Best thing Cyclones could do now is ...

[isufbcurt]

Does making a coach an “analyst” get around that?

No. Analysts can't work with the players. Analysts can only work with the other coaches.

 

[dosry5]

Kene would be one of the best kick returners in the nation if he wasn’t made of glass.

Fixed it for ya

 

[cmjh10]

**** Kansas State and their stupid mascot.

 

[cycloneML]

Surly I’m over at McCain Auditorium watching Oak Ridge Boys hiding my ISU T-shirt

 

[cycloneML]

Why would we need to get rid of a coach?

Maybe because he had our kicker kick directly to Youngblood

 

[CloneFan4]

I've been saying this exact thing since father time retired.

Now that Surly agrees, I'm questioning whether I was wrong all along

 

[dexterhawk]

On this note, anyone who includes a GIF of our fair-catch fiasco against Iowa needs a ban, and probably much, much worse.
That play alone is the poster child for needing a special-teams coach.

Could....not....resist

 

[Die4Cy]

I don't know if Matt Campbell is interested in doing something like that, but when he talks about coaches and programs he admires, Snyder's KSU teams were always one of the first ones he mentions.

I can see it happening, I just don't know who they would want to let go in order to make it happen.

 

[fsanford]

HIre Sean Snyder to be special teams coach. The guy has an office job down here today essentially rotting on the vine. He's a brilliant ST coordinator and would do wonders for ISU.

I suggested this several weeks ago. The fair catch on the kick off thing kind of sucks

 

[acody]

If we hired someone, would we keep Tarique Milton as our fair catcher?

Just like Lazard. Almost always fair caught a punt. Way too conservative.

 

[JP4CY]

Just like Lazard. Almost always fair caught a punt. Way too conservative.

And he could have been really good at it but it was a little scary having him back there. Jarvis took some wicked hits returning.

 

[DeereClone]

Maybe because he had our kicker kick directly to Youngblood

We don’t have a special teams coach to get rid of

 

[cyclones500]

Best thing Cyclones can do now (next): Win the damn bowl game.

 

[NorthCyd]

Could....not....resist

You f*ck. Season in a nutshell. JFC.

 

[alarson]

It's almost as if the staff surrendered to not having any type of return game this year. We had 22 kick returns and 8 punt returns. Our opponents had 54 and 14, respectively. We have a number of guys who are plenty capable of being effective returners; Kene, Lang, Jones, Milton, etc. I wonder what factored into this decision?

I actually don't mind the lesser number of kick returns. A lot of teams are too aggressive when it comes to deciding to go for the kick return, for little to no benefit when you already get the free yardage.

 

[NorthCyd]

I actually don't mind the lesser number of kick returns. A lot of teams are too aggressive when it comes to deciding to go for the kick return, for little to no benefit when you already get the free yardage.

Depends on the situation. For example, it was obvious against KU there were big returns to be had given how they were kicking and our talent advantage, but we refused to do it. No surprise when we finally decided to return some kicks we had some big plays. In a situation like yesterday where the weather is horrible and offenses are going to struggle you have to try and find a play any way you can get it. A blanket no return strategy that ISU has used most of the season is dumb

 

[coyoteclone]

Was not aware we had a special teams coach......

 

[ISU_Clone_28]

HIre Sean Snyder to be special teams coach. The guy has an office job down here today essentially rotting on the vine. He's a brilliant ST coordinator and would do wonders for ISU.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Depends on the situation. For example, it was obvious against KU there were big returns to be had given how they were kicking and our talent advantage, but we refused to do it. No surprise when we finally decided to return some kicks we had some big plays. In a situation like yesterday where the weather is horrible and offenses are going to struggle you have to try and find a play any way you can get it. A blanket no return strategy that ISU has used most of the season is dumb

I imagine they looked at the numbers and felt fair catching it was statistically a better option over the whole year.

 

[demoncore1031]

Could....not....resist

You post on a Cyclone forum every single day... I feel kinda sad picturing how lame your real life must be.