ECE '76
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I'm wondering if Bob Ligashesky is actually the answer at Special Teams. ST may have been improved from last year, but do we really have "well coached" STs right now? That BC game was just bad on STs. For the 12th game of the season, none of that should have happened.
I'm questioning our punting, recruiting for punting, blocking for the punter and PKer, on-sides KOs, fair catches inside the 8, and ST penalties... STs have not been anything special this year, and now Andre Szmyt needs to be replaced.
It seems like SU spent the second half of the season with consistently bad field position, even against lowly BC. Yes, we got spoiled with having a string of excellent punters, but now we have 2 scholarships invested in punters who are not even occasionally great let alone consistently good.
This last thing is on Dino, not Lig, but having a lot of starters on ST ended up not being a good idea. These starters are already taxed playing their own position, esp on D who played way too many downs. The energy and concentration was not there on STs in the last half of the season. Having fresh bodies who have not much else to worry about probably would have worked better. The season proved that the back ups on the D roster were capable players.
I'm questioning our punting, recruiting for punting, blocking for the punter and PKer, on-sides KOs, fair catches inside the 8, and ST penalties... STs have not been anything special this year, and now Andre Szmyt needs to be replaced.
It seems like SU spent the second half of the season with consistently bad field position, even against lowly BC. Yes, we got spoiled with having a string of excellent punters, but now we have 2 scholarships invested in punters who are not even occasionally great let alone consistently good.
This last thing is on Dino, not Lig, but having a lot of starters on ST ended up not being a good idea. These starters are already taxed playing their own position, esp on D who played way too many downs. The energy and concentration was not there on STs in the last half of the season. Having fresh bodies who have not much else to worry about probably would have worked better. The season proved that the back ups on the D roster were capable players.