It also sounds like the adjustment was made at halftime, but didn't have a kicking opportunity until the last play.
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I got a feeling Kirk was about ready to hang it up but now there is no chance of Brian succeeding him. Makes him weepy.
Meeder doesn’t have the distance Steven’s has. We need Steven’s to perform a self cranial anal extraction because we are going to need him.
that’s not disrespect it’s coaching to win. drews body language and expression (this was after either his 2nd missed fg or kickoff) pretty much made it clear he had zero confidence in himself.
he’s made big kicks before needs to find that zone again
That's a really, really bad look for Mr. Stevens. Drew may have been able to bounce back and still have a fine career at Iowa; I think that Tweet just ended it. He'll be in the portal in 10 days.
I understand defending your kid but after that performance you should probably just shut up and stay off twitter. This is like Ryan Gosling getting torched over and over in Remember the Titans and his Dad screaming when his vanilla ass got benched.
He hit a 51-yarder last year for CMU. Took a little off that one and probably wouldn't have had the distance from 40 yards, but I like the decision to kick high after the blocks earlier in the game. If he becomes our guy, I think he will do very well.
Agreed. Overbearing parents of athletes never work out well and inevitably end up saying things on social media that only make things worse. Exhibit A right here.
Drew has made a bunch of great kicks for the Hawks and deserves a lot of credit for that. I hope he gets his mojo back.
But:
1. He has struggled with bad misses over the last few games.
2. Snaps may have been bad and contributed, but he had 2 extremely low kicks on very short attempts that led to the blocks.
3. He had kicked TWO KO’s out of bounds — really inexcusable for a D1 kicker.
As noted above, his confidence had to be at a low point. Just strategically speaking, it made sense to give the back-up a shot, as he didn’t have any of the mental/emotional baggage that was plaguing Drew today.
Solid call by the staff, and entirely defensible. Disrespect, my ass.
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This. Anyone who thinks that at some point during the half, or after that Kirk and Levar didn't discuss this possibility is clueless. At minimum, I'm sure Kirk asked Levar if the kid would be ready if called on. There is no other way that goes down, and Levar would run him out there with out having had that conversation.
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No. But LW could have told KF that he wasn't comfortable sending the backup out there in a clutch situation like that for his first attempt of the year, and KF likely wouldn't have overruled him. Not taking anything away from KF; just giving credit to LW, as he is ST coach.
Amen to that. I don't know the Stevens family at all, but in the minds of Hawkeye fans, they will be defined by this Tweet for eternity, much like how Fant's brother's social media posts soured it with the fan base.
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