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Post by bogeyman on Dec 10, 2022 18:49:37 GMT -6
You compare apples to oranges and by the way really good golfers don't shoot 85 (ever). The majority of kicks missed this year were good snaps with little pressure. They were simply poor kicks. We move on.
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Post by mavsman53 on Dec 10, 2022 19:20:00 GMT -6
I'd add, its not that Zepeda wasn't good the past 2 years, he was. But for whatever reason, he struggled this year. That is why I say it was the yips. Chuck Knoblaugh was an all-star 2B, and then all of a sudden, he couldn't make the routine throw to 1B. Rick Ankiell was a dominating pitcher, but all of a sudden, it wasn't just that he couldn't throw a strike, he couldn't quit throwing it over the catchers head. For coaches, you have to do everything you can to win. Sometimes, that might mean asking a really good young man, who was a captain and meant a lot to your team to go look elsewhere to play. Again, we don't know that is what happened, but it very well could be.
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Post by CrazyPurpleCat on Dec 10, 2022 20:41:05 GMT -6
You're comparing other sports in ways that aren't comparable to kickers. Surely at this point you have to just be trolling right? Looking for reactions? I mean your takes are about as hot of takes as you can get.
You're talking about players having off games. Not off years. The life of a kicker is simply about getting the ball through the uprights with consistency. He hasn't done that this year at all.
Comparing an NCAA kicker to NBA guys like Doncic, Hardaway and Finney-Smith is just asinine because there is no comparable metric there whatsoever.
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Post by wildkitten1489 on Dec 10, 2022 22:04:50 GMT -6
So wrong! Really great hitters sometimes strike out 3-4 times in a game. Really great golfers sometimes shoot 85. Really great basketball players have horrible nights shooting the ball and/or making free throws. We are talking pros who make deca millions a year. Check out the number of kicks attempted this year. Look at the same number of at bats, shots taken, etc. over that same number of "attempts" in one or more consecutive games. We are talking MVPs, etc. Did you watch the Mavericks game lst night? So Doncic, Hardaway, and Finney-Smith aren't good basketball players? I'm just really glad that none of them play for ACU. We can't afford to have bums like that on our team. The kick attempts are 1-3 per game, if any, over a period 11 12 weeks. Give me a break. he was literally the worst kicker in FCS this year. Ranked 86 out of 86. We’re running a football team not a Mr nice guy competition. That should cost him his roster spot. |
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Post by dallasalum on Dec 11, 2022 10:03:42 GMT -6
Yes, he had a horrible year. Why, none of us really knows. He and the coaches may not either. Who said that we were running a Mr. Nice Guy competition? Have you looked at the film to see exactly what happened on every kick? I didn't think so. So him having a horrible year makes him a lousy kicker. As for the rankings, how are they derived? Do they consider every kick as to weather conditions, snaps and & holds, blocks, distance of each attempt, etc. I will bet they don't. No one is saying that he should stay and be our kicker next year. I would question whether he even wants/wanted to. He was chosen as a captain by his teammates. I think that put a lot of extra pressure on him. He feels horrible that he "let them down". Everyone knows that Patterson could not justify bringing him back and open himself up to the potential criticism if things didn't go well. To me, this is just a sad situation all around. The only thing that I see good about this is that it let us know that we have some people who are experts and know it all on this matter.
