Special Teams

I have more confidence in Dewitt for the following reasons:

1.  A lot of the problems I see are the players not executing

2.  I don't recall UCF having these kind of special team gaffes

3.  Dewitt is smart and when you listen to his interviews whenever he answers a question about special teams it's obvious he has analyzed the problems and knows what needs to happen to fix them.

I don't want anyone else coaching special teams.

 
I am sorry but I am having a very difficult time believeing that Frost asked Lightbourn to onside kick the ball. He is just trying cover for his kicker’s horrible blunder which will be highlighted in ESPN’s not so top 10 plays. Asking Lightbourn to execute an onside kick is like asking a seven year old to dunk a basketball.

 
huskerfan74 said:
I am sorry but I am having a very difficult time believeing that Frost asked Lightbourn to onside kick the ball. He is just trying cover for his kicker’s horrible blunder which will be highlighted in ESPN’s not so top 10 plays. Asking Lightbourn to execute an onside kick is like asking a seven year old to dunk a basketball.
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Come on - there is zero chance that the play was anything except onside kick.  the entire left side of the line was attacking to a certain area and at least one if not two were offside.

 
Is there a chance that the team is spending so much time focusing on installing the offense and defense that the ST's has taken a back burner.  Also as mentioned above our D depth isn't great and that shows up on ST more than anywhere.

We should see a better unit next year and the third version should be great with the addition of more recruits over the next 2 years.

 
GBRFAN said:
Is there a chance that the team is spending so much time focusing on installing the offense and defense that the ST's has taken a back burner.  Also as mentioned above our D depth isn't great and that shows up on ST more than anywhere.

We should see a better unit next year and the third version should be great with the addition of more recruits over the next 2 years.
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I have said this all season. Frost and staff has been trying to install new offenses and defenses, along with instilling a new culture. Plus, they had a returning 2-year starter and scholarship player at punter. They didn’t expect him to be a complete failure. They probably tried to just get by on special teams this year. Unfortunately, NU was in some close games which special teams had cost the team some games. I expect the ST to improve significantly going forward. 

 
Does CL transfer after the season?  He has had such a weird career here between the SF situation and now a staff that shows they would prefer a walk on that "earns" the job.  Did he use a redshirt?

 
GBRFAN said:
Does CL transfer after the season?  He has had such a weird career here between the SF situation and now a staff that shows they would prefer a walk on that "earns" the job.  Did he use a redshirt?
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He hasn’t red shirted yet.

I feel bad for the kid.  He was put in a tough spot when he got here and really never responded.

I don’t think you should ever Scholly a punter until they are in the program.  PK maybe, but Punter....nope.

 
gobiggergoredder said:
He hasn’t red shirted yet.

I feel bad for the kid.  He was put in a tough spot when he got here and really never responded.

I don’t think you should ever Scholly a punter until they are in the program.  PK maybe, but Punter....nope.
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Frost is going with that route of not giving new punters a scholarship until they earn it. It worked great for NU for years.  Probably a good philosophy going forward. 

 
gobiggergoredder said:
He hasn’t red shirted yet.

I feel bad for the kid.  He was put in a tough spot when he got here and really never responded.

I don’t think you should ever Scholly a punter until they are in the program.  PK maybe, but Punter....nope.
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I feels for him too.  His transition to college ball was abrupt and he's never quite caught up.  

 
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