Nice read on the ST's improvement and also Ekeler's impact

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“Sometimes you give it to one guy and, first of all, it’s too much for one guy. The more you watch it, the more you realize it is too much for one guy,” Richt said. “Because a lot of other people don’t have any ownership because they think, ‘Oh, that’s (his) job. Let him worry about it.’ When you involve more coaches, there is more ownership by everybody.”

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This season, there hasn’t been any reluctance to insert the best personnel onto the field for ­special teams plays. As a result, the acceptance from the players’ side has improved, as well.
“There’s a lot of starters on special teams. We’ve got guys who want to be out there,” linebacker Amarlo Herrera said. “Guys in the past didn’t want do those things. You’ve got guys who want to do it now. And guys have to do it or they won’t be playing.”

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Just as some players have a knack for special teams, so do some coaches. And virtually every player who talked about special teams brought up the same coach’s name -- newcomer Mike Ekeler.

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