Special teams

[SoulfishHawk]

Coaches AND players. The coaches didn't drop those returns yesterday.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Also, when he's running to the LEFT sideline and holding the ball in his RIGHT hand on a kick return? That's just plain unacceptable. That's stuff you learn in High School.
You ALWAYS want the ball in the hand that's closest to the sidelines. My out of shape a** even knows that.

 

[CouchLogic]

Finding a new return man shouldn't be too difficult.

 

[Chrome_Seahawk]

3 scores, don’t forget the return, and that’s moron harbaugh than the fumbles

I like what you did here....unless it was voice to text...Even then we'll give some credit to the software for the astute obsevation.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

At this point, take a knee every time or run out of bounds. I'm being half serious, but my god. Basic fundamentals.

 

[rigelian]

Exactly, the idea that player erros arent on coaching is misplaced. Coaching drilling, and teaching emphasis on the soecifics of a task make all the difference.

They are pros, and they are human. Players and coaches.

While there may be a relationship between player errors and coaching it is not a perfect correlation. Sometimes the talent you have available is not good enough or seasoned enough to perform up to par. It happens. The solution quite often is getting rid of the player who can't perform.

 

[Aircrew]

Shenault and Williams need cut. Not the first time they've made costly mistakes but today was unacceptable

In the locker room after the game. And send them back to Seattle in a Cessna.

 

[chris98251]

Footballs turn into rocks, cold weather makes them hard to grip also and the leather has no give to grip. Players that don't have naturally soft hands have a hard time.

 

[Rat]

Finding a new return man shouldn't be too difficult.

Yeah, you'd think so.

Signed, me every year since Leon Washington moved on.

 

[keasley45]

While there may be a relationship between player errors and coaching it is not a perfect correlation. Sometimes the talent you have available is not good enough or seasoned enough to perform up to par. It happens. The solution quite often is getting rid of the player who can't perform.

True. And I would offer the benefit of the doubt if every aspect of the team didn't other than Mike's part didnt look undisciplined.

 

[bigskydoc]

Footballs turn into rocks, cold weather makes them hard to grip also and the leather has no give to grip. Players that don't have naturally soft hands have a hard time.

I don't recall the weather having much of an affect on Kene, I just got elevated from the practice squad, Nwangwu.

 

[AROS]

I'm driving the "Cut Williams and Shanault" bus. Inexcusable and should have cost us the game. Thanks to the defense it didn't.

 

[Jville]

In the locker room after the game. And send them back to Seattle in a Cessna.

There is a lot to like about Cessna .....................

 

[Grand Strand Hawk Fan]

Need to clean it up. Between Williams and Shenault we basically spotted them 2 scores. Is it Jay Harbaugh the ST coach?

Makes me miss the days when Deejay Dallas would never return sh*t. lol

 

[Appyhawk]

This

Today was as bad as it could possibly get, but it seems like every game there's at least one kickoff return against us that looks on the verge of going all the way. Our kick coverage has been very poor to put it mildly, and our return game has been less than stellar to say the least.

If I was MM, I'd be giving Harbaugh his walking papers after this performance. But it sounds like his job is safe, at least for the time being. What kind of message does that send to the rest of the team? How can they respect a coach who's as bad as he is at his job?

Don't you think that is partly due to the rule changes? This 'excitement' is part of what the rule changes are supposed to create. Fumbles are not a detriment of coaching scheme. But ball carrying technique is part of running back coaching responsibility. Seattle has been among league leaders in special team play. All of a sudden we aren't. Is it because of coaching or changes in rules? Rules are the same for every team.

 

[hox]

Don't you think that is partly due to the rule changes? This 'excitement' is part of what the rule changes are supposed to create. Fumbles are not a detriment of coaching scheme. But ball carrying technique is part of running back coaching responsibility. Seattle has been among league leaders in special team play. All of a sudden we aren't. Is it because of coaching or changes in rules? Rules are the same for every team.

Never had any issues with Larry Izzo. Jay Harbaugh is looking like he's in over his head.

 

[Aircrew]

There is a lot to like about Cessna .....................

Oh you won't get an argument from me about a Citation, my favorite "bang for your buck" private jet on the market (only need 1 pilot!!). But I was thinking more along the lines of...

 

[Sperrydogg]

I like what you did here....unless it was voice to text...Even then we'll give some credit to the software for the astute obsevation.

Oh that was all me

 

[SNDavidson]

Leo Williams for #1 return guy.

I’m actually curious how many guys he could run over.

 

[TraderGary]

Don't you think that is partly due to the rule changes? This 'excitement' is part of what the rule changes are supposed to create. Fumbles are not a detriment of coaching scheme. But ball carrying technique is part of running back coaching responsibility. Seattle has been among league leaders in special team play. All of a sudden we aren't. Is it because of coaching or changes in rules? Rules are the same for every team.

When watching other teams, it seems they don't have the kick coverage issues we seem to have on a consistent basis. So for me, that speaks to coaching and scheme.