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Blade on our Goofy Punt Formation

Says problems are surfacing.

I'm no coach, but I don't get the trade off. There's only 11 guys on the field. The decision appears to be that you send them down to cover the return guy, or you leave them in to block for the punter. You can't do both. I'm thrilled our punt returns allowed are down ten yards per carry, but given the lousy punts under pressure, and the punts blocked and one scored on, I don'tget the appeal. I'd give up 10 yards on every punt to get the TD back.

Shoot, Buffalo even had a novel approach for us:

Buffalo used a scheme the Falcons had not previously seen, placing six men in between BGSU's guards and flooding the shield. Although the Bulls' strategy ultimately favored BGSU because Buffalo was penalized twice for roughing the kicker, Brandon said it was the reason Fry was off on two of his punts, when he sent the ball out of bounds.

"We've got to do a better job protecting. He can't get hit like that," Brandon said.

And that's what coach says....its a good plan, we just execute it badly.

"There's nothing wrong with the scheme as it's set. It's very effective, and sound," Brandon said. "The problems we've had haven't been created by the opposition, they've been created by us not paying attention to detail."

So, its a fine idea, but we can't get the players to execute it? Either way, a good team should be able to get a punt off and not get it blocked, in whatever scheme it opts to use. Anything else is not good special teams coaching.