Good punter and kickoff specialist who has demonstrated a toughness factor shown through his nose for the ball and willingness to tackle. Makes me think he's got some mental toughness too. Older guy, been there, done that. Gotta think he knows how to PK too. What do we have to lose?
Why not Buschini at PKs?
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Well they better see if they can get another kicker thru the portal for next year. Better not just hope the health issues clear up.
I've seen the question asked, but don't think I've seen any response with insight - where is the freshman kicker from NJ they signed.?? He can't be worse than what we've been watching, can he?
Punting is not place kicking. Kicking off is not a perfectly timed 2.3 second snap, hold and follow-through
And buschini needs to spend every free minute he has working on punting
He’s far from consistent
The kid we have kicking now will be fine if we can consistently snap and place the ball.
It hasn’t been the kicker’s issue other than maybe that hooked field goal against Illinois. Adrenaline got him IMO.
I question just how bad we can be in the kicking game in general. They better hit the portal hard and clean house in the spring. Go talk to Ferentz if you don't know what your doing.
People need to chill on our freshman kicker. He had 3 confidence boosting extra points. They brought him in because of his performance at some kicking camps. I'm hopeful that he's going to get it done.
Better yet put the people bitching about a freshman kicker out there. Give em a thousand bucks if they can make a 20 yarder off of a tee.
Those people aren’t getting paid half-a-mill per year to get results from that kid.
Edit: or whoever else is in that spot…or snapping…or holding
Give him a minute to get the results. Replacing the snapper mid game was encouraging. I get it. The buck stops with the coach I just think there's some circumstances a coach can't control.
It's not just one aspect of special teams that is struggling. All units are struggling Foley can not even get when unit performing well. It is 4 games in to the season all ready. Coaches need to be held accountable making what they do.
That's what's so frustrating
. Kicked in high school and worked with kickers as an assistant high school coach. Granted it's been 20 years since my last attempt and I'd speed up my upcoming knee replacement, but it's just not that hardVery concerning is punt coverage. 2 kicks near the goal line first time out guy was 8 yards deep into the end zone. 2nd time ball hits and closest cover man was looking in the air yet. Focus was horrible. Next road game leave those guys at home if that will be how they execute.
Should probably be a post game media question:
Remember…when your gunner ran 9 yards deep into the end zone? That was awesome.
Timing is critical and you weren’t kicking against a P5 block team.That's what's so frustrating
I took no issue with the 2nd one but was absolutely baffled by being out of frame in the end zone. There is literally 0 impact you can have on the play there … and Buschini placed it absolutely perfectly to down it at the 1’ mark.
Even on that kick the holder put the ball down with the laces facing the kicker.
No I wasn't. Was kicking against the competition at my level at that time. That's what I expect from a p4 kicker too. And if they aren't practicing against competition that they'll face on Saturdays in practice then we've got a problem. In college you can recruit in high school you can't...well you know what I mean
. I just don't think there's any p4 college trying to break top 25 with as bad of special teams as we have. With decent special teams we're bowling last year and we're undefeated and probably #15 this year
I was about 100% from 30, 90% from 35, and 80% from 40 at the Cook in college. Further than that though and it got pretty iffy, and granted it is easier kicking off a tee than without. But I guarantee I could have done better than whatever we had in Frost's first year, I think it was, if I still had eligiblity at that point. Think we had to get a soccer club kid that year.
Not exactly. The laces were at 3 o'clock, toward the holder. If anything, that should have pushed the ball to the right. He hooked it left, which suggests it was solely the fault of the kicker
Truthfully I responded wrong to your post. I'm not bitching about a freshman kicker
It more of a bad long snapper and probably try a different holder he’s been placing the laces wrong more than not
They should give Nico a shot while the lights are on. The other 2 aren't working out, why not him?