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We have much bigger fish to fry but...
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Oct 29, 2023, 11:08 AM
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with guyes like Wiggins, Lucas. Pride, Brown, Barnes....why is Hamp Greene returning punts? As I said I know we have much bigger issues I'm just wondering...
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Because he practices hard so Dabo
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Oct 29, 2023, 11:12 AM
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wants to give him a chance to play
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Re: We have much bigger fish to fry but...
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Oct 29, 2023, 11:13 AM
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Truthfully we don’t return punts. We catch them sometimes. With such a putrid offense you would think we would try and get a big return to gain field position. But like you said. Tons of problems.
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We dont even try on punt returns
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Oct 29, 2023, 11:14 AM
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It’s been our philosophy for years. Which made sense when we had good offense, no use risking a turnover.
But now with our anemic offense it might be worth ja shot to be more aggressive on punt return
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Re: We have much bigger fish to fry but...
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Oct 29, 2023, 11:14 AM
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And he’s the son of a former teammate of Dabo’s.
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Re: We have much bigger fish to fry but...
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Oct 29, 2023, 4:14 PM
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I didn't know that. Sigh. Do any of Dabo's friends kids ever not end up seeing the field? It seems like they all get worked in somewhere which is pretty suspect especially for a position like this that would really benefit from using a dynamic athlete.
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Because his daddy is an Alabama megachurch pastor.
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Oct 29, 2023, 11:14 AM
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HTH
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Re: Because his daddy is an Alabama megachurch pastor.
Oct 29, 2023, 4:28 PM
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NIL money?
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Re: We have much bigger fish to fry but...
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Oct 29, 2023, 11:15 AM
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Because he worked so so hard being the son of Dabos former teammate. Great accomplishment.
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Re: We have much bigger fish to fry but...
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Hap is the grandson of one of Dabo's coaches when Dabo was playing at Alabama so .....you know..."best is the standard"...LOL
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Re: We have much bigger fish to fry but...
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Oct 29, 2023, 11:19 AM
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For the same reason we have Mafah (who is actually a better RB than Shipley) returning kickoffs after Shipley went down. Not that we get to return many. But can we not show some ingenuity and a different wrinkle at that point in the game instead of just subbing in another RB on the return. Put the fastest player on the team back there and see what happens, fake a reverse, do something. On that last punt before the last drive (which was a disaster) there was no better time to set up a punt return to shorten the field, but NO another fair catch. We are the most conservative and poorest coached team in college football.
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Re: We have much bigger fish to fry but...
Oct 29, 2023, 4:17 PM
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It makes my skin crawl when I hear that someone may be the next Remfrow. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER HUNTER RENFROW! He's HOF.
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Re: We have much bigger fish to fry but...
Oct 29, 2023, 1:15 PM
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Family ties to Bama days for Dabo.
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Re: We have much bigger - You saw Shipley bobble the ball on his attempt
Oct 29, 2023, 3:13 PM
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yesterday. We tried Tyler Brown earlier this year and he fumbled. DBs don't return kicks because they don't have great hands. If they did they would be receivers. You have to catch the punt cleanly before you can return it.
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Re: We have much bigger - You saw Shipley bobble the ball on his attempt
Oct 29, 2023, 4:18 PM
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We had several good DB punt returners under Ford who fielded the ball just fine. Just sayin'.
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Re: ^^never heard of Justin Miller***
Oct 29, 2023, 4:40 PM
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Dion Sanders says WHAT?
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Re: We have much bigger fish to fry but...
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Oct 29, 2023, 4:12 PM
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Dabo has always had a conservative approach to special teams. I wish we would go after blocks more too. Loved the Ford days when we always had great returners.
Dabo wins at such a high rate (until this year) that it is tough to criticize it but to me it does seem like a huge advantage that is not on the table for us.
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