Film Guy's take on the Bama loss

[denver]

Talty missed one a couple of weeks ago that I swear looked like it would go out of bounds, one of the worst I’ve ever seen. He’s got quite a bit to clean up himself before jumping on anyone else. The staff ought to line him up with some hitting drills against the long snapper today and tomorrow to get his mind right, because something certainly ain’t right with him.

When on the hash, he tends to snatch at the ball and it hooks. His follow through is off. If you watch consistent kickers, they hit a 25 yard kick the same as a 45 yard kick - its the technique that gives consistency. Cant remember the game but there was a wild hook from short range..and it wasn't the snap...this wasn't the snap either. Whoever is coaching the kickers needs to make him make 10 in a row from each hash and in the middle....from 30/35/40/45 in practice

 

[CrimsonBloodn62]

When on the hash, he tends to snatch at the ball and it hooks. His follow through is off. If you watch consistent kickers, they hit a 25 yard kick the same as a 45 yard kick - its the technique that gives consistency. Cant remember the game but there was a wild hook from short range..and it wasn't the snap...this wasn't the snap either. Whoever is coaching the kickers needs to make him make 10 in a row from each hash and in the middle....from 30/35/40/45 in practice

The odds of Talty hitting 10 straight from each of those distances are worse than the odds of winning the lottery.

 

[CB4]

The odds of Talty hitting 10 straight from each of those distances are worse than the odds of winning the lottery.

Wonder if any of those students that kicked on ESPN GameDay have any eligibility left?

 

[cthorne22]

I think Bray Hubbard is, but other than him, the last “ ornery “, physically tough guy that comes to mind is Landon Dickerson. At least on the O line.

Tyler Booker was most definitely a tough guy.

I'm not big on challenging dudes manhood who are actually in the game.

That being said, kickers need to shut up and kick, or just play soccer.

 

[81usaf92]

Yall can talk about kickers all you want. But there have been several times where Saban brought in one of the best kickers in the country and they looked like they never kicked a ball in their life. The only kicker that ever improved under saban was tiffin and the only kicker where the hype was real was reichard.

There was a story in which one of Stallings player development guys bugged him for months about an elite high school kicker. Stallings relented and gave the kid a scholarship. Kid gets here and couldn’t kick worth crap. Stallings basically said “anyone ever suggests for me to waste a scholarship on a kicker ever again is fired”

Kickers are crapshoots. I don’t know if it’s the depth perception of playing in closed stadiums or the pressure but when they get to bama they just suck.

 

[81usaf92]

I agree with all of this. He has knowledge of the game and makes good analysis but no real source to Alabama . To be fair to him I haven’t heard him apply to much inside knowledge but then I don’t watch everything he makes.

well he is that guy that went on after the fsu game saying that he was hearing Alabama is letting players dictate when they want to practice and that Alabama didn’t practice but one day during the bye week between Wisconsin and Georgia. Every anti DeBoer bama fan ate it up and flocked to the boards about it and wouldn’t listen to guys like Rodney Orr who were saying that everything this guy was saying was categorically untrue.

 

[cthorne22]

Yall can talk about kickers all you want. But there have been several times where Saban brought in one of the best kickers in the country and they looked like they never kicked a ball in their life. The only kicker that ever improved under saban was tiffin and the only kicker where the hype was real was reichard.

There was a story in which one of Stallings player development guys bugged him for months about an elite high school kicker. Stallings relented and gave the kid a scholarship. Kid gets here and couldn’t kick worth crap. Stallings basically said “anyone ever suggests for me to waste a scholarship on a kicker ever again is fired”

Kickers are crapshoots. I don’t know if it’s the depth perception of playing in closed stadiums or the pressure but when they get to bama they just suck.

All true

 

[OBMS]

Michael Carroll is a very good start when it comes to "change". Man that kid is athletic and is going to be a beast. He is the type of OL'man I believe DeBoer and crew are wanting.

The sack Ty took that turned the ball over at the end of the third quarter was created by Carrol completely whiffing on a 280 lb defensive end who beat him one on one with an outside speed rush on 3rd and 9. Let that sink in for just a minute. A 280 lb speed rush that he never even laid a hand on. Not the guy on the other side at about 230. The offensive play call was a five man route with no check down and no OL help with a TE chip or a back. There are several things to be said. The staff obviously believes Carrol can make that block. He didn't. What are they seeing in practice to lead them to that call? The whiff was directly in Ty's face. It is his job to see that and do one of two things; eat the ball or get rid of it. He did neither. So we have several options for blame. I am out of the school that says if the staff calls that play and you get surprised, eat it and punt. I also don't believe the staff should put the line or Ty in that situation at that point in the game.