Rutgers with another blocked punt TD...

[engie]

Hire this Special Teams coach yesterday. They make huge plays like this on special teams almost every game...

 

[treeddeep]

Nova just throwing the ball up for grabs all night. Also, I wouldn't be surprised to see Storm Johnson (UCF) in the NFL

 

[MSUDawg25]

Honest question. Our special teams suck. No doubting that. But is ST coach really a position you make a national search for? It seems like most teams have somebody barely above grad level coaching it unless it is a coach already on staff doing it. I mean, what kind of salary are we talking here? Don't start with the Mullenzz sucks, cause I know he sucks as ST coach. I'm just wondering what the situation is at other major programs with ST coach.

 

[DerHntr]

Honest question. Our special teams suck. No doubting that. But is ST coach really a position you make a national search for? It seems like most teams have somebody barely above grad level coaching it unless it is a coach already on staff doing it. I mean, what kind of salary are we talking here? Don't start with the Mullenzz sucks, cause I know he sucks as ST coach. I'm just wondering what the situation is at other major programs with ST coach.

Have you looked at this coach from Rutgers specifically? You may not do a nat'l search for a ST coach but you sure as hell look when someone is doing what this guy is doing. Even if he is just continuing their commitment to quality ST, he knows the system.

http://www.scarletknights.com/football/coaches/rossi.asp

 

[engie]

Honest question. Our special teams suck. No doubting that. But is ST coach really a position you make a national search for? It seems like most teams have somebody barely above grad level coaching it unless it is a coach already on staff doing it. I mean, what kind of salary are we talking here? Don't start with the Mullenzz sucks, cause I know he sucks as ST coach. I'm just wondering what the situation is at other major programs with ST coach.

Special teams have potential to make a HUGE difference to an underdog program like MSU. Sherrill knew this -- and we won a bunch of games under him specifically because of it...

We could have easily gone 7-5 in 99 with this year's special teams...

I'd love to know how many shanked field goals and muffed punts Rutgers have had over this time period by getting in kicker's heads... Just the block number is TOTALLY game-changingly asinine...

 

[MSUDawg25]

Does he coach just ST? No doubt he's doing a great job, but a small amount of research shows most major programs don't have a guy JUST for ST. Aren't we limited in the number of coaches we can have on staff?

 

[MSUDawg25]

Again, I'm not arguing that our special teams suck. It just seems that most successful programs don't have a guy whose only job is coaching ST. There is a reason for this, whether it's coach limits or it just being unnecessary.

 

[57stratdawg]

Would we have to drop a current position coach? Or move someone "off the field"?

 

[engie]

Would we have to drop a current position coach? Or move someone "off the field"?

I'd drop tight ends coaching and move Sallach back off the field. Let them do passing drills with receivers and blocking drills with OL... Simple enough IMO...

Rossi is also a "defensive assistant" whatever that actually means...

 

[57stratdawg]

You could always consolidate TE/ST. Seems like that's what Shane Beamer's role was when he was here under Croom. Also, Bama's current TE coach is ST coach as well.

 

[121Josey]

Would we have to drop a current position coach? Or move someone "off the field"?

Hire someone who is (knows) ST first, then a position coach on top of that. If help is needed with the positions, then assign him a GA.

State seriously needs a professional for it's special teams woes. It's to the point of serious headcases.

Here's an interesting stat for ya: 2013 punt return yards (of 123)

123.

Mississippi St.

15

19

0

1.27

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That's right, 19 punt return yards all year. Wha Wha Wha

 

[kired]

I've been throwing that stat out for weeks. We actually have negative return yards when you take away the a&m game.

Lewis is simply not a punt returner. You have to make smart, quick decisions while that ball is in the air and he just appears incapable of doing that. Instead he makes bad decisions (remember him as a freshman fielding the kickoff at memphis and stepping out of bounds inside the 5?) And he's not great at catching them either. He's a playmaker with the ball in his hands... but sucks at fielding punts.

 

[57stratdawg]

Yeah, punt returning is much more difficult than most will admit. It's not like kickoff when you pretty much know the outcome (return/knee) right after the ball leaves the tee. It takes alot of information processing in a very short time (while keeping concentration on the ball) to return punts well. Maybe that's not Jameon.