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Dabo needs to get serious about a punter
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Dec 11, 2024, 7:51 PM
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It may seem sort of silly, but what i took out of david hoods article " swanson will move on next years jack smith is on the roster but has punted 5 times in 3 years"
I mean most of us have not been real happy with swanson and then i find out jacks smith has punted 5 times in 3 years with one of them being an 18 yard punt. what's the plan? just to put up with bad punts another 4 years? As i further investigated sure enough alot of the big programs FSU, Georgia, Alabama are the top 3 in yards per punt.
I kind of get the sense that dabo has been spoiled by good defenses in the past, and whatever random punter he picks out from the state of alabama is "good enough"........no we need to do better. whatever happend to best is standard
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Orange Beast [6508]
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Re: Dabo needs to get serious about a punter
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Dec 11, 2024, 7:59 PM
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Danny Ford would always have a great punter and FG kicker. Big believer in special teams and kicking game. These kickers come in highly rated. Swanson hit a 29 and 34 yarder when we needed to pin SMU deep. SC’s punter helped beat us two years.
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Re: Dabo needs to get serious about a punter
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Dec 11, 2024, 8:03 PM
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Dabo has recruited highly ranked kickers. Punting has been an issue it seems.
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CU Medallion [19824]
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Re: Dabo needs to get serious about a punter
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Dec 11, 2024, 8:18 PM
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Lulz. My freshman year in 1986 Danny was hosting open tryouts for punter it was so bad. My friend from high school made numerous cuts before our SS Spiers finally entered the picture.
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Re: Dabo needs to get serious about a punter
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Dec 11, 2024, 8:00 PM
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Swanson proved he could punt plenty of times.
But every punt this year seemed he was trying a new technique. He’d kick 50 yarders, then next game average 33. Made no sense.
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Re: Dabo needs to get serious about a punter
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Dec 11, 2024, 8:02 PM
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Swanson was supposedly a decent punter as far as ranking out of HS. He ranked 8th.. I guess that's fairly decent. Not sure about Smith. Who knows? Maybe Dabo thinks we are okay.
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Re: Dabo needs to get serious about a punter
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Dec 11, 2024, 8:05 PM
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I don’t pretend to know the reason why or the answer, but it sure seems like we get pinned inside our 10 yard line by the other team’s punter a WHOLE LOT more than we pin other teams inside their 10 yard line. And it has been that way for quite a few years.
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Re: Dabo needs to get serious about a punter
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Dec 11, 2024, 8:11 PM
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Our actual punting has sucked for a while, but the major issue of why every team has the greatest punter on earth when they play us is a terrible scheme on punt return. We never actually try to rush the punter, so they have all day to get the ball off. Then we don't try or can't block for a return so everything is either a fair catch, immediate tackle, or the ball is kicked over the returner and downed inside our 10.
I imagine in net punting yards we have to be in the bottom five % at least since Spiller graduated.
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Orange Elite [5395]
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What...?
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Dec 11, 2024, 8:10 PM
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You don't "like who we got."
I kid, I kid. Yes, this need help here,...
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Im curious
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Dec 11, 2024, 8:12 PM
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Can’t remember but what punters have we had from Alabama?
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Rival Killer [2665]
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Swanson was good last year, must have a new girlfriend***
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Dec 11, 2024, 8:19 PM
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Paw Master [16531]
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49th in FBS last year. Yea, I guess thats good since hes 99th this yr.
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Dec 11, 2024, 8:34 PM
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Dude sucks bad; but his family dines with the Swinneys.
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Ultimate Clemson Legend [99502]
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Swanson averaged 43.7 yards per punt last year. That was the 2nd highest avg
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Dec 12, 2024, 8:11 AM
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in the last 12 years at Clemson.
It was more than a yard better than Pinion's best season in 2014 (42.6).
2024 41.5
2023 43.7
2022 42.3
2021 41.5
2020 44.0
2019 42.3
2018 39.7
2017 40.6
2016 38.0
2015 39.5
2014 42.6
2013 39.4
2012 39.2
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Orange Immortal [68841]
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The stat that should be assessed is NET yards per punt...
Dec 12, 2024, 9:14 AM
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It doesn't matter if he's kicks it 43 yards if his punts are being returned 10+ yards.
Swanson is an average to below average punter on his best day. So was Will Spiers. In fact, Clemson hasn't had a decent punter in over two decades.
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Ultimate Clemson Legend [99502]
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Last yr was 2nd highest in the last 25 years
Dec 12, 2024, 8:20 AM
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You can go ahead and apologize to johnstoneF3 now.
BigCUFan®.
Swanson's average of 41.5 this year is a yard better than the average over the last 25 years.
2024 41.5 Swanson
2023 43.7 Swanson
2022 42.3 Swanson
2021 41.5 Swanson
2020 44.0 Spiers
2019 42.3 Spiers
2018 39.7 Spiers
2017 40.6 Spiers
2016 38.0 Teasdall
2015 39.5 Teasdall
2014 42.6 Pinion
2013 39.4 Pinion
2012 39.2 Benton
2011 41.8 Zimmerman
2010 42.7 Zimmerman
2009 39.1 Zimmerman
2008 40.5 Maners
2007 42.8 Maners
2006 41.3 Chason
2005 36.4 Chason
2004 40.2 Chason
2003 38.6 Chason
2002 37.1 Kopp
2001 39.3 Kopp
2000 39.3 Somaini
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Going after a punter signals a lack of confidence in your offense.
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Dec 11, 2024, 9:16 PM
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The last thing we need is our young guys on offense thinking the staff doesn’t believe them. What may be more effective psychologically is having no punter at all.
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Re: Dabo needs to get serious about a punter
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Dec 11, 2024, 9:19 PM
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He needs to get serious about special teams period.
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Re: Dabo needs to get serious about a punter
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Dec 12, 2024, 1:55 AM
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You got a mouse in your pocket? I've been fine with Swanson as he is pretty consistent and seems gets alot of punts inside the 20. He isn't glamorous but not all punters need to be.
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Letterman [151]
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Re: Dabo needs to get serious about a punter
Dec 12, 2024, 6:47 AM
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Brother he's about the least consistent punter I've ever seen, worse than highschool
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We need to get dead serious about special teams in general
Dec 12, 2024, 7:04 AM
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We’ve had a ton of issues on special teams this year
Poor punting
Poor punt return
Poor field goal protection
Then in the acc championship, the boneheaded KO return decisions reared its ugly head
I don’t know how Dabo can look back objectively on this season and say that we are playing winning special teams football
When he talks about complimentary football, that should include special teams.
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Letterman [151]
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Re: We need to get dead serious about special teams in general
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Dec 12, 2024, 7:11 AM
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Special teams cost us a national championship, they didn't change anything then and I wouldn't expect anything to change now
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When was the national championship?
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Dec 12, 2024, 7:50 AM
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I didn't know a national champion had already been crowned. Who won it?
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Game Changer [1607]
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He's referring to that time when Bama returned a KO for a touchdown and had
Dec 12, 2024, 9:13 AM
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a successful onside kick. They ended up winning at the end by less than one score.
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Good luck with that.***
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