From Athens-This & That

Hey thriller....I "hear" ya and want the ST's to get better as well.

Two quick things........correct me if I'm wrong but as far as the kick coverage, it got much better the 2nd half of the year because CMR started putting some 1st stringers (best athletes) on those coverage teams. I know Beamer and Meyer did that as well as many other teams probably, so believe that part was "solved" at least.

Also interesting to me about Walsh and the Vikings coach.....wasn't he kicking off artificial turf in a dome stadium?? Got to be much better than off natural grass he was kicking off of during the season......but...no excuses for his misses, just a thought, that's all.

Kickers are going to miss some but what has always bugged me the most was our kick coverage. Believe that has been fixed.

If CMR isnt going to hire an ST coach then the least we can ask him to do is dedicate the amount of time that is required of him to get'em up to speed himself. Somebody has to be reponsible for such an important part of the game and I think the one responsible is the HC, bottom line. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

growl wrote: If CMR isnt going to hire an ST coach then the least we can ask him to do is dedicate the amount of time that is required of him to get'em up to speed himself. Somebody has to be reponsible for such an important part of the game and I think the one responsible is the HC, bottom line. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big YEP, growl.

growl, have gone back and looked at a couple of clips. From where I sit, it wasn't just last season, this has been creeping up on us for sometime. Young men forgot or would not use the basic skills learned in pee wee league up through high school. Tackling is a must drill, shoulder bumps do not bring these skilled backs down. Wrap them up. If I was running the special teams, my guarantee is that they would participate in tackling drills. Afraid of getting hurt in practice, play another sport, or use all of your scholarships.

Back in the Wally Butts, Shug Jordan and Bobby Dodd days, the tackling dummies had blood running through their veins. FACT.

yd1 another great post I hope everybody has a great weekend.Just put the best players own ST make it a Privilege to play own ST stop using freshman I hate to say this but do like (saban).

Jones pulls no punches a good read if you have not read it.

uga.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1387080

Dawg With Style wrote: yd1 another great post I hope everybody has a great weekend.Just put the best players own ST make it a Privilege to play own ST stop using freshman I hate to say this but do like (saban).

Jones pulls no punches a good read if you have not read it.

uga.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1387080

Great read DWS, thank you. Wish everyone had JJ's maturity, attitude and VISION.