whatshouldicareabout
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With most of the attention this spring on who's stepping in for the losses of Price, Sankey, ASJ, Kevin Smith (he was an absolute baller last year) and our secondary, not much has been made about losing Coons who was Mr. Reliable last year (15/16 on FGs, 62/63 on XPs). Besides this site which has mentioned him a handful of times, the only other talk on the kicking game was when Jood mentioned that Van Winkle looked healthy and impressive during some of the spring practice recaps. However, there's been virtually nothing on punting or kickoffs.
For all the attention that Coons received as a specialist, not much is made about his punting, despite the fact he was in the upper tier of the conference. In 2014, he had 62 punts, 40.4 yard average, 2 touchbacks, 22 fair catches and 23 were inside the 20. His kickoffs were fair, but only 8 of his 57 were TBs (versus 11 of 33 for Van Winkle). And as mentioned before, he was 15/16 on FGs which is the 2nd best season in UW history (behind Nelson in 82).
Our specialists for 2014 will be Van Winkle, Durkee, Vizcaino (incoming freshman) and Mitch Johnson (walk-on transfer from UCLA). If Van Winkle is healthy, he'll be doing FGs and KOs which should be alright, but he had a bit of an up-and-down spring. Punting, however, is a huge question mark, especially since Durkee was horrible as a true freshman (15 punts, 36.9 yard average, 2 TBs, 5 FC, 4 inside 20) and hasn't punted since September of 2012 (redshirted last year). Vizcaino is a combo kicker, like Coons, so he might be able to step in and punt right away if Durkee is still garbage. Johnson was the backup kicker and might pop in if Van Winkle gets injured again and if he's better than Vizcaino... which means we're doomed.
Does anyone else have any news or information regarding Van Winkle, Durkee and Johnson from this spring or anything on Vizcaino? Or any quotes from Peterman about special teams? And where the hell is kickercoach?
For all the attention that Coons received as a specialist, not much is made about his punting, despite the fact he was in the upper tier of the conference. In 2014, he had 62 punts, 40.4 yard average, 2 touchbacks, 22 fair catches and 23 were inside the 20. His kickoffs were fair, but only 8 of his 57 were TBs (versus 11 of 33 for Van Winkle). And as mentioned before, he was 15/16 on FGs which is the 2nd best season in UW history (behind Nelson in 82).
Our specialists for 2014 will be Van Winkle, Durkee, Vizcaino (incoming freshman) and Mitch Johnson (walk-on transfer from UCLA). If Van Winkle is healthy, he'll be doing FGs and KOs which should be alright, but he had a bit of an up-and-down spring. Punting, however, is a huge question mark, especially since Durkee was horrible as a true freshman (15 punts, 36.9 yard average, 2 TBs, 5 FC, 4 inside 20) and hasn't punted since September of 2012 (redshirted last year). Vizcaino is a combo kicker, like Coons, so he might be able to step in and punt right away if Durkee is still garbage. Johnson was the backup kicker and might pop in if Van Winkle gets injured again and if he's better than Vizcaino... which means we're doomed.
Does anyone else have any news or information regarding Van Winkle, Durkee and Johnson from this spring or anything on Vizcaino? Or any quotes from Peterman about special teams? And where the hell is kickercoach?
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