You know, looking at that blocked kick I don't think execution was the biggest issue. The call to attempt it was the problem. I think they've been waiting for a situation to let him try a really long kick they forgot about the game situation.
If you think the call to attempt that kick was the problem, that is on Coach Woods if he vehemently didn't object. We do not know that, but would be a good question for him to answer. Blindly following is not a good coaching trait. If Kirk overrules then so be it, but there has to be a questioning voice. Part of coaching is seeing every scenario possible and questioning.
This. Missed kicks (and not just dumb attempts from 60+) are killing us and it doesn't seem to be getting better.
It almost certainly was Woods' call, but Kirk still would have had to OK it.
This is fair. I feel more confident with Stephens from 50-60 yards than I do from 30 yards.
He's 40% from the 40-49 range this year.
The guy bull rushed out guy '5 yds back so the angle was cut way down when he raised his arm.
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There's a new long snapper this season, I believe, and snaps have not been consistent. The holder did a great job on at least one really high snap Saturday night. The long snapper and holder are the two most anonymous players on any football team . . . until they make a mistake. They get no credit for doing their jobs right, but somehow announcers and reporters can find the time to point them out when they screw up. The kicker gets all the credit, but without a good snap and a good hold, the best kicker in history ain't worth spit.
Well, they saw that he missed the first attempt by a mile short, so that would make sense.
The guy off the edge, who recovered the kick, doesn't usually get much of a block put on him. The timing of the play doesn't typically let the edge guy get close enough for a block, usually. Him coming off the edge and scooping and scoring was just the way the ball bounced. I thought the LG/LT got pushed back too far and made it even easier for a block, especially with the low trajectory.
Unfortunately it was.. starting rt guard is like the left tackle? On fg and Xtra pt
What would you expect him to say? Thats Kirk in a nutshell. The buck stops with him, and he'll always take that. I guarantee you that Levar told Kirk he's got this and theres only a few seconds left. Lets do this. He's been making 60+ bombs in practice for a couple of years. Of courseas mentioned if everything else isn't perfect, you get what happened.
KF said he made the call as a good head coach should. It is on him. My point was more along the lines of I hoped Coach Woods objected, if he did not, he should have. It was not a good call. The proper call is take a knee and go into the half leading the game. Over the years people have complained of Kirk being to conservative so they should have been supportive....until it gets blocked then they call for his firing...
It seemed to me watching it live in the stadium, that he backed off a little on the kick since the whistle had been blown. That’s why it was so short. He has the leg to make it from that distance (he kicked it thru the goalpost on a kickoff later on.
Honestly I read it the other way. Kirk has Coordinators call what they want and then he has approval on big calls. I'd be pretty certain it was Coach Woods call and Kirk gave his blessing. Why else are they in those positions making 1 million+ a year. I doubt that Phil even has to run much by Kirk.
Thought the same thing. Didn't Marshall Koehn do and then acknowledge doing the same thing on his game winner in Kinnick as time expired? I think kickers like to do it to get a feel. Whatever they have to do to help their mental side of things they'll do
You can't coach the yips, which it seems Stevens has a bit of this year. As for the Weigen mistakes, you have to take the the errors with the exciting play. I don't think LeVar all of a sudden forgot how to coach ST. They players have to execute.
