University of Northern Iowa Panthers

[2002jack]

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Tyrel Kool should be on EVERY kick return and should be the punt returner. The damage he can do on special teams outweighs his value as a wide receiver. It's a shame to watch every punt get fair caught or returned for negative yardage. Let's give Tyrel a chance to be dynamic. Theere is a belief he can go the distance almost anytime, Schneider never will.

[SUPERBUNNY]

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tyrel kool should be on every kick return and should be the punt returner. The damage he can do on special teams outweighs his value as a wide receiver. It's a shame to watch every punt get fair caught or returned for negative yardage. Let's give tyrel a chance to be dynamic. Theere is a belief he can go the distance almost anytime, schneider never will.

this! This! This!

Superbunny

[common sense rabbit]

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this! This! This!

Superbunny

Agree why is this so difficult?

[witness]

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Agree why is this so difficult?

I think it's tough to have a player be a starting WR, KR AND a PR. Being a punt returner is not one of the best things to be on a football field and it also can risk injury. That being said, I believe Kool needs to be the PR as well.

[Kemo]

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I love that Kool is returning kicks now, but I'm not sure he would be as good at punt returning.

Kick returning and punt returning require different running styles (yes, I'm aware there are people that have the ability to do both), for kick returning is more straight ahead, hit the seam at full speed, while punt returning requires more jump cuts and jukes being that many times the returner will be at almost at a complete stop during the catch and have to dodge defenders heading down field with a full head of steam. Just look at the success rate of a kick return in which the ball carrier moves sideline to sideline as oppose to that on a punt return.

The point is, Kool is very talented when he gets the ball on the move in space, but isn't as good moving laterally and changing speeds/directions, which is one of the reasons why I feel he struggled as a running back but has been successful as a receiver.

My personal preference for our punt returner situation would be to have Dom Wright return the punts in which there are 50+ yards of separation between the line-of-scrimmage and the goal line, but if it's a fair catch situation, have the sure-handed Schneider back there.

[CatchEmAll]

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I love that Kool is returning kicks now, but I'm not sure he would be as good at punt returning.

Kick returning and punt returning require different running styles (yes, I'm aware there are people that have the ability to do both), for kick returning is more straight ahead, hit the seam at full speed, while punt returning requires more jump cuts and jukes being that many times the returner will be at almost at a complete stop during the catch and have to dodge defenders heading down field with a full head of steam. Just look at the success rate of a kick return in which the ball carrier moves sideline to sideline as oppose to that on a punt return.

The point is, Kool is very talented when he gets the ball on the move in space, but isn't as good moving laterally and changing speeds/directions, which is one of the reasons why I feel he struggled as a running back but has been successful as a receiver.

My personal preference for our punt returner situation would be to have Dom Wright return the punts in which there are 50+ yards of separation between the line-of-scrimmage and the goal line, but if it's a fair catch situation, have the sure-handed Schneider back there.

Agreed ^^^


Also, and this may sound stupid, but fielding a kick off and fielding a punt are different skill sets. Just because a guy can do one doesn't mean he can do the other. I don't know if this is the case, but thought I'd toss it out there. "Back in the day" our top kick returner didn't return punts even though we were one of the top kick return teams in the nation. Fell into that straight ahead, hit the hole type of speed versus the make a guy miss and find a seam type of runner.

[jack43]

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Agreed ^^^


Also, and this may sound stupid, but fielding a kick off and fielding a punt are different skill sets. Just because a guy can do one doesn't mean he can do the other. I don't know if this is the case, but thought I'd toss it out there. "Back in the day" our top kick returner didn't return punts even though we were one of the top kick return teams in the nation. Fell into that straight ahead, hit the hole type of speed versus the make a guy miss and find a seam type of runner.

Absolutely correct. You have to remember that 'catching' a KO and Punt are completely different and just because you can do one well, does not mean you can the other.

[NoVaJack]

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A huge week to say the least. Our defense which has been awesome will really gets its first real test against an offense/offensive coordinator that knows what they are doing. They will throw a lot of stuff at us and their skill people have given us fits in the past. Offensively we have the most generic passing game in the nation. That is on our coordinator- it is the same from last few yrs- dink and dunk- UNI corners will man up- make us beat them with the pass and load the box to shut down Zenner. My opinion only. Saturday can't come soon enough! Go Jacks!

Wait a minute. Have you seen Army or Navy play lately?

[LakeJack]

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[Nidaros]

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Wait a minute. Have you seen Army or Navy play lately?

No I haven't, tell us more.