STs nightmare

[SuFTW]

He shouldn’t be getting a pay check if he can’t perform. That money can go to someone who adds value. You lose your right to be protected from embarrassment when you pocket mid six figures

He is under contract, so his money can’t go to someone else until his contract is up.

 

[AZOrange]

Yeah, don't get punts/field goals blocked and don't shank kickoffs oob seem like reasonable expectations.

I’d start to bench some guys. I have no idea what Barron is doing on the field in any capacity. Same with McDonald

 

[baggerbob]

Agreed. What we have seen is that Fran Brown makes adjustments as necessary in game. We have seen improvement with players. I expect Fran Brown to address the issues you laid out. I expect that we see results, to the extent the players are capable. We cannot pick up a new kicker mid-season, we have what we have for this season.

That said, any coaching issues will be addressed and if there is no improvement Brown will have to let the STC coach go. Besides, we have seen that ADJW is not afraid of stepping in and holding coaches' feet to the fire. There will be improvement if coaching is the problem.

Coach P usually had good special teams.

 

[kirbivore]

Is this the worst ST SU has ever had? It's been atrocious thus far.

That CASSULLO! train wreck is the only opposition

 

[David321]

Fran said he was going to call some contacts and get some guidance on our specific situation, before NCS. He has a wealth of coaches to tap into, including Kirby Smart.

 

[cusefan88]

Just figure out how to block just enough the rest of this year. Find someone from G5 or FCS to take the job next season. I'm sure Fran will be very judicious this time around and get it right.

 

[kingtidge]

Q: What comes to mind when we have to punt?

Q: Is SU Special Teams any good?

 

[upperdeck]

considering where our best players are, maybe just don't punt on anything less than 4th and 15.

 

[David321]

I know it's obviously a punt blocking issue but is Stonehouse also not getting the punt off quickly enough?

 

[upperdeck]

Thats hard to define. But no matter how slow the punter is there should never be 3-4 people in his face.

 

[djcon57]

I know it's obviously a punt blocking issue but is Stonehouse also not getting the punt off quickly enough?

Not the issues with the 2 I saw at UNLV. He had multiple people in his face immediately.

 

[orangepassion]

This is who they should hire for ST coach and Fran probably knows him-Did a great job coaching ST at Rutgers
Robb Smith - Wikipedia

 

[All4SU]

Yeah, don't get punts/field goals blocked and don't shank kickoffs oob seem like reasonable expectations.

Don’t return ANY kickoffs. We are no good at that. Take the 25 yard line and let McCord go.

 

[All4SU]

Coach Fran has used ST to convince starters that they improve their chances of getting to the NFL if they also play STs. But no NFL team is going to look at this and say this is helping their cause. Coach P used starters because they earned the spots. I’m not sure what’s different. Maybe today’s players just don’t value ST play as much.

 

[orangemass]

Petry needs his head on a swivel. He’s locking in on one guy. Exposing the punter

 

[Oakland]

Don’t return ANY kickoffs. We are no good at that. Take the 25 yard line and let McCord go.

After UNLV kicked one short (2 yd line maybe) and SU returned it all of 7 yds, I turned to the guy sitting next to me and said, "oh no, they are forcing us to return the kickoff".

 

[kcsu]

using starters on Punt and kickoffs. Use them the same way that UNLV did but only if they have a unique talent such as blazing speed.

 

[All4SU]

After UNLV kicked one short (2 yd line maybe) and SU returned it all of 7 yds, I turned to the guy sitting next to me and said, "oh no, they are forcing us to return the kickoff".

I did the same.

 

[hoopsupstate]

The two blockers in front of the kicker never moved to block anyone. They didn’t even react until the rusher was already by them.

 

[Sdot]

I’ve seen alot of comments on our kicking and punting units but something I haven’t seen much of is, how bad our blocking has been on return units every time Pena returns a punt 2 guys are tackling him. We also haven’t blocked on kick return.

 

[CuseFan]

start with lining up in a way without huge gaps that make players think about who am I to block. just simplify the blocking would be a huge improvement vs the swiss cheese approach

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Good for Jimmy I thought Mrs. Fine would get the assignment

She Fran’s other NIL (Not In this Life)

 

[NineOneSeven]

I’ve seen alot of comments on our kicking and punting units but something I haven’t seen much of is, how bad our blocking has been on return units every time Pena returns a punt 2 guys are tackling him. We also haven’t blocked on kick return.

Exactly why he shouldn't be returning punts. Much more likely he takes a big hit and gets hurt than actually doing something worthwhile.

Again... your 2 best offensive pass catchers on ST just makes 0 sense to me. We have what 85 people on a roster? Nobody else can do those things?

 

[DPCuse]

What happened to 8 across the line? 2 wide and then the punter. Stay tight and if the block team is going to try and go wide to block the kick, it’s going to require more steps to get home. Or overload the right side and let the punter roll right and rugby kick.

 

[Qbobby]

Me every single time we go into punt formation.