A Clear Perspective on Today....

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

Suisham has been decent, but I think we've lowered our expectations at that position lately. I'd be nervous with needing him to kick a 50 yarder for the win.

I dunno...I mean he kicked, what, a 51 yarder yesterday and it looked like it could've went for 58. I have alot more confidence in Suisham than what we have had at that position.

If we look at our negatives from this stand point...at least we know now exactly what problems we HAVE to address in the offseason. Earlier in the season, it seemed like the entire team was off --- from the coaches down to the waterboy. I believe we have a better understanding of what kind of team we are offensively, and what areas on our defense that must be addressed. It's just too bad that our team started coming together a little late in the season, but it's better late than never.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

I dunno...I mean he kicked, what, a 51 yarder yesterday and it looked like it could've went for 58. I have alot more confidence in Suisham than what we have had at that position.

That's exactly my point - more confidence than what we have had the last 10 years is not exactly a high bar to meet. At this point, simply hitting 80% from inside 40 yard would be awe inspiring by comparison. However, we need to expect more from our kicking game. We need 40-50 yard consistency, plus the ability to hit the 50+ yarder on occasion. I don't know that we have that in Suisham, and we owe it to ourselves to test the market in the off season to see if anybody is available.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

That's exactly my point - more confidence than what we have had the last 10 years is not exactly a high bar to meet. At this point, simply hitting 80% from inside 40 yard would be awe inspiring by comparison. However, we need to expect more from our kicking game. We need 40-50 yard consistency, plus the ability to hit the 50+ yarder on occasion. I don't know that we have that in Suisham, and we owe it to ourselves to test the market in the off season to see if anybody is available.

I don't believe bringing in some other kickers and choosing the best one is a bad idea, but I wouldn't make that an area of concern over some other glaring concerns right now for us..which is the secondary and adding depth to our defensive line. Getting pro bowl kickers are few and far between anyways. I don't believe we have seen enough of Suisham to say he just isn't cutting it, but what little I have seen from him has been pretty good. Heck, Novak or Hall wasn't even hittin' the ones inside 40 yards, let alone outside 40+. Suisham has, at least in the limited amount of times we've seen him. Which in my opinion, I'd rather just see him out there when he comes in to kick the PAT....lol!