'10 FL K Michael Palardy

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"The phone tag was actually pretty funny," said Palardy. "I called coach Kiffin first and he didn't answer. My mom was videotaping, I have it on speakerphone and he doesn't answer. I call coach (Eddie) Gran and he answers the phone. I said, 'I'm trying to tell coach Kiffin I want to go to his school and play for him and his football team. Coach Gran said, 'Give me two minutes.' I call him back and he's like, 'All right, coach Kiffin's ready for you.''


"I call him and he answers the phone, he was like, 'Mike, I'm real sorry man. I'm trying to get my kids to bed and they're yelling at me about trying to feed them vegetables.' He was real hyped up and excited about it. He said having someone to commit who can punt and kick is big because if I don't punt, I'm going to kick. And if I don't kick, I'm going to punt. It goes both ways. He said, 'You're another piece of our puzzle.' And Tennessee's going to have an awesome recruiting class. I'm really happy to be a Vol."


"Coach Gran ever since I was a sophomore and he was at Auburn, I've had a real great relationship with him," Palardy said. "Not many kickers in college have their own coach that knows what he's talking about. Sometimes they just say go kick 40-50 balls and then you're done. Coach Gran will critique what I'm doing right and wrong. When I do a good job, he'll let me know I'm doing it right. And when I do something wrong, he'll say, 'Listen, I'm going to point this out and you correct it and let me see how you do with it.''
 
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This kids videos on youtube is simply amazing some of it almost reminds me of that LeBron James commercial where he's supposed to be hitting the full court shots during practice. Except this kid is actually doing this stuff!
 
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CagleMtnVol said:
This kids videos on youtube is simply amazing some of it almost reminds me of that LeBron James commercial where he's supposed to be hitting the full court shots during practice. Except this kid is actually doing this stuff!
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The long punt into the soccer goal was LeBron-like.

He must be kicking some air out of the ball.
 
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v,b
 
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johnnylongball said:
Can't believe this guy didn't stay up for the big news. I'm sure his office is closed tomorrow for the 4th of July Holiday weekend.:salute:
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No..for some reason the Norwegians don't seem to care that it's the 4th of July :). I'm like an island of day-before-independence-day in a sea of an ordinary Friday.

Anyway...great news! All signs were pointing that way, but still GREAT to hear officially. V,b.
 
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english_vol said:
Glad we got him but last year he kicked 5 FGs seems a pretty low number for a whole season :confused:
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He plays for St. Thomas Aquinas...who scored just shy of 80 TDs last year. While the lack of game-time experience in kicking field goals is a downside...the lack of FGs is not indicative in a lack of leg or trust in his accuracy. It is simply because they didn't need him to kick FGs. Perhaps he'll get some more game experience this season, but probably not.
 
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I am legitimately thrilled to have landed this kid. I think it's nearly as important that we just landed the top kicking prospect itself as it is important to address the need. I realize not many prospects are going to jump on board with a kicking commitment, but by the end of the class if we have some Top 5-10 players at nearly every position, it's going to turn some heads.
 
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Maybe this guy will bring back the good ole days when we rolled out Jeff Hall and you knew he was going to nail it. I have been nervous about every kick since he graduated.

He sure has the potential to be huge difference maker on special teams
 
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He is built like Jeff. Jeff had a crazy work ethic. I used to catch his kickoffs and field goals when he practiced.
 
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