Special Teams Performance today

[stingmeyall]

What a pathetic performance from ST's today. Another missed chip shot FG, Horrible kick and punt coverage. Punter mishandling snap and barely getting kick off. We were very fortunate these mistakes didn't come back to haunt us. We really need to work on our coverage teams. My guess is we are near the bottom of FB1 in yardage allowed on kick and punt returns.

 

[GTCrew4b]

What a pathetic performance from ST's today. Another missed chip shot FG, Horrible kick and punt coverage. Punter mishandling snap and barely getting kick off. We were very fortunate these mistakes didn't come back to haunt us. We really need to work on our coverage teams. My guess is we are near the bottom of FB1 in yardage allowed on kick and punt returns.

We did block a kick which looked large and wasn’t the chip shot a 50 yarder that was a pretty narrow miss? Punter is an issue for sure. Kick stuff was bizarre as well.

 

[thegtstunner08]

It needs to be addressed. It was awful today.

 

[LagrangeJacket]

Almost cost us the game against Dook too.

 

[savbandjacket]

I’m tired of bad field goal attempts.

 

[GT98]

It has been "special" the last 2 games. Need to tighten up coverage and pronto.

 

[GTCrew4b]

I’m tired of bad field goal attempts.

Asinine.

 

[wesleyd21]

It’s weird because special teams was great against Syracuse (except for Birr, naturally).

 

[murrayjacket]

Birr cannot hit from the right hash. It's pretty dumb to keep setting him up there.

 

[gnats67]

We did block a kick which looked large and wasn’t the chip shot a 50 yarder that was a pretty narrow miss? Punter is an issue for sure. Kick stuff was bizarre as well.

The punter bobbling the snap when it hit him right in the hands in a critical situation is a firing offense. He can do the job but he's unreliable. Unacceptable. But he's a senior and will be serviceable with the right admonition for the rest of the season.The coverage on ST stunk to high heaven. The overall play was spotty and erratic with some spotty and dumbshit coaching mixed in. However. A win is a win and that's what we traveled up there to come home with and we did. Good job, Jackets! And thank the good Lord.

 

[GoldenIsle]

Didn’t UL get a ST TD on us? I believe it was a blocked punt and scoop for a TD.

 

[wesleyd21]

Tech has NEVER had a good special teams unit. Ever.

 

[Chattanooga Jacket]

It’s weird how a kicker can be reliable one year and unreliable the next. That kind of inconsistency won’t get Birr to the NFL.

 

[89Tex]

So many mistakes. But so happy for the win.

I’d rather look like dog isht and win than look like world beaters and lose.

 

[Techfan02]

Birr cannot hit from the right hash. It's pretty dumb to keep setting him up there.

I feel like he'll hit the biggest kick from the right hash at some point this year

 

[Techfan02]

Tech has NEVER had a good special teams unit. Ever.

Kicker in kansas city would like a word

 

[gnats67]

Kicker in kansas city would like a word

Coach Dodd would also like a word. Careful when you say NEVER.

 

[wesleyd21]

Coach Dodd would also like a word. Careful when you say NEVER.

How about in my 43 years as a GT fan?

Even Butker had his struggles here.

 

[GT65_UGA89]

For the most part our kickoffs have been going through the end zone, but there have been a few returned over the last couple of weeks.

 

[smokey_wasp]

Birr is now 5-5 from 20-29 and 1-5 from 40 and above. Hasn't attempted from 30-39 yet.