Kicker Head Issues

[HuntlandVolinColo]

The last kick had a high snap that affected the timing.

The first two were long but makable, but they could have been much shorter if not for penalties and busted plays.

 

[Pride85]

Ekeler and Heupel need a consistent field goal specialist who can make 40 plus yard field goals.

If that means moving Gilbert to kick off and Turbyville to field goal specialist to help this team then you make that move.

Until Saturday, Max Gilbert has missed 3 FGs total. You DO NOT bench a player because of one bad game. Man, I am glad you are not a coach on our team or we would not have any players left. SMHICD.

 

[GameTime]

Lately he has been falling hard off to his left as he kicks, thus the misses have begun to mount....Look at his former kicks....He use to step into his kicks...He may look like a third grader, but son a lot depends on you...

 

[Alto1]

Time for Turbyville!

I agree, give him a chance.
The bench can be a great motivator to get your head screwed on straight.

 

[oheron16]

Many of us know “Krazy Kickers” are the “Norm”…AND they can be as skittish as a squirrel…who’s gonna get Gilbert’s head “right” before next week? Heupel? Coach Ek? Sigmund Freud? Electro Shock Theropy?

someone find George Cafego!

 

[OC VOL FAN]

JT Carver. Watched the kid be money at 50 on high school. Not sure why he isn't being considered anymore. He was always solid

 

[WillisWG]

“It’s important for him just like any other player to have a great week of preparation,” Josh Heupel said of Gilbert on Monday as he looks to bounce back this week. “And I just think from from the first kick to the second kick [against Kentucky], he kind of overcorrected and kind of did the same thing on the third one too. So go find your groove, hit your sweet spot and go play ball.”

“Yeah, if you’ve seen me kick, you know I’m probably not the guy to to help him with his swing,” Heupel jokingly said on Monday. “No, I just, you know, Max hit the ball really well majority of the year. And he hits it that way in practice, too. So for him, resetting from kick to kick, but from week to week, too. It’s important for him just like any other player to have a great week of preparation.”

Heupel’s reaction to Gilbert’s struggles has been the opposite of recent remarks from Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham.

After kicker Ian Hershey’s 7-of-12 start to the season and an 0-2 showing against Cincinnati on Oct. 19, Dillingham embarrassed his own player by inviting Arizona State students to open tryouts for the kicker position on the following Monday.