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Posted on 4/14/14 at 10:41 pm to Razorback Reverend
Posted on 4/14/14 at 10:41 pm to Razorback Reverend
You say it improved across the board, but in reality it was having Adams at punt returner instead of Fish at muff returner or Hillis fair catching punts, etc, my original point.
KOR? Both had good squads. Bert could have a good squad with KM back there.
Kickers? Petrino had Nutt's for 2 years, Hocker was a late offer, so, Camaro or whoever that was must of been damn good. Bert is going to have a tough go finding a kicker as good as Hocker.
Nutt's biggest folly on STs was not having scholarship kickers, he was able to get good kickers (Dan Bailey for example) but he and Saban refuse to give a scholarship to a guy who can win or lose you a game for some reason.
I'm just glad the days of walk-on kickers is over.
KOR? Both had good squads. Bert could have a good squad with KM back there.
Kickers? Petrino had Nutt's for 2 years, Hocker was a late offer, so, Camaro or whoever that was must of been damn good. Bert is going to have a tough go finding a kicker as good as Hocker.
Nutt's biggest folly on STs was not having scholarship kickers, he was able to get good kickers (Dan Bailey for example) but he and Saban refuse to give a scholarship to a guy who can win or lose you a game for some reason.
I'm just glad the days of walk-on kickers is over.
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Posted on 4/14/14 at 10:47 pm to DaleDenton
I think we took Hocker for granted because he is so damn good. Hedlund will be a good replacement though.
I remember in Hocker's freshman year, I was at the Georgia game in Athens and he kicked a 45 yarder that went over the top of the uprights. It could have been a 60 yarder. Even the Georgia fans were saying holy shite, who is this kid.
I remember in Hocker's freshman year, I was at the Georgia game in Athens and he kicked a 45 yarder that went over the top of the uprights. It could have been a 60 yarder. Even the Georgia fans were saying holy shite, who is this kid.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 3:28 pm to DaleDenton
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Nutt's biggest folly on STs was not having scholarship kickers, he was able to get good kickers (Dan Bailey for example) but he and Saban refuse to give a scholarship to a guy who can win or lose you a game for some reason.
I never understood this mentality. I get a bumbling idiot like Nutt not realizing the importance of a scholarship kicker, but I'll never understand why a guy like Saban wouldn't have one.
Saban inherited his only good kicker (Tiffin) from Shula, had his own kicker cost him one National Title (last year) and nearly cost him another (2011).
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