Punt returning not good!

Displaced Bama Fan

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Jun 5, 2000
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Yeah, a couple of holding calls hurt us, but Arkansas being in Brooks face to plow him down hurt more. Congrats to Arkansas and their special teams coverage. They did it the way it should be done.
 

Bamarooski

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Nov 22, 2002
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That was my point also he jumped in the air to field a punt not very good judgement all day, however we did get good penetration several times and got close to blocking a few punts.
 

drjamesm

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Nov 12, 2003
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Punt returns

I have said all year after every game that we have played punts very poorly.....of course no one has believed me! I do believe that is one facet of the team that must be corrected.

drjamesm
 

PANABAMA

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Dec 5, 1999
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He is going to have better judgement on fair catches and letting the ball go or he's going to get hurt and possibly cost us a game . There is a difference between being fearless and being reckless ! One thing I have to hand the kid. He can take a hit !rtr...
 

BamaSlama

1st Team
Jan 11, 2003
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What about the punt coverage???

While the punt return team was obviously underwhelming, (you can't just let the opposition cover and whack your return man untouched time after time), I'm also highly concerned about our punt coverage. Whether you like the call or not, the fact is we had the chance to pin Ark deep inside the five on two occasions and came up short due to sloppy punt coverage. Play selection is much different when your tail is shading the goal line than when your operating twenty yards downfield. Was this just a bad game or does special teams need more attention at practice? Since I haven't noticed the sloppy play in the previous games, I'm gonna hope it was just a young group having a bad day.

ROLL TIDE!!
 

ajacks04

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Jul 15, 2004
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to me, it seems as if BB is very uncomfortable catching the football. i know i'm terrified every time he goes back there. he looks much better on kickoff returns but i think we need to try tyrone or maybe caddell on those punts. he's just to inconsistent with the ball control.
 

cbfactor

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Feb 12, 2004
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The worst part is not the fair catch mistakes, but our inability to go up and field the short kicks before they roll some 20 yards.....
 

drjamesm

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Amen

All of the above....which says our punt team needs a change badly! If everyone agrees here it can't be a fluke. Our unspecial teams cost us 10-15 yards in field position almost every exchange it seems.Hey,do you think Coach U reads this?
drjamesm
 

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