Link: Update On Some Players Who Transferred From Bama

[Nolan]

Here's one for ya, LCN, since you are our Alabama football braintrust.. Statistically, who have been our most successful/effective kickers/punters in school history? Since 1960, anyway..

 

[Nolan]

Lane Bearden! One of my all time fans.

He had a torn ACL his senior year and played on, even making tackles.

That guy was a stud.

That's him! That dude was an absolute warrior. I remember him booming the ball away and then limping off the field.

 

[68wRTR]

I remember when Smith was being recruited, he was a nationally ranked kicker and was booting FGS from 52 yards, and kicking through the endzone on kick offs easy. When he got to Bama the only memorable events I remember of him was during the Tulane game(Im almost sure that was it). It was a terrible game. Arenas had a good game until getting helmet to helmeted on the 15 yard line of the northern half of the field and at some point Tiffin was taken out with a concusion so Smith came in. The only time I saw him kick was for an extra point, which he missed, he then kicked off and i think it was fine. Pretty uneventful carrer for him.

Foster was highly recruited as well. I was excited when we got him because he looked like a linebacker and he got downfield to make tackles. It did seem like his first year was a little better than this year but you cant be on the money 100% of the time. I hated to see him struggle against LSU but he did well in Kickoff as far as getting in near the ball... I gotta say the kick off distance is most noticeably worse compared to last year. It has gotten fixed though.

I always wondered what happened to Woodson though, im dissappointed he didnt make it at Alabama, we could have used him I though. RTR

 

[JeffAtlanta]

Statistically, who have been our most successful/effective kickers/punters in school history? Since 1960, anyway..

Not LCN, but I would think that Peter Kim would be on the list.

This is pretty cool story about him...

[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=-1] "I wanted to be at that level. I wanted to take my shot," Kim said. In a statement that still draws snickers, he said he wanted to go to Alabama to "improve my English. I had grown up around the Korean community in Hawai'i and I knew I needed to get away to do that."


[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=-1] His family had mixed feelings about the move but gave him its blessing with a warning: "My mom said not to come back if you are not successful. So, I had to make it there. Essentially, I left with a one-way ticket."

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http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Aug/27/sp/FP608270365.html

 

[TrampLineman]

I was at the Tulane game too, I think Smith kicked the kickoff out of bounds after he missed the XP.

 

[mikeua69]

Just saw where Brandon Moore is going to Texas. Reunited with Bo Davis.

 

[Lost in TN]

I do not think that questioning the wisdom and logic of hiring a coach who understands the dynamics of a kick should be looked at as an indictment of our kickers. If Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson would hire a swing coach, why would we not bring in a kicking guru. We spare no expense to give our team the best of everything, from nutritionist to academic support, to strength and conditioning, however we seem to reject outright the thought of bringing in someone who can coach our kickers. We all think that they are doing their absolute best. However if Coach Stallings did say that we just hope that the kickers will coach themselves, someone should have followed up with "What other athletic people do not need coaches. If we are going to install the Montessorri Method (self learning)lets add linebackers and wide receivers to the mix. I still do not believe that Coach Stallings actually said that and if he did, I imagine that he meant to say something else and it just did not come out right.

 

[JeffAtlanta]

The are NCAA limitations on the number of coaches. Also, in college football, teaching technique is only part of the job reqirements of a coach - recruiting ability also plays a huge part.

There are many incompetent position coaches employed today in college football solely because of their recruiting ability.

 

[GreatMarch]

Lane Bearden! One of my all time fans.

He had a torn ACL his senior year and played on, even making tackles.

That guy was a stud.

I saw Lane Bearden about 3 years after his time at Bama was up and he still had a limp. A severe one at that. He was with a group of friends and they appeared to have been out that day playing soccer or doing something outdoors. He could have gotten hurt that day but he was walking with a limp and I didn't ask him if that limp was from his Bama days. The guy was tough and I remember a player from USCe trying to take a cheap shot at him on a kickoff in 2001 only to find that he bit off more than he could chew when he tried to take that shot on Lane.

 

[RTR91]

I remember a play that Corey Smith was apart of... The fake field goal against Florida in the 2008 SECCG.

 

[JustJim]

Kickers in general are a different breed, and while the special teams coach is ultimately responsible for them, kickers spend more time at practice with each other than they do with the coaches.

During the LSU game, Cade was put in a positiion of having to kick either at the edge of or beyond his range and every one of his kicks where against the wind. And the angle the wind hit the field had an affect on the kicks.

Cade is a player, glad we have him.

 

[RTR91]

I checked on our former WR coach, Curt Cignetti. His IUP team went 7-3 this year.

http://www.iupathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=football&schedule=68&

 

[LCN]

Here's one for ya, LCN, since you are our Alabama football braintrust.. Statistically, who have been our most successful/effective kickers/punters in school history? Since 1960, anyway..

Great question . My favorite punter would be Chris Mohr . Woody Umphrey was very good for his era and could seemingly keep the ball in the air forever . Malcolm Simmons was pretty strong too .

As for kickers Michael Proctor , Phillip Doyle and Van Tiffin were all great to me . I noticed Peter Kim was mentioned by another poster . Peter was great for the era he played in , but not so much when considering what kickers have done over the past 20-25 years . Kim came along when most schools had yet to discover soccer styled kickers .