'10 FL K Michael Palardy

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he said 2 days ago he was all vol....the article on tos said hes waiting on staff to call him surely to goodness they will call the number 1 kicker in the nation
 
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Lord Vader said:
He is still all Vol. Has not talked to Dooley yet but is very eager...
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Considering the coaching bio of the ST guy we may be bringing in, Palardy would crazy not to get exited about coming here..... Without further ado, here it is:


Eric Russel:
Mike Leach always preaches playing well on "all three sides of the ball," and the 10th year head coach showed his commitment that phrase with the hiring of one of the top special teams coaches in the country in Eric Russell. The 41-year-old Idaho native comes to the South Plains after spending a highly successful two seasons in the same position at Louisiana Tech.
In his first year at Tech, he helped make the Bulldogs one of the top overall return teams in the country. Tech ranked No. 8 in punt return average and No. 26 in kickoff returns. Philip Beck ranked fourth in the country individually in punt return average.
Russell helped punter Chris Keagle average 41.3 yards a punt and earn first team All-WAC honors. Keagle and the punt coverage unit ranked No. 27 in the nation in net punting and tops in the WAC.
The Bulldogs also developed quite a reputation for blocking kicks as freshman Dominique Faust blocked three field goals and one punt while as a team Tech blocked a total of five kicks.
Russell spent 13 seasons at North Texas, including five as the special teams coordinator, where he led some of the nation's top special teams units. During his tenure at North Texas, Russell helped lead the program to four-straight Sun Belt Conference titles and four-consecutive appearances in the New Orleans Bowl from 2001 through 2004.
His Mean Green special teams units were annually ranked among the best in the Sun Belt Conference in punt returns, kickoff coverage and field goal percentage. North Texas ranked No. 1 in the Sun Belt in net punting in 2002 and 2003 and No. 1 in kick returns in 2002.
The Mean Green ranked No. 1 in the country in punt return defense and No. 3 in kick return defense in 2003, and No. 5 in kick return defense in 2005. During his time as special teams coordinator, North Texas blocked 14 punts, including seven during the 2003 season.
Russell helped develop two of the top kickers in the program's history in Jason Ball, who set the school record for consecutive field goals made, and Nick Bazaldua, who became the school's all-time scoring leader.
In addition to his special teams duties, Russell served as the defensive tackles coach from 1994 through 2000 before taking over the North Texas defensive ends starting in 2001 and outside linebackers in 2006.
Russell coached 15 all-conference selections during his time at North Texas, including Adrian Awasom, who developed into a Lombardi and Hendricks Award candidate and who finished his career as the Sun Belt Conferences all-time sack leader.
Prior to joining the North Texas staff in 1994, Russell served as a graduate assistant at New Mexico in 1993 and at Idaho in 1991.
An all-state quarterback at St. Marie's High School, Russell was named the Idaho Offensive Player of the Year as a senior before earning all-conference honors at Spokane (Wash.) Falls Community College in 1986-87.
 
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lets hope vegas31........ by the way 1000th post :fireworks: :rock2: but i was hopin i didnt have to have this name on my thousandth post
 
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Lord Vader said:
yea, Dooley was also the Special Teams coach at LSU for Saban...
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Coach Conrad dissected Oach Dooley's special teams over the past 3 years over on TOS and I came away with the impression that he wasn't overly impressed. This hire will definitely help.
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Lord Vader said:
He is still all Vol. Has not talked to Dooley yet but is very eager...
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I believe he is still a Vol also, but the Miami rumor needs to be squashed. Apparently he's headed there next weekend for an OV. There's no "vacation" logic for him to be going there, so there has to be small interest but that's JMO...

I'd rather him not even take visits if he's as solid as reports are saying...
 
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MrBamSeydu said:
I believe he is still a Vol also, but the Miami rumor needs to be squashed. Apparently he's headed there next weekend for an OV. There's no "vacation" logic for him to be going there, so there has to be small interest but that's JMO...

I'd rather him not even take visits if he's as solid as reports are saying...
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He said the only reason he is going is just in case the new staff decides to drop his offer.
 
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for those of you who haven't heard Parlady and his HS coach are not impressed with our choice of Eric Russel as ST coach. He's concerned with the performance of LA Tech kickers as well. Furthermore there was a huge meltdown on Volquest when one member insulted both Parlady and his HS Coach(who frequents volquest message boards). Parlady then blocked UT fans from his facebook and put something on his status to the effect of him re-thinking his commitment. Hope this all blows over quickly as he may be our most important recruit
 
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paulwall said:
for those of you who haven't heard Parlady and his HS coach are not impressed with our choice of Eric Russel as ST coach. He's concerned with the performance of LA Tech kickers as well. Furthermore there was a huge meltdown on Volquest when one member insulted both Parlady and his HS Coach(who frequents volquest message boards). Parlady then blocked UT fans from his facebook and put something on his status to the effect of him re-thinking his commitment. Hope this all blows over quickly as he may be our most important recruit
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Well that explains it. They should've been HERE, not Volquest. They both would've seen how anxious we are to have Palardy here.
 
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Wouldn't worry about him. He said in an interview earlier that unless they pulled his scholly he was coming to k-town.
 
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