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Topic: 2016 K Aidan O'Neill (New Paltz HS, NY) - Ohio Signee
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Ted Thompson
12/27/2015 10:18 AM

 

Last Edited: 2/3/2016 2:24:16 PM by Ted Thompson
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Ted Thompson
12/27/2015 10:22 AM

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colobobcat66
12/27/2015 11:28 AM
Thought we had a good kicker already. So is this guy the new punter?

Farkas and Zervos on the roster. Who's gone?
Last Edited: 12/27/2015 11:40:33 AM by colobobcat66
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Ted Thompson
12/27/2015 2:12 PM
Farkas will be the punter next year. Looks like a competition between Zervos and O'Neill for kicking duties.
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L.C.
12/27/2015 2:44 PM
colobobcat66 wrote:expand_more
Thought we had a good kicker already. So is this guy the new punter?

Farkas and Zervos on the roster. Who's gone?

Farkas is the punter, and Zervos the place kicker. Zervos appears to still be the kicker, so this verbal is out of left field.
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Bcat2
12/27/2015 2:52 PM
L.C. wrote:expand_more
Thought we had a good kicker already. So is this guy the new punter?

Farkas and Zervos on the roster. Who's gone?

Farkas is the punter, and Zervos the place kicker. Zervos appears to still be the kicker, so this verbal is out of left field.
There are things we don't know. I have gotten used to it.
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allen
12/27/2015 3:59 PM
This better not be three scholarship kickers. Unbelievable
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Bcat2
12/27/2015 4:58 PM
allen wrote:expand_more
This better not be three scholarship kickers. Unbelievable
They did something without clearing it with you? There is just something to which we are not privy. Don't get your feathers all ruffled.
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allen
12/27/2015 7:04 PM
Bcat2 wrote:expand_more
This better not be three scholarship kickers. Unbelievable
They did something without clearing it with you? There is just something to which we are not privy. Don't get your feathers all ruffled.

lets just have 85 scholarship kickers, that would be alright with you as long as we have Frank. The kids video showed him kicking 25 yard field goals, pretty impressive, that's winning in the living room. They could not do it without you bcat2
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colobobcat66
12/27/2015 7:51 PM
allen wrote:expand_more
This better not be three scholarship kickers. Unbelievable
They did something without clearing it with you? There is just something to which we are not privy. Don't get your feathers all ruffled.

lets just have 85 scholarship kickers, that would be alright with you as long as we have Frank. The kids video showed him kicking 25 yard field goals, pretty impressive, that's winning in the living room. They could not do it without you bcat2
I thought the same thing about the field goals and then I finally figured out there're points after touchdowns mostly. What is impressive are the kick offs which are into the end zones, no returns, that's impressive for a high schooler. They are kicking off from 40 so not quite as impressive as I thought.
Last Edited: 12/27/2015 8:57:35 PM by colobobcat66
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L.C.
12/27/2015 8:28 PM
Since I have no clue what is going on, and why they are adding another kicker, I'm just going to wait for the news. I'm sure that if the reason, whatever it may be, doesn't come out before hand, someone will ask about it at signing day.
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allen
12/27/2015 9:14 PM
We just stole another guy from Hocking.
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OUs LONG Driver
12/27/2015 9:34 PM
Doesn't say anything about a scholarship. My guess is he committed to a preferred walk-on position with the promise if he wins the job he gets the scholarship. To my knowledge the staff has never kept multiple scholarship kickers, punters, or long snappers. I don't think they just decided to change course on that.
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UpSan Bobcat
12/28/2015 10:41 AM
OUs LONG Driver wrote:expand_more
Doesn't say anything about a scholarship. My guess is he committed to a preferred walk-on position with the promise if he wins the job he gets the scholarship. To my knowledge the staff has never kept multiple scholarship kickers, punters, or long snappers. I don't think they just decided to change course on that.
That's exactly what I was going to say. The kid didn't say anything about getting a scholarship.
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Monroe Slavin
12/28/2015 3:47 PM
allen wrote:expand_more
This better not be three scholarship kickers. Unbelievable
They did something without clearing it with you? There is just something to which we are not privy. Don't get your feathers all ruffled.

lets just have 85 scholarship kickers, that would be alright with you as long as we have Frank. The kids video showed him kicking 25 yard field goals, pretty impressive, that's winning in the living room. They could not do it without you bcat2
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ytownbobcat
12/29/2015 6:47 PM
I talked with one of our best all time kickers that watched Zervos in pre game warm ups at Idaho.

He thought there were lots of technique issues with his kicks. Maybe they didn't get fixed.
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BillyTheCat
12/29/2015 7:47 PM
OUs LONG Driver wrote:expand_more
Doesn't say anything about a scholarship. My guess is he committed to a preferred walk-on position with the promise if he wins the job he gets the scholarship. To my knowledge the staff has never kept multiple scholarship kickers, punters, or long snappers. I don't think they just decided to change course on that.
+1
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Ted Thompson
12/30/2015 12:22 AM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
Doesn't say anything about a scholarship. My guess is he committed to a preferred walk-on position with the promise if he wins the job he gets the scholarship. To my knowledge the staff has never kept multiple scholarship kickers, punters, or long snappers. I don't think they just decided to change course on that.
+1
I have checked into a bit and that appears to be the situation. If he wins the job, he gets the scholarship. That's usually the way the kicking situation has been handled under Solich.
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Bcat2
12/30/2015 1:31 AM
Ted Thompson wrote:expand_more
Doesn't say anything about a scholarship. My guess is he committed to a preferred walk-on position with the promise if he wins the job he gets the scholarship. To my knowledge the staff has never kept multiple scholarship kickers, punters, or long snappers. I don't think they just decided to change course on that.
+1
I have checked into a bit and that appears to be the situation. If he wins the job, he gets the scholarship. That's usually the way the kicking situation has been handled under Solich.
So, not so "Unbelievable."
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C Money
12/30/2015 9:25 PM
ytownbobcat wrote:expand_more
I talked with one of our best all time kickers that watched Zervos in pre game warm ups at Idaho.

He thought there were lots of technique issues with his kicks. Maybe they didn't get fixed.
This comment reminded me of an article I read earlier this year (can't remember the source). Basically, the thrust of the article was that very few special teams coaches know anything about kicking technique, so specialists are basically left to fend for themselves.
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Robert Fox
12/31/2015 8:52 AM
C Money wrote:expand_more
This comment reminded me of an article I read earlier this year (can't remember the source). Basically, the thrust of the article was that very few special teams coaches know anything about kicking technique, so specialists are basically left to fend for themselves.
This is true.
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Ted Thompson
1/13/2016 9:53 AM

Some more video:

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BillyTheCat
1/13/2016 5:24 PM
With no snap, hard to get a real judge, but the kicker should always approach the ball with the same immediacy. Putting a clock on just him it's about 1.1 second per approach to contact. Tad slow, strong leg though.
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OUbobcat9092
2/3/2016 12:10 PM
Signed!
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Ted Thompson
2/3/2016 2:26 PM

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