Tech Kickers

[GTWannaBee]

This stat is ridiculous. Why can we not find a good kicker?

 

[jts1207]

#NeverForget

 

[Chattanooga Jacket]

If the staff couldn’t properly develop position players, what makes anyone think they could’ve developed specialists? Knowing what I know now, I’m not surprised. I hope the trend is broken in the first game with a game ending winning FG (50 yards) against Clemson.

 

[The Champ]

This stat is ridiculous. Why can we not find a good kicker?

The curse of Wesley Wells

 

[GTWannaBee]

If the staff couldn’t properly develop position players, what makes anyone think they could’ve developed specialists? Knowing what I know now, I’m not surprised. I hope the trend is broken in the first game with a game ending winning FG (50 yards) against Clemson.

You mean the staffs, right? This started under CPJ and continued through CGC.

 

[Chattanooga Jacket]

You mean the staffs, right? This started under CPJ and continued through CGC.

Correct. Whoever was the coach/recruiting, didn’t do a good job.

 

[The Champ]

You mean the staffs, right? This started under CPJ and continued through CGC.

We had 1 bad placekicking year in 11 seasons under CPJ, not sure that is a trend. CGC is 3-for-3.

 

[BuzzinWreck78]

incoming frosh aidan birr boomed 54 of his 79 kickoffs for touchbacks ....
but he's out for the year

Georgia Tech football: Incoming freshman kicker Birr recovering from torn ACL

The Texas native revealed in a social media post that he had suffered a torn ACL in April and he added an image of his right leg following surgery.

www.ajc.com

 

[thegtstunner08]

Scisson, Manget, Chambers, Bell, Blair, and Butker we're pretty dang good at Tech.

 

[helluvaparamedic]

The curse of Wesley Wells

More time expended as a member of the JUICE CREW than practicing FGs.

 

[ElCidBUZZingFAN]

That stat is just the new Charlottesville curse.

As I wouldn't give up '90 for the next 19 years of heartbreak, I'll take my lumps on this one for '14.


Our kicking since '19 has been true dog öööö tho.

 

[smokey_wasp]

It's been an embarrasment and I dunno why.

 

[AlaGold]

Do our coaches look for players than might get hurt? (or already are?).The new signee is ALREADY out? wow

 

[Chattanooga Jacket]

incoming frosh aidan birr boomed 54 of his 79 kickoffs for touchbacks ....
but he's out for the year

Georgia Tech football: Incoming freshman kicker Birr recovering from torn ACL

The Texas native revealed in a social media post that he had suffered a torn ACL in April and he added an image of his right leg following surgery.

www.ajc.com

I hope he recovers but I doubt he’ll ever kick for GT. He’ll probably transfer after receiving free medical care at GT.

 

[savbandjacket]

A lot of it looks to be the same reason everything else sucks. We seem to focus on things that don’t matter (like acting like morons on the field and logos for each player) and spend little time on the things that do.

 

[WracerX]

Well, there are a lot of things that factor in the number of 40+ yrd fg’s made.

First, a good offense is going to have few fg in general. And when they do kick a fg, it will be shorter. Then there is the whole number of possessions component. Game shortening offenses like CCG and CPJ have fewer offensive opportunities in general. Finally, there is a huge difference in a 40 yd fg and a 53 yd fg. We seem to be kicking a lot of desperation fg lately (as a percentage of overall fg attempts, which is also down) b

 

[BrentwoodJacket]

incoming frosh aidan birr boomed 54 of his 79 kickoffs for touchbacks ....
but he's out for the year

Georgia Tech football: Incoming freshman kicker Birr recovering from torn ACL

The Texas native revealed in a social media post that he had suffered a torn ACL in April and he added an image of his right leg following surgery.

www.ajc.com

How did he tear his ACL in April, soccer or baseball? We seem to have an abundance of bad luck.

 

[gtrower]

Well we had pretty much the best statistical kicker in the conference returning in 2019. But competition is king took care of that pretty quickly.

 

[swampsting]

In three years, we've lost exactly three games by three points or fewer.

 

[JoeCakeEater]

If the staff couldn’t properly develop position players, what makes anyone think they could’ve developed specialists? Knowing what I know now, I’m not surprised. I hope the trend is broken in the first game with a game ending winning FG (50 yards) against Clemson.

Football coaches don’t really develop kickers. They may put them in pressure situations during practice… but it’s not like Collins would be spending a lot of time critiquing leg path on these guys.