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Does any coach deserve some credit for sending OBJ out to return FG?
Posted on 9/12/13 at 6:46 am
Posted on 9/12/13 at 6:46 am
Just wondering what y'all think...personally I think Les might've had a hunch and sent him out to field the miss, but I know the Rant will never allow Les to be credited with doing ANYTHING smart, so....who, then- the special teams coach?
It's obvious from the result that we caught them off-guard; the field-goal team can't spend too much time practicing kick coverage. I mean, really, how common is it to even have anyone deep in case a FG try comes up short?
It's obvious from the result that we caught them off-guard; the field-goal team can't spend too much time practicing kick coverage. I mean, really, how common is it to even have anyone deep in case a FG try comes up short?
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Posted on 9/12/13 at 6:48 am to StadiumDormRat'72
CLM credited the special teams coach with "recognizing the opportunity".
Posted on 9/12/13 at 6:50 am to StadiumDormRat'72
No, the coaches only matter when something bad happens
Posted on 9/12/13 at 6:53 am to StadiumDormRat'72
quote:What happened?
Does any coach deserve some credit for sending OBJ out to return FG?
Posted on 9/12/13 at 7:12 am to StadiumDormRat'72
I've always said you need to send a guy back there past 50 yards. The coach needs to have that automatically in Beckhams head. He deserves credit for trying it. Most people never try. Think of all the short kicks that could have been.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 7:17 am to StadiumDormRat'72
Coach Miles said that was the Special Teams coach's call. He sent in OBJ to jump up and block the ball just in case it was close to the cross bar. Odell said in an interview that he saw it was short so he caught it
Posted on 9/12/13 at 7:18 am to StadiumDormRat'72
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the field-goal team can't spend too much time practicing kick coverage
Um, I would think a number of them do exactly that. Probably everyone except the linemen play on kickoff and punt returns.
This post was edited on 9/12/13 at 7:19 am
Posted on 9/12/13 at 7:24 am to StadiumDormRat'72
Special teams coach T-Mac told miles they liked to try long field goals during game prep week. So they had it planned to send OBJ back deep if they attempted.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 7:29 am to StadiumDormRat'72
quote:
Just wondering what y'all think...personally I think Les might've had a hunch and sent him out to field the miss, but I know the Rant will never allow Les to be credited with doing ANYTHING smart, so....who, then- the special teams coach?
It's obvious from the result that we caught them off-guard; the field-goal team can't spend too much time practicing kick coverage. I mean, really, how common is it to even have anyone deep in case a FG try comes up short?
Of course the coaches deserve credit.
But, let's not pretend like this is unprecedented.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 7:50 am to StadiumDormRat'72
I have read/heard Les credit special teams coach Thomas McGaughey for "recognizing the opportunity" at least 3 separate times since the game, including last night at the Coaches show.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 10:08 am to StadiumDormRat'72
I know what Les said, but they put the punt return team out there and lucked into it. Beckham had to be told to get into the endzone as he was originally at about the 10.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 10:53 am to StadiumDormRat'72
There's always someone back there on long kicks.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 11:58 am to StadiumDormRat'72
OBJ ran out there by himself. The coaches were eating grass.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 12:09 pm to StadiumDormRat'72
I personally think the call, to allow Beckham to return it, was gutsy rather than smart. LSU would have automatically had the ball at around the 50 on the missed attempt. In Les' time at LSU they have had some memorable STs plays that have been exceptional.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 12:09 pm to StadiumDormRat'72
yes our spc teams coach recognized it
Posted on 9/12/13 at 3:45 pm to StadiumDormRat'72
les miles is the ceo. he doesn't go to all the practices; just sits in his office and gets reports from the other coaches. if you read the rant you should know this type of thing.
Posted on 9/12/13 at 3:59 pm to StadiumDormRat'72
I read that they actually practiced for such a situation.
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