– Grey and I are going to have to agree to disagree regarding special teams. I see nothing special about our kicking game. Our coverage on kicks is the high point, and that is definitely good. I still like the Beamer plan.
I don’t know if we disagree on as much as you might think. Our differences tend to be point of view. I know I tend to review the past and declare it complete and then look at the future and what we are doing to impact it. IMO you put more emphasis on the past performance and how it predicts the future. Either way the proof of the pudding will be in the eating.
Don’t know if you were at the spring “game” or not but Special Teams were emphasized. Entire sections of the practice were devoted to special teams with emphasis on blocking. The special teams players were divided into teams who competed for some reward.
The Super Bowl was a look at how kick-offs may be in the future. High kicks to somewhere between the G-line and the 5 with coverage stopping kick returns short of the 20. That could explain why we were able to put it out of the end zone early on but were short later in the season.
We will not know about the actual kicking until we see it in games. Our kicker was very good in practice last year and we all know what that meant. Good in practice, not so good in games makes coaching decisions especially tough, not a lot to base decisions on.
Not sure but I think we have a preferred walk-on who is reportedly a good kick-off man. At least Doeren is addressing the needs, not just hoping.
I’m solidly in your camp about the coaches. Hux has been a steadying influence with the young defensive coaches. I don’t like the idea of firing a guy who has done so much for the team. So… I hope he retires fairly soon and Doeren attracts a young, innovative DC like Brent Venables at Clemson.
I know I’m repeating myself here but Doeren has said that our O-line couldn’t block our D-line last year and this year they are very competitive. Don’t want to read too much into that but with our D-line that sounds like good news. Good job, Coach Ledford. In my response to McCallum’s team analysis I reported on what I saw our DBs doing this past spring. Could be the influence of that new safties coach, Aaron Henry. Wouldn’t that be cool?
Darn, rye. Wish we were chatting about this over “liquid refreshments.” Looking forward to you next thoughts. And when is Mr. DOG weighing in?
