Punt Returner

[MEANGREENCOACH2]

WE NEED A NEW ONE... Or at least somebody who has the balls to catch it when they should catch it... I think it was Darden not sure but he was letting it bounce Wayyyyyyy to much and then the time he fair caught it was on the 6 yard line...  Against better teams we need to fair catch the ball so our offense doesn't have to go 90 yards to score..

[Harry]

1 minute ago, MEANGREENCOACH2 said:

WE NEED A NEW ONE... Or at least somebody who has the balls to catch it when they should catch it... I think it was Darden not sure but he was letting it bounce Wayyyyyyy to much and then the time he fair caught it was on the 6 yard line...  Against better teams we need to fair catch the ball so our offense doesn't have to go 90 yards to score..

I am assuming he was being told what to do, and if so it's as much of a coaching issue as anything.  You're correct tho they better straighten that up really fast as it will come back to bite us.

[MEANGREENCOACH2]

Well then we need a new coach telling him what to do.. he easily could have caught those punts instead of letting them bounce on the 30 yard line and roll to the 8.

So we put 2 guys back there to try and catch it then we muff it??? 

Good gravy, are we the only school in the country that can't have a single person deep to catch the ball?

[97and03]

I was surprised since the punt return game took off once Darden took over last year. 

[GMG24]

Think the wind was really messing with Darden.  I’ll chalk it up to game 1 mess ups.  I fully expect that to be fixed going forward.  Biagi is one of the best in the business. 

[UNT 90 Grad]

The punt return game started off slow last year.  They also played with the dual returners at the first part of last year, with poor results IMO.  I was surprised to see them whip that out again last night.

Edited September 3, 2018 by UNT 90 Grad

[Cooley]

Maybe it's time to bring in Brewer. Oh wait...

[MEANGREENCOACH2]

2 minutes ago, Cooley said:

Maybe it's time to bring in Brewer. Oh wait...

Lol... Sat by the kids mom real nice lady!

[kingwoodgreen]

I was sitting close to field and saw Seth with his arm around him right after one of the non catches. I think he was one on one letting him know he can’t have that ...

[GrandGreen]

There was some wicked bounces with those rugby kicks, I don't think NT or Darden wanted to chance a fumble.  

I thought SMU punting was the best part of their offense.   You can't fair catch a bouncing ball. 

Edited September 3, 2018 by GrandGreen

[FirefightnRick]

23 minutes ago, kingwoodgreen said:

I was sitting close to field and saw Seth with his arm around him right after one of the non catches. I think he was one on one letting him know he can’t have that ...

Agree.  And I guarantee it was addressed each time and is corrected by next week.

 

Rick

[Huff]

A really good football coach once told me that we dont need a punt returner.....we need a punt catcher.  His point was that we needed to catch the ball so that it does not bounce and bounce and bounce.  We need to work on that this week.   A second thing that he said was to stand no farther back than the ten yard line and do not back up.  If the punt goes over your head it will almost always go into the end zone.  We need to work on that, too.

[Cerebus]

R E L A X

I still trust Darden. It's the first game, coaches will fix this.

[KingDL1]

2 hours ago, GMG24 said:

Think the wind was really messing with Darden.  I’ll chalk it up to game 1 mess ups.  I fully expect that to be fixed going forward.  Biagi is one of the best in the business. 

What wind? It was nearly still on several of those opportunities. 

I agree I think it will get fixed

 

[UNTLifer]

Darden is electric and will be fine.