Kicking game/Special Teams in 2014
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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insightfulwhatshouldicareabout said: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? -
Insightfulwhatshouldicareabout said: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? -
I think Van Winkle will be fine. Probably a drop off from Coons who was outstanding but fine nonetheless. He was good in the spring game despite poor snaps. Petersen has personally spent time with him unlike Sark in past years with the kickers....or was it Nansen who coached the kickers last year?
Punting could be a big problem.
Maybe with a strong D and Petersen's aggressive style, he won't punt as much. No idea, just speculating. -
FWIW, the only quote this spring I could find:
http://blog.thenewstribune.com/uwsports/2014/04/08/quoting-chris-petersen-on-tim-socha-shaq-thompson-northwestern-and-lavon-coleman/
(On Cameron Van Winkle and Korey Durkee) “That’s probably the knock on all kickers if there’s a knock, is inconsistency. Most guys have decent enough legs and it’s all about consistency. It’s so similar to golf. It’s all great at the driving range, then you go out there with the pressure-whatever – chip, putt – it’s hard. I’ve got a lot of respect for those guys. I think Cameron’s coming along fine. I think surgery went very well. I think we’re being smart with him. He’s not in the groove he needs to be in, but he will get there. And I think Korey’s making progress as well. We’re kind of an unorthodox kicking team, so we’ll figure out however he can punt best. If that means kick grounders, kick it in the air, a combination of both, we’ll do all those things.”
(Unorthodox?) “Just keep watching us and you’ll see that. Or if you study any of our tape at Boise. We’re just kind of unorthodox in the kicking game in everything we do.” -
I thought I heard Rondeau mention during the spring game telecast that Van Winkle's been taken off kickoff duty, due to his fragile back, and will be limited to placekicking. Sounded like the hope is that Vizcaino can show up and take over punts and kickoffs.
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CoonDawg is a loss I'm more worried about than even Price/Sankey. I know UW has guys who can fill in for those two but I'm not sure about who can fill in for CoonDawg.
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Take this shit to the Special Teams Bored. This bored is for talk about REAL football players. Also, TL;DR.
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I wanted to give your comment an "lol"Dawgfan406 said:
insightfulwhatshouldicareabout said: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? -
The think one of the QBs will step up and be a solid replacement for PriceHe_Needs_More_Time said:CoonDawg is a loss I'm more worried about than even Price/Sankey. I know UW has guys who can fill in for those two but I'm not sure about who can fill in for CoonDawg.
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Is it always about the blacks, Monroe?monroecougdad said:
The think one of the QBs will step up and be a solid replacement for PriceHe_Needs_More_Time said:CoonDawg is a loss I'm more worried about than even Price/Sankey. I know UW has guys who can fill in for those two but I'm not sure about who can fill in for CoonDawg.
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