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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Remember the folks who were singing his praises for taking a practice squad player in Butker and coaching him up to be one of the best kickers in the league?
Now Butker's mechanics are off and suddenly the coaching isn't relevant it's just "Butker sucks"? Yeah, Dave Toub absolutely, 100% wears the fact that Harrison Butker is swinging his leg through like an unfolding lawn chair. The single most important player Dave Toub is responsible for is the damn kicker and right now ours is completely out of sorts. Why is that NOT his fault?
The up man on a squib kick has brain fart and tries to return a ball he should fall on and suddenly it's not a player being unprepared, but rather "Fortson was an idiot". So again I ask - WTF will we hold Toub responsible for if it's not making really sure his guys know how to cover a squib?
Your front line completely craps the bed on a surprise onside kick and it's "Well what do you want them to do, be ready for a surprise play?" Um...yeah. Yeah, I would absolutely like them to be ready for that. Does every 'surprise' play work? No - in fact, most of them fail. And yet our blue chip STs coach didn't have his guys ready for it.
They gacked a coin flip. Do I expect him to have those guys ready to say "Defer"? Yes, yes I do.
You're holding him to the standard of a goddamn equipment manager. This is a guy who has enough weight in this organization that we trade players away so we can keep slag like Chris Lammons on the roster. And right now his units are good for 2-3 god-awful ****-ups every single week.
And your response is "well that's not his fault..."
What the hell would be? If Townsend goes out there with his helmet on backwards? What degree and at what number does a trend of STs mistakes become something you can put at the STs coach's feet?
Because I'm not sure what purpose he serves here if none of this is on him.
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Butker had a serios injury. The fact that people keep skipping that fact is mind boggling.