Daniel Lincoln (merged)

#76
#76
hatvol96 said:
No, it isn't. Lincoln sucks. He's missed long kicks, short kicks, extra points. There's no assurance he would have made the kick minus the penalty. Why don't you stick to kissing Fulmer's fat arse and balimng Dave Clawson for everything but the swine flu? At least that is amusing. Any defense of Lincoln at this point in his career is just idiocy.
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If you have DVR, go back and watch where the ball hit Cody on the last try. It would have been so far left it isn't even funny. If anything, Terrence Cody saved Lincoln the embarrassment of missing 20 yards wide left.
 
#80
#80
jrobison said:
So whose fault is it that he was named a freshmen all-american and all SEC kicker by several outlets?
He definately can't make a FG if he isn't given the oppurtunity to get it off. Yeah...he missed a 49 yrd field goal. Thats not a routine FG...thats tough, man.
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I'm going out on limb here but my guess is that he won't be considered for either this year.
 
#81
#81
hatvol96 said:
I don't give a damn if he was named Time magazine's Man Of The Year. He stinks. It's a disgrace he occupies a position guys like Alan Duncan, Fuad Reviez, John Becksvoort, and Jeff Hall have manned.[/QUOTE]

If one of these guys had been kicking today, the ut postgame locker room would have been filled with cigar smoke.
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#82
#82
jrobison said:
Can't agree with you guys on this one. The O-Line has to atleast give him a chance. I'm not gonna hate on the Sullins'. They both passed up free education to come walk on and be a part of tradition at UT. That said, we HAVE to atleast give the kicker an oppurtunity. A 49 yard field goal at Alabama is by no means a give-me. If you're looking to put the blame on someone, go find Fulmer. Thats right...

If was actually worth half of what he was getting payed, we wouldn't be in the unenviable position of starting two walk-ons on the O-Line. Its absolutely inexcusable for Kiffin to take over this team and this O-Line to be without SEC talent. Just my 2 cents.
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You got Brimfield, Pope, Schofield...enough guys, with enough size to back up Vlad at LG. It's the coaches who decide these way undersized guys get the start.
I thought Vlad was back this...was really disappointed to see Sullins back in a LG.
 
#83
#83
FYI: Lincoln has a quad problem and has affected his long range kicks. He apparently has not been the same since it showed up in him.

SOURCE: Vol Network's postgame report.
 
#84
#84
hatvol96 said:
It's a damn shame one guy can waste the hard work of so many.
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But surely not blaming him because he can't block and kick at the same time. I know he's not a reliable kicker though........
 
#85
#85
Well, this seems like the most appropirate thread to put this in. My first casualty in the Kiffin era was the ceiling light fixture/ fan in my bedroom. Happened on the last kick or lack thereof.
 
#86
#86
chavisut said:
Lincoln wasn't near as "hyped" as Palardy.
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Palardy had an awesome tape on you tube several months ago. One look at that and Vol fans will have no worries about our kicker for the next four years. Maybe some concern for the ball, but not the kicker.
 
#87
#87
I'm not sure you can blame that last kick on Lincoln--maybe. I couldn't really tell how much penetration Cody got. It probably was a little low; what's sad is that it looked like he hit and hard and straight--perhaps a little low.
 
#88
#88
While I can't confirm any of this, word on the street in Ktown is Lincoln hurt his leg during warm ups at a game early in the year trying to stretch his range to 60 yds. Shortly afterward, Cunningham was asked to be ready for FGs but wasn't used because of inaccuracy. So, as far as the kicker position goes, I think we have what we have. I think CLK understands he's rolling the dice with Lincoln, but usually in these situations, we've already exhausted all other options.
 
#90
#90
For the record, Lincoln was 8-10 before this game. It isn't as if he was doing a bad job, and his missed PAT was on a block as well.
 
#92
#92
Everyone is bashing Lincoln for missing, but you have to include the OL also. If they had blocked ten then he would hae hd the chance to make the tries. They are undersized and it showed by the penetration that Bama got on both FG's that were blocked. Yea the first one was low cause Lincoln felt he needed distance, but the OL has to keep the penetration out also.
 
#93
#93
HonoluluVol said:
Everyone is bashing Lincoln for missing, but you have to include the OL also. If they had blocked ten then he would hae hd the chance to make the tries. They are undersized and it showed by the penetration that Bama got on both FG's that were blocked. Yea the first one was low cause Lincoln felt he needed distance, but the OL has to keep the penetration out also.
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1.) The "made" field goal was low.
2.) The "missed" field goal was short. Every SEC kicker should be able to kick 47 yards in distance. If he misses it left/right, I get it. Short? No.
3.) The first blocked field goal was in Cody's armpit. No amount of bad offensive line play should cause a blocked field goal kicked 3 feet BELOW the attempting blocker's hands.
4.) The last blocked field goal was likely the only one where the offensive line was more to blame.

2/3 misses were all him.
 
#95
#95
It's not a matter of time, really...he is just kicking them too low. From Kiffin's comments, it seems to be a consequence of his quad injury...he just doesn't have the leg strength to kick it that long unless it is dangerously low....
 
#96
#96
Am I the only one who thinks Lane really screwed up by running 31 seconds off the clock before the FG? Don't get me wrong - I'm sold on this staff, and that was a great game. But, there was plenty of time to run a play on 2nd down and then spike it, or if it's an incomplete pass, we could run another play on 3rd down.

We had already missed a FG of 47 yards and had a 43-yarder blocked. So, why settle on kicking from 44?

I have seen plenty of teams/coaches waste valuable time by taking too long to decide on a play before calling timeout anyway. But, Lane decided with 35 seconds left that we were not going to run another play. I realize we were out of timeouts, but we should have passed on 2nd down. 8 yards might have made all the difference. Given what I'd already seen, I optimistically thought we had a below 50% chance at 44 yards. Had it been a 37-yarder, I would have expected to make it.
 
#97
#97
ukvols said:
Am I the only one who thinks Lane really screwed up by running 31 seconds off the clock before the FG? Don't get me wrong - I'm sold on this staff, and that was a great game. But, there was plenty of time to run a play on 2nd down and then spike it, or if it's an incomplete pass, we could run another play on 3rd down.

We had already missed a FG of 47 yards and had a 43-yarder blocked. So, why settle on kicking from 44?

I have seen plenty of teams/coaches waste valuable time by taking too long to decide on a play before calling timeout anyway. But, Lane decided with 35 seconds left that we were not going to run another play. I realize we were out of timeouts, but we should have passed on 2nd down. 8 yards might have made all the difference. Given what I'd already seen, I optimistically thought we had a below 50% chance at 44 yards. Had it been a 37-yarder, I would have expected to make it.
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Had they tried another pass and gotten a holding penalty, a sack, or a pick, this board would have flamed Kiffin for not kicking it from 44.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't...
 
#98
#98
I had the radio on in another room and just before that 47 yarder Kessling commented to Priest that L. (don't want to type that Yankee last name) "Didn't look good at all in warmups with the longer kicks". I wondered why someone else wasn't in trying to make the kick.
 
#99
#99
SGMVols said:
Had they tried another pass and gotten a holding penalty, a sack, or a pick, this board would have flamed Kiffin for not kicking it from 44.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't...
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yep..

it's the revenge of Filmer....
 
#100
#100
Cody didn't block those field goals, kicker just kicked the ball into him.

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