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Vestavia Punter

Posted on 10/16/26 at 8:38 pm
Posted by 88TIger
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 10/16/26 at 8:38 pm
I am watching the Vestavia v Hewitt game and don't understand why we don't go after punters like this kid. He is doing some great punts tonight. We go out of the country to get punters but maybe should be looking closer to home...

Thoughts?
Posted by Bigbens42
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Member since Nov 2013
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Posted on 10/16/26 at 8:56 pm to
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Thoughts?


Unfortunately there’s gonna have to be a bit of whip around back to traditional punting after the recent new hotness of Aussies
Posted by RandySavage
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Member since May 2012
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Posted on 10/16/26 at 8:56 pm to
They probably go wherever they think they can get the best punter.
Posted by pdfield34
Member since Aug 2022
777 posts
Posted on 10/16/26 at 9:00 pm to
No expert but I believe it's pretty much a no brainer that the Australian rugby guys are on another level. Look up such things as spiral bomb kick.

There's a video somewhere from Kirby Smart chastising a reporter for saying something flippant about someone fielding punts. He basically retorts that it's a big deal that today's punts can be even caught at all.

That's also why our guys fair catching on the 5 is not an issue. The guys are really good at deadening the ball.
Posted by 88TIger
Member since Nov 2012
3725 posts
Posted on 10/16/26 at 9:19 pm to
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Look up such things as spiral bomb kick.


I hear what you are saying but American punters work on their game as well. We need accuracy, hang time & distance. Not all aussies are great kickers. I know they have an academy down there. This punter has been hitting them into the wind and putting them out of bounds at the 5 or less
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