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Hedlund replaces Newman

I know his % looks good, but I can't think of a single big kick Newman has made in 4 years. Seems like he's missed every one.
 
The few practices/scrimmages that I've seen Hedlund he's been pretty shaky. Small sample size though, it'll be interesting to see how long he can hold on to the starting spot. Newman has clearly had his problems in key situations.
 
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Hedlund is not going to be any better and he has less power on his kicks than Newman.
 
Newman is better than Hedlund from what I've seen. I think it's a confidence thing for Newman and I'm not sure losing the starting job is going to help that confidence. Kinal might be able to kick off the ground with practice but hasn't been practicing and given the amount of time it took him to get acclimated to catching snaps and punting the ball (a year) I don't think that it is likely he will be kicking field goals during his career at Wake Forest.
 
It's quite apparent that make percentage wasn't an accurate way to judge Newman's ability. How many posters so far have questioned when Jimmy last made a clutch kick? How many of those posters were answered with Newman's kick percentage? Swank was an offensive weapon, Newman was simply consistent for a time period. I'm also pretty sure that Swank's bad percentage from his senior year is mostly due to his trying to make multiple kicks while injured.
 
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Deacsfan27 said:
In what sense? Newman is 40/52 in his career (77%) and Swank finished 71/93 (76.3%). Swank went 11-17 in his senior season. We relied a lot more on Swank from longer distances than we do/have on Newman and Swank was certainly a more valuable asset to the team than Newman has proven to be, but I strongly disagree that it's "laughable" to discuss the two in the same realm.
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Swank was 9/12 over 50 yards going into his senior year though, and wasn't he hurt his senior year which impacted his statistics?
 
It's bad when TV commentators note that our target spot to get within FG range is the 20 yard line.
 
Swank was a great college kicker. Newman was a good college kicker up until this season.
 
BigEastDeac said:
Swank was a great college kicker. Newman was a good college kicker up until this season.
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I'm confused. Can you be a labeled a good college kicker if you can't make a clutch kick to save your life?
 
How can you be considered a "good" kicker if your coaches know they can't trot you out there on anything over 40 yards?
 
Deacsfan27 said:
He's been pretty bad this year. Clearly suffering from confidence issues and lack of efforts (before Saturday).

I'm not saying that he has been good, or even respectable this year, I just don't know what you mean by calling them "stiff kickers". He's going through a phase where he has missed 6 of his last 10 kicks.

He actually made 3/4 kicks vs. Syracuse, his miss is just what I (we) remember. I don't think his 4th Q stats are that bad. We just remember the big ones and the most recent kicks are fresh on our minds.
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so i guess to sum it up, he was a solid kicker when he had confidence, now he's doubting himself and is having trouble with routine FGs, but his performance in the clutch has always been a bit suspect.

I feel bad for the kid, I know the clemson game must have devestated him.
 
Eagles_Legendz said:
Swank was 9/12 over 50 yards going into his senior year though, and wasn't he hurt his senior year which impacted his statistics?
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This also doesn't take into account Grobe not even ATTEMPTING a 50 yarder, because he knows Newman can't make it. He made the majority of his kicks in 2010 when we were getting blown out. The guy is very un-clutch.
 
CheesePritchard said:
Pretty simple- Lobo is now in charge of ST.
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I was about to start a thread about this to see what the Lobo lovers response would be. Special teams have absolutely sucked, both execution and strategy, and Lobo is the man with the plan.
 
We need a thread. That kickoff, muffed punts, awful coverage and blocking, missed field goals. And our D gets us in unbelievable starting position three times and we come up with zero points.
 
CheesePritchard said:
A few weeks with Lobo and Kinal is going backwards too.
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I can't find any threads or articles about the changeover. Am I misremembering or is Lobo really in charge of ST this season and I just can't find the link?
 
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