It's getting to be embarrassing now. 7 of the 14 points came from yet another kick return for a touchdown. And if you think about it. The D stopped Pitt on their lone TD drive only to have the drive kept alive because of encroachment by Nicco "cut your fuckin hair" Fertita. The arguing between BK and BP on the sideline on a game day basis is further embarrassing. Watching BK ask Polian "what the fuck happened" regularly reminds me of two drunk brothers arguing at an Elks club. I know Polian is a good recruiter but special teams is a huge encumbrance right now.
I’ll say it again: if you want special teams to be special, you need a head coach who believes in their worth and sets the tone from day one.
this because in Kelly's 8 years, he's never even attempted to make the unit better. Yes, he's given lip services but that's it. Words and action are two totally different things. A lot of what Kelly says isn't even remotely close to what he actually does. Like two years ago when he said there was one guy giving effort and that was Dexter Williams and he wold be rewarded the following week. Yet, the following week, Dex didn't start and received like two carries. That's the type lip service Kelly has always done and is exactly what he does with ST.
Kelly consistently says the things people want to hear and then does nothing about it. There is no action in actually improving ST. It's just talk. It's been so bad under his reign that the tinniest amount of effort would be noticable. IMO Kelly doesn't view the game as having 3 facets. He thinks it's only composed of O and D, and whatever happens on ST, you make it up with either your O or D.
Who else did he land besides Te’o? I can’t name anyone else worth mentioning. I’m glad we have MTA but Manti was as much as Weis as it was Polian. They don’t get downfield nearly fast enough, take bag angles and overall look slow and it can’t be because we don’t have athletes.
If he were a “slam dunk” recruiter then he would have gotten us Kyler Gordon, Julius Irvin, and Solomon T out west in 2018. They would have been enormous gets but we whiffed on all three.
in the last decade anyway? I mean I know we have, but I think it's literally like 1. So what was the freaking hurry?
Good point...let him continue to recruit but they need a new special teams coach...el quicko..
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Yup....
When is the last time we blocked a punt or field goal?