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[QUOTE="florange44, post: 1522714, member: 3596"]
Everyone who is thinking straight realizes the pooch kick was the right thing to do strategically.

Our kicker didn't make a very good kick.  Kids make mistakes, it happens.  But I wonder how much practice time does he get on that kick?  He could be doing that 30 times a day in practice, does he?  Is the special teams coached up enough to where that play can and should succeed?

If Shafer isn't preparing the kids for that moment then it's on him.  If its a bad kick that he should have been able to execute, then it's on the player.

The penalty was a weak call but again coach the players up .  Kickers should not be diving at runners unless its a last resort.  Too much downside risk.  ST coaches should be coaching that.   Are they?

So the question is were the players prepared correctly for that play?  If so, then Shafer made the right call, and it just didn't work.

If they aren't prepared that way, then Shafer was rolling the dice with a pooch kick, thinking it can't be worse than a Boyd return.    If he's rolling the dice in game situations, then he's not prepared.

I don't know which it is.  Sure would like to know. Would tell me a lot about him as a HC.

Florange44
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