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Question about Our Kicking Coach
Posted on 10/21/15 at 11:46 pm
Posted on 10/21/15 at 11:46 pm
Is Bobby Williams the guy that coaches the kickers? His official title says Special Teams Coordinator - I looked in his background and the guy has zero experience kicking as a player or coach. I know he gets a lot of shite for ruining our kickers, but who is the guy that actually coaches the kickers??
This post was edited on 10/22/15 at 7:10 am
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Posted on 10/22/15 at 7:39 am to HaveMercy
From what I've read, the kickers just kind of do their own thing during practice. They don't have a coach, per se. They then go to kicking camps during the offseason.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 8:46 am to HaveMercy
They don't exist in college. I wish the NCAA would allow an additional staff assistant.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 9:17 am to CapstoneGrad06
Why not have a GA coach the position?
Posted on 10/22/15 at 10:30 am to chattabama
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From what I've read, the kickers just kind of do their own thing during practice
This is correct. They work with S&C quite a bit, there might be a non-coach staff member that "coaches", other than that its just someone who helps them as far as getting and retrieving balls, etc...
Besides actual practice scenarios
Posted on 10/22/15 at 11:00 am to HaveMercy
It should be the golf coach. Hitting a golf ball and kicking a football are very similar and mostly mental.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 2:47 pm to HaveMercy
Thanks for the info - maybe they should get a kicker GA...
Posted on 10/22/15 at 6:10 pm to HaveMercy
I feel like this should be stickied, so that every time we miss a FG or have a bad punt there aren't 10 new threads about firing Bobby Williams. It seems to me like he just drew the short straw of having that title.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 9:41 pm to CaptSpaulding
Well, our TEs haven't been anything to write home about, and it isn't like Howard doesn't have the physical tools.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 10:03 pm to CaptSpaulding
Our special teams problems don't start and end with the kickers.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 10:54 pm to imjustafatkid
I have always heard that Bobby Williams doesn't coach any aspect of special teams. I've heard he works with tight ends, and also that he handles special teams formations on the sidelines on Gameday. Does anyone know if that's true? There are even people in this thread that are saying that neither he or anyone else actually coaches the kickers. I feel like I have also heard Saban say before that special teams is a staff-wide effort, and not just one persons job.
My point is, if this is true, then I feel like Bobby Williams deserves a break, and we actually have a systematic issue with special teams where there isn't one expert that can coach this aspect of the game. When the secondary sucked, Saban didn't just tell all the coaches to put their heads together and figure it out, he hired Mel Tucker. Why not do the same for special teams?
My point is, if this is true, then I feel like Bobby Williams deserves a break, and we actually have a systematic issue with special teams where there isn't one expert that can coach this aspect of the game. When the secondary sucked, Saban didn't just tell all the coaches to put their heads together and figure it out, he hired Mel Tucker. Why not do the same for special teams?
Posted on 10/23/15 at 5:20 am to CaptSpaulding
Considering the defense Tucker had at Chicago, hiring him was not a sure thing. He has made a world of difference.
Posted on 10/23/15 at 12:20 pm to chattabama
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From what I've read, the kickers just kind of do their own thing during practice. They don't have a coach, per se.
And it shows.
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