TigerOne 1,113 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Amazing isn't it? Reasons and solutions in article. Makes you wonder what or why even practice in August. Just wing it until the middle of September and hope it works out. https://www.oanow.com/sports/college/auburn/football/dead-last-in-fbs-in-punt-coverage-auburn-works-to/article_9ff537ba-d422-11e9-8060-bbf78cb48de0.html "The Tigers are giving up 35.8 yards per return on punt coverage so far this season, giving up 179 yards there on five returns over two games. Auburn’s adjusting with head coach Gus Malzahn calling for punter Arryn Siposs to kick his punts higher and to give the Auburn coverage team more time to get to the opposing return man." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUsince72 11,084 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 38 minutes ago, TigerOne said: 35.8 yards per return on punt coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hspoprn 199 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Who is the special teams coach ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82b4au 5,568 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 With our defense, if we could just get the special teams to step up we can win a few games that people are predicting we will lose. If our ST continues to stink, well that may cost us a game or 2. This needs to be corrected asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeek 16,525 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 The coverage isn't his fault but Siposs hasn't really been booming many kicks either... might know he can't out punt his coverage with how bad it has been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,801 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Calling it now. Our special teams will ultimately be the reason the bottom falls out for Gus. We will have one of those games that we have to win to keep hot seat talk at bay and a major return will be the difference in the game. It just seems like it would be a fittingly tragic and poetic end to the Gus era. Used up all his juice to fix up the defense and in turned ruined the offense and ignored special teams to the point where it marks the end of him. Not rooting for this to happen, mind you but I can honestly see this playing out. With such slim margin for error due to our offense and such an apparent weakness on special teams it can most certainly burn us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper 3,106 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 2 hours ago, gr82b4au said: If our ST continues to stink, well that may cost us a game or 2. Cost us the 2013 National Championship...twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerOfDixieland 3,223 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Zeek said: The coverage isn't his fault but Siposs hasn't really been booming many kicks either... might know he can't out punt his coverage with how bad it has been There was pre-season chatter on this board that made him seem like a legitiimate Heisman candidate. Gus never told him we're not playing with Australian rules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerPAC 944 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 siposs is not kicking 60 yarders, but his punts have NOT been low line drives either. the other 10 have to get down there in spots and make a tackle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyehardfanAU 2,117 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 4 hours ago, Tiger said: Calling it now. Our special teams will ultimately be the reason the bottom falls out for Gus. We will have one of those games that we have to win to keep hot seat talk at bay and a major return will be the difference in the game. It just seems like it would be a fittingly tragic and poetic end to the Gus era. Used up all his juice to fix up the defense and in turned ruined the offense and ignored special teams to the point where it marks the end of him. Not rooting for this to happen, mind you but I can honestly see this playing out. With such slim margin for error due to our offense and such an apparent weakness on special teams it can most certainly burn us. It'll be one of the reasons but the main reason will be his inability to evaluate, recruit, and develop offensive players. We don't have a single position group on offense that is championship caliber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUpreacherman22 3,841 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Not surprised by this stat. It is incredibly sad! We need someone to be the next Craig Sanders! That dude played kick and punt coverage as well as I have ever seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aucanucktiger 1,784 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Recruiting maestro and TE/H back coach Larry Porter is listed as our guy in charge of special teams. Not his first ST stint, he was UNCs ST coach before coming to Auburn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdgeneration 6,458 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 It looks like tackling is the problem to me. I have noticed that our kids aren't wrapping up like they did last year, even. Do we have a lot of youth on the punt coverage team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yngwie1995 2,225 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 That means one thing....nowhere to go but up? Maybe we should just be like that one team that never punts. They also onside kick every time, unless they're up big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,461 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Last season we gave up a total of 37 yards in punt returns. The WHOLE season, 37 yards. This year 131 yards in just two games. This isn't the punter's fault, he's doing fine. Who or what ever changed needs to go back to last year's system. Kick coverage this year is the worst I've ever seen at AU and that covers a bunch of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,287 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Kick coverage is all about heart and effort. It's a Jimmy/Joe thing, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82be 14,363 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 15 minutes ago, bigbird said: Kick coverage is all about heart and effort. It's a Jimmy/Joe thing, IMO. Well that explains it because ours looks to be a Larry/Moe thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburn4ever 1,266 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I hope we don't get flagged again after scoring the go ahead touchdown. Remember? we had to kickoff from our 25. That could have cost us big time against Oregon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully to Beasley 643 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 22 hours ago, TigerPAC said: siposs is not kicking 60 yarders, but his punts have NOT been low line drives either. the other 10 have to get down there in spots and make a tackle. Here here...a voice of reason! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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