL impressed me the most. I hope he's got that monkey off his back. Let's hope he continues to get stronger
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Post by popdad on Jan 10, 2019 19:32:07 GMT -5
Gotta give it to him, he did pull it together
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Post by chocolatedrop on Jan 10, 2019 20:22:35 GMT -5
I have not read all of the post but we need to address our kickoff kicker. We need someone who can kick the ball in the end zone for touchbacks on a consistent basis.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 8, 2019 9:43:37 GMT -5
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