Arkansas Special Teams Grade

[TheRazorbackGuy]

 :razorback: Looking forward to your answers! :razorback:

[TheRazorbackGuy]

Extra points blocked, missed field goals, touchdown returns given up.

D at best

I went lower. Its been awful. We allow ST scores too, remember UAB kick return?

[1highhog]

I have no choice but to give and F.  Our special teams has lost us at least two games this year and our Coaches waited yo long to change kickers, the kid comes out and boots a 40+ long FG attempt, that pissed me off even more when he should have been our kicker from day one, we'd have two more wins under our belt.  Also, we allowed a 99 yd kick return for a TD and almost another against UAB??  I have yet to see this team play a full 4 quarters, I hope I see it this weekend against State, if they play a full 4 quarters like they're capable of playing, they'll beat State.

[tophawg19]

i went with a d based on punting has been decent . the rest has been a total failure .  Is there anyway to compare ours with the rest of the SEC ? national ranking ?

[skbhog]

Needs lots of improvement!

[Atlhogfan1]

4th in the nation on kickoff returns.

It has been a near failure but that isn't surprising.  Had to replace a 4 year PK and the depth on this team is still thin and depth shows up on STs. 

[TheRazorbackGuy]

Whoever graded an A needs to PM me. I want what your smoking.

[Danny J]

I have no choice but to give and F.  Our special teams has lost us at least two games this year and our Coaches waited yo long to change kickers, the kid comes out and boots a 40+ long FG attempt, that pissed me off even more when he should have been our kicker from day one, we'd have two more wins under our belt.  Also, we allowed a 99 yd kick return for a TD and almost another against UAB??  I have yet to see this team play a full 4 quarters, I hope I see it this weekend against State, if they play a full 4 quarters like they're capable of playing, they'll beat State.

[TheRazorbackGuy]

D is the grade highest so far

[cbhawg03]

F

A, B, and C shouldn't even be choices

Doesn't Frito Pie have to be a choice though in a Hogville pole?

[DeltaBoy]

A last week C- the rest.

[BorderPatrol]

Why can you select up to five choices?

bp

[searcus]

A last week C- the rest.

How, didn't the other team have a return for 6 points?

[Hawgzinbowlz]

Pass or FAIL might be interesting.

The special teams have coaching...CBB may want to modify what is in place.

I've never seen less efficient execution for a D-1 program.

We could easily be 6-2...in an average quality system, and ranked in the top 25...recruiting enhanced.



" GO HOGS "

[Cinco de Hogo]

Hire John L!!!

[nchogg]

I picked a D. Special teams were better the first few games of the season other than FG attempts. They have slipped since then.

[arkansasstory]

50% is a F
50% of the time something disastrous happens.
The fake punt was beautiful +1

[SemperFi]

I gave it a C, but was thinking more along the line of a C-. There have been times, moments, that the ST's have looked really good and then there are those times that they look awful. Hitting a 49 yd FG is pretty spectacular and when Irwin is booming punts it's a thing of beauty. Korliss Marshall had a 90+ yard return against Nicholls St, so it's hard to ignore that, but giving up a 100 yard KO return to UAB was ridiculous. Missing the FG that would have beaten aTm along with blocked extra points against Bama and UGA was just bad all around. There's nowhere to go but up and they have shown the potential to be as good as they have been bad.

[oldman1015]

How, didn't the other team have a return for 6 points?

yep, but that had to be brandon allen's fault.

[phoggy]

Hire John L!!!

Haha!

[Hey Super]

NCAA 15 could have easily told us this grade but nooooooooo

[TheRazorbackGuy]

Pass or FAIL might be interesting.

The special teams have coaching...CBB may want to modify what is in place.

I've never seen less efficient execution for a D-1 program.

We could easily be 6-2...in an average quality system, and ranked in the top 25...recruiting enhanced.



" GO HOGS "

Its been a terrible special teams unit

[Athog]

I have no choice but to give and F.  Our special teams has lost us at least two games this year and our Coaches waited yo long to change kickers, the kid comes out and boots a 40+ long FG attempt, that pissed me off even more when he should have been our kicker from day one, we'd have two more wins under our belt.  Also, we allowed a 99 yd kick return for a TD and almost another against UAB??  I have yet to see this team play a full 4 quarters, I hope I see it this weekend against State, if they play a full 4 quarters like they're capable of playing, they'll beat State.

