🏈 Jeff Banks wins Special Teams Coach of the Year

[TUSKtimes]

Let that sink in for just a few moments.

Alabama special teams coordinator wins award

 

[bamaledge]

Seriously?

 

[OldPlayer]

Good for him, but ...

 

[planomateo]

Believe Joshua Jacobs is #2 in the nation in KO returns yards per return.

A lot more to S/T than the kickers guys. I'm still pissed we didn't have a Ray Guy Award recently.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Believe Joshua Jacobs is #2 in the nation in KO returns per return.

A lot more to S/T than the kickers guys. I'm still pissed we didn't have a Ray Guy Award recently.

There's Delong, who was more Deshank and Degone by midseason. There was a credible kicker from Temple who didn't stick around long enough for me to remember his name, who mentally imploded and before you could shake a stick he couldn't hit an extra point. Bulovas quickly was able to carry the tradition throughout the regular season.

Waddle couldn't get away from the gunners when they outkicked the coverage. If by pure-talent he got going we knew to wait until that yellow flashing light showed up under the stat icon on the TV. It seldom disappointed.

Seriously, no one should ever wonder why coach Saban can't win anything. No one is paying attention.

 

[planomateo]

All that being said, it's Football Scoop’s Special Teams Coordinator of the Year.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Anybody believe DeLong will be on the Bama roster for 2019? He appears to be mentally weak and his dayum leg isn't too strong either. Bama was smart in planning and executing punting into the sideline for the most part this year thus cutting down return yardage . Mike did a solid job and the punt block by AU was on the executing of the line and backs and not the punter. Hopefully Nick and staff will bring in several walk-ons for testing during the summer.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Anybody believe DeLong will be on the Bama roster for 2019? He appears to be mentally weak and his dayum leg isn't too strong either. Bama was smart in planning and executing punting into the sideline for the most part this year thus cutting down return yardage . Mike did a solid job and the punt block by AU was on the executing of the line and backs and not the punter. Hopefully Nick and staff will bring in several walk-ons for testing during the summer.

The most encouraging thing I heard about Reichard coming in is that he also punts. Having a dual threat has to be a good thing around here.

 

[Tidestalker]

Ummmm.... OK. lol

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Of all coaches that I would have never suspected in winning awards....
Our special teams were.....
At times...awful
And othertimes ...mediocre
Andi saw every game...

 

[LeGarrette]

Some of you are acting like he won one of these.

 

[planomateo]

Oh my.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Tuff Crowd

 

[OldPlayer]

Of all coaches that I would have never suspected in winning awards....
Our special teams were.....
At times...awful
And othertimes ...mediocre
Andi saw every game...

To be fair, our FG/XP special teams were...at times...awful.

KO returns were good. Punt returns were good. KO and punt coverage was good. The only thing we didn't overcome was when the uprights moved or just got in the way of a kick.

 

[bama alum]

The only thing we didn't overcome was when the uprights moved or just got in the way of a kick.

If Banks was so hot, he'd found a way to keep those posts in their A-gaps and keep them from stunting our kickers.

 

[bamafan9201]

Of all coaches that I would have never suspected in winning awards....
Our special teams were.....
At times...awful
And othertimes ...mediocre
Andi saw every game...

To be fair, our FG/XP special teams were...at times...awful.

KO returns were good. Punt returns were good. KO and punt coverage was good. The only thing we didn't overcome was when the uprights moved or just got in the way of a kick.

KO returns were good. Punt returns were terrible this year, we had a dynamic playmaker and we could barely spring him for positive yardage and a ton of those we went for a block and weren’t even close.

 

[bamachine]

Que?

 

[tide92]

Did Football Scoop even watch the games or did they just see Bama was #1 and assumed (incorrectly) that the special teams must be good too ?

 

[Elderfalsedemigod]

I am extremely happy for him

I am also extremely skeptical of the criteria that were used

I also admire his stoicism if he was able to accept it with a straight face

 

[Bamabww]

Now we know the other award the AP voters decide.