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Post by OscarWildeCat, Admin on Dec 11, 2022 10:17:48 GMT -6
Yes, he had a horrible year. Why, none of us really knows. He and the coaches may not either. Who said that we were running a Mr. Nice Guy competition? Have you looked at the film to see exactly what happened on every kick? I didn't think so. So him having a horrible year makes him a lousy kicker. As for the rankings, how are they derived? Do they consider every kick as to weather conditions, snaps and & holds, blocks, distance of each attempt, etc. I will bet they don't. No one is saying that he should stay and be our kicker next year. I would question whether he even wants/wanted to. He was chosen as a captain by his teammates. I think that put a lot of extra pressure on him. He feels horrible that he "let them down". Everyone knows that Patterson could not justify bringing him back and open himself up to the potential criticism if things didn't go well. To me, this is just a sad situation all around. The only thing that I see good about this is that it let us know that we have some people who are experts and know it all on this matter. NCAA FCS Stats fg percentage www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fcs/current/individual/757/p2 |
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Post by acumedic on Dec 11, 2022 10:19:11 GMT -6
Yes, he had a horrible year. Why, none of us really knows. He and the coaches may not either. Who said that we were running a Mr. Nice Guy competition? Have you looked at the film to see exactly what happened on every kick? I didn't think so. So him having a horrible year makes him a lousy kicker. As for the rankings, how are they derived? Do they consider every kick as to weather conditions, snaps and & holds, blocks, distance of each attempt, etc. I will bet they don't. No one is saying that he should stay and be our kicker next year. I would question whether he even wants/wanted to. He was chosen as a captain by his teammates. I think that put a lot of extra pressure on him. He feels horrible that he "let them down". Everyone knows that Patterson could not justify bringing him back and open himself up to the potential criticism if things didn't go well. To me, this is just a sad situation all around. The only thing that I see good about this is that it let us know that we have some people who are experts and know it all on this matter. Maybe the music was too loud… |
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Post by Cap'n Cattitude on Dec 11, 2022 12:25:49 GMT -6
Also, Zepeda will graduate this year. So he is not being dumped for nothing. If he gets a chance to play another year, great. Otherwise he starts adult life with a degree.
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Post by Outsider on Dec 11, 2022 14:33:23 GMT -6
Also, Zepeda will graduate this year. So he is not being dumped for nothing. If he gets a chance to play another year, great. Otherwise he starts adult life with a degree. Was he doing a grad degree? |
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Post by Cap'n Cattitude on Dec 11, 2022 18:18:12 GMT -6
He was listed as a junior but that was his eligibility status.
I don’t think he is in grad school. I think he is a senior academically.
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Post by acu23 on Dec 14, 2022 20:45:16 GMT -6
Blair is a great young man and a really good kicker. I do not know and don't think he knows what caused the problems this year. Of course there is an explanation for some of the missed kicks but others are a mystery as to why they weren't good. If you watched him day in and day out in practice and warm up before the games he is very impressive. Just a baffling situation. I wish him the best going forward both with his academic endeavors and his kicking. I would love to see him have a great year next year in order to wipe away some of the disappointment from this year. I do know that he was/is extremely upset over this years results. Just really hate it for him. He deserves better. Really good kickers generally don't miss 62% of their kicks. I'm assuming he's gone because KP told him they were moving on Actually Blair was welcomed back by KP and staff. I assume he wanted a new environment or was going to be stripped of field goal duties. However, we ranked #1 in the NATION in kickoffs, which is not as important as FG granted but still very important and overlooked. I do not understand saying he wasn’t a good kicker? One bad year for a guy who gave it his all at ACU but now let’s trash him? Won’t be surprised if he gets some FBS looks for his kick off abilities which are among the best in the nation. |
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Post by mavsman53 on Dec 14, 2022 20:56:44 GMT -6
Wainscott, a walk-on LB transfers to UCO with Coach Dorrel
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Post by wildcatter on Dec 14, 2022 22:52:59 GMT -6
I had mentioned previously how nice it was to not have to stress over our poor kickoff coverage considering in recent years we could never reach the end zone for touchbacks. It’s a fine point to make. At the same time, he was very unreliable as a field goal kicker this year and that is also a very fair point to make. I don’t think it’s talking bad about someone to mention the fact his numbers were poor this year, maybe a change of scenery would help in there was confidence lost.
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Post by 123acufan on Dec 19, 2022 9:21:05 GMT -6
Just heard from a player that Wyatt Tate has officially entered the transfer portal. He is a big kid and will be missed in the program. Coaching changes got the best of him, had a lot of starts early in his career
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Post by mavsman53 on Dec 22, 2022 16:24:23 GMT -6
No one hitting the portal, but someone who came to us from the portal last year.
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