Agreed!

[CallThemHawgs!]

If they were any worse, we would not have any players on the field.

[VT HOG]

Burt really screwed up here. He's redshirting the #2 kicker in the country while the team has lost two games (A&M and Alabama) because they don't have a kicker.

So he's either redshirting a player that could help the team win or he did a terrible job evaluating the recruit.

[TheRazorbackGuy]

If they were any worse, we would not have any players on the field.

Yes, it has been flat out awful!!!!!

[Biggus Piggus]

Z-

[nchogg]

Burt really screwed up here. He's redshirting the #2 kicker in the country while the team has lost two games (A&M and Alabama) because they don't have a kicker.

So he's either redshirting a player that could help the team win or he did a terrible job evaluating the recruit.

If you remember when the season began Coach reshirted him because his leg strength wasn't there yet.

[PORKULATOR]

Extra points blocked, missed field goals, touchdown returns given up.

D at best

THIS THIS THIS

[Horthawg]

Anyone thinking a change will be made with the ST coaching position at the end of the year.

[TheRazorbackGuy]

Anyone thinking a change will be made with the ST coaching position at the end of the year.

Its necessary to change the ST coach. Hell, Smiley was a better ST coach than the active guys.

[B501]

Anyone thinking a change will be made with the ST coaching position at the end of the year.

special teams current rankings -

#54 in punt return d
#114 in kickoff return d
#90 blocked kicks allowed
#75 net punting
#68 punt returns

id say there is room for improvement. too much focus on trick plays?

[hoglady]

Its necessary to change the ST coach. Hell, Smiley was a better ST coach than the active guys.

Actually, Arkansas special teams were pretty darn good under JLS as coach.
This year our special teams overall are the worst I can ever remember having.
Missed field goals, missed extra points, punt returns, coverage.
Just horrible.

[hoglady]

If you remember when the season began Coach reshirted him because his leg strength wasn't there yet.

So we use a kicker instead whose max distance is 25 yds?
Makes no sense - there's got to be something we don't know.

[GlassofSwine]

If you remember when the season began Coach reshirted him because his leg strength wasn't there yet.

  Yeah that is why his videos from high School show him regularly kicking 40+ yard field goals.

[PonderinHog]

Z-

I refuse to suffer alone.  How low can you go...

[razorbackkid]

I give us a C .... I felt like being very generous today. 

[TheRazorback500]

F+

+ because of the A&M fake and the FG last week.

:razorback:

[31to6]

A last week C- the rest.

No way they get an A last when they had 10 points off returns (punt return for 40 yards to inside the 10 setting up a FG and KR for a TD).

[WarPig88]

How, didn't the other team have a return for 6 points?

No they didn't.

They had TWO big returns. One on a kickoff for a TD and another on a punt return that set up their first score.

[razorbackkid]

The word "special" has so many different meaning depending on the context in which it is used.

[JeffSpicoli]

The Irwin-Hill run for a touchdown gives it a letter grade bump.

[razorbackkid]

The Irwin-Hill run for a touchdown gives it a letter grade bump.

[TheRazorbackGuy]

special teams current rankings -

#54 in punt return d
#114 in kickoff return d
#90 blocked kicks allowed
#75 net punting
#68 punt returns

id say there is room for improvement. too much focus on trick plays?

The data backs the problems. We must improve on special teams

[IBleedRazorbackRed]

  Yeah that is why his videos from high School show him regularly kicking 40+ yard field goals.

I'm sure the kicking block assisted him.

[redeye]

I can't do this stuff on game day. 

[SPAL]

Worst I've seen in over a decade

[TheRazorbackGuy]

Worst I've seen in over a decade

This SpecialTeams might be improved with Korliss Marshall returning

[MountieDawg]

Punting          A   Those punts are slippery
FG kicking      F
Punt returned C-
Kickoffs          B

[upperdeck_hawg]

D - 2 blocked extra points
     no reliability on any fg beyond 30 yards
     no return game in either kickoffs or punts (we let punts drop way too much)
     we can't get any touchbacks because no one has a strong enoug leg