Can we trade punters?

[Brave Volunteer]

Or offer Virginia's a huge NIL deal? He's phenomenal! Ours? Ughhh!

 

[spacificislander]

Or offer Virginia's a huge NIL deal? He's phenomenal! Ours? Ughhh!

Just said this to myself

 

[spacificislander]

I hate this running around crap

 

[fossilfiction]

Or offer Virginia's a huge NIL deal? He's phenomenal! Ours? Ughhh!

He should be at 34.

 

[Frozevol]

90 yards Nico!

 

[Vol865]

I hate this running around crap

Gives gunners time to get downfield. Not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Pride85]

Or offer Virginia's a huge NIL deal? He's phenomenal! Ours? Ughhh!

Why? He is only averaging 6 yards more per punt, and that even includes the two shanks by Ross. Do you people absolutely have to find someone on the team to complain about? It is game ONE. If he doesn't improve, then complain!

 

[hardyemt_p]

I hate this running around crap

I get the concept of getting our gunners down there but I'm like you can't stand it

 

[bicenTENNial]

I hate this punting philosophy... If we can't find something better than this we might be in trouble...I just don't understand who on the coaching staff thinks this is alright or the best way to punt the football

 

[A2K]

Sounds juvenile, I know. Our punter is not only not good.....but..he is also the weirdest looking punter that I have ever watched. I watch him and think....I don't understand!

 

[volfeeva]

The punter runs sideways by default. He has 30 yards of free space in front of him and he still runs 20 yards sideways before he kicks it. Did they not see this in practice ?

 

[volfeeva]

Gives gunners time to get downfield. Not necessarily a bad thing.

I could accept this strategy if he was nailing it down field but he's shanking it out of bounds at mid-field He will cost us in a close game if it's not fixed

 

[orangebloodgmc]

Are there no Colquitts or Clabos out there?

 

[Vol865]

I could accept this strategy if he was nailing it down field but he's shanking it out of bounds at mid-field He will cost us in a close game if it's not fixed

He's not Paxton Brooks. He's a rugby punter from Australia. He's not going to punt like a traditional punter.

 

[volroadwarrior]

I believe it will get fixed. This was his first game of American football and he can adjust to kick it downfield and not out of bounds. He has the distance if he keeps it in bounds.

 

[Other_Guy]

The gameplan tho was out kick the coverage and let Williams kill them.

 

[Dansky]

Sounds juvenile, I know. Our punter is not only not good.....but..he is also the weirdest looking punter that I have ever watched. I watch him and think....I don't understand!

Well hopefully the coaches know better than us, but it look sketchy. I gotta think there are some high schools kicker that would do just as well. But we are just dumb fans.

 

[DixieVol]

Wild that he can punt with either leg. That’s different

 

[butchna]

It's the important things...

 

[ProfessorD]

Gives gunners time to get downfield. Not necessarily a bad thing.

What do they need to get down field for if you’re just going to kick it out of bounds 35 yards. He got a little better at the end but worse punting in Tennessee history.

 

[Lars]

Why? He is only averaging 6 yards more per punt, and that even includes the two shanks by Ross. Do you people absolutely have to find someone on the team to complain about? It is game ONE. If he doesn't improve, then complain!

Two shanks in game one does not bode well for the young man.

 

[Pride85]

He got better as the game went on. I write it off as the first game jitters. Unlike a lot on this site, I don't freak out if every single player doesn't have a perfect game the first game of the season. From what I saw, he might want to roll to the left and go with the left foot more often. Most improvement is between game 1 and game 2.

 

[number1volfanfrom76]

I was just praying it got past mid-field!!

 

[Pride85]

This is the first game punting for UT for Mr. Ross. If he continues to struggle, I will then worry. The last two punts were much better.

 

[turbovol]

Gives gunners time to get downfield. Not necessarily a bad thing.

You're kicking the ball with your body half-turned to the right, which has to make it harder to get your foot solidly on the ball. That said, he's an Aussie whom I assume is used to kicking the ball Aussie rules style, which is the technique he seems to be using for us--but you wouldn't know it by the way he was shanking the ball today.