Please replace Max Gilbert

[sonofUT62]

Pointing out your logical fallacy is not a straw man.

Then why did you like his post lol?? Stop feeding the animals.

 

[TN Jed]

Apparently there's kickers galore to choose from.

Yes, just watch ESPN Gameday. They feature a new kicker every week.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

Doesn't matter if he goes 99 out of 100. He will always be remembered for the miss against Georgia

By whom? If people remember him for a miss in a football game, those people need to get a life. That's weirdo behavior.

 

[Volanta]

Pointing out your logical fallacy is not a straw man.

You saying my entire argument is wrong bc I contradicted myself is a straw man. You’re dismissing my entire argument over semantics

 

[VolPack22]

It “matters” when we’re up 31-3 in the 4th quarter?

Also, that was a 50 yarder. Those are 50/50, even in the pros.

False. The FG percentage on 50 yarders last season in the NFL was right at 70%. And that’s for all the kickers. If you have a really good one it’s probably close to 75-80%. There is a guy that can make a 70 yarder now. 50 yards in college should be the new norm.

 

[Volanta]

Sorry, you lose.

How? Did he not miss that FG and lose the game? Yes or no?

 

[Volanta]

False. The FG percentage on 50 yarders last season in the NFL was right at 70%. And that’s for all the kickers. If you have a really good one it’s probably close to 75-80%. There is a guy that can make a 70 yarder now. 50 yards in college should be the new norm.

Thank you!

 

[cbrown]

It “matters” when we’re up 31-3 in the 4th quarter?

Also, that was a 50 yarder. Those are 50/50, even in the pros.

Have to disagree there. 50-yard field goals have become almost chip shots for the better NFL kickers.

 

[joevols89]

He’s good from 40 and in. But we can’t trust him over 40.

 

[KoachKrab127]

It’s possible but I want a full guarantee. Get a clutch kicker like the one from Oklahoma that wears the daisy dukes when he kicks.

There are no guarantees when it comes to kicking. Even a guy who missed zero kicks all season, Gary Anderson, missed the potential game winner in the NFC championship in 1999. Even Mike Vanderjagt missed a game tying kick in the playoffs in 2005. Even Jeff Hall missed a couple of crucial kicks in 1998, despite making the game winners against UF and Syracuse. Nobody is perfect. Nobody is a guarantee. We have a very good kicker. Hopefully he gets even better.

 

[Flipdaddy]

Watch him kick the game winner against Vandy

 

[VolPack22]

In the Oklahoma game specifically, he missed a FG earlier in the game and we turned the ball over on downs later in the game around the 37 yard line or so. If you have a good kicker in those situations then we would have only been down 26-23 with 8 minutes left. It completely changes you offense being down 26-17 vs 26-23.

 

[norrislakevol]

Poor feller, he always looks so terrified when he goes to make a kick. I know it's just the way the good Lord made him, but still, its fun for me to comment on every time he comes on, even for chip shot.

 

[JacketVol]

This season’s misses have dropped him to third now.

 

[Go47]

Or…the most accurate kicker in UT history could learn from it and improve next year. Is that not possible?

 

[Go47]

Fair point.

 

[Carl Pickens]

I don’t care. When it matters he misses.

It didn’t matter at all tonight

 

[BreatheUT]

How about the Georgia game? We would be in the playoffs if it wasn’t for him.

People keep talking about the Georgia game but the kick he misses in the OU game was just as big especially when the OU kicker couldn't miss from 50. Gilbert missed at home in both games.

 

[Enigmatic_Vol]

Hate to call out players by name but we gotta move on from Gilbert next season. Please!

That's out of line... unless you have qualifications to critique kickers.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

He has the highest FG% in Tennessee history.

He's also 13th/16th in SEC FG % this year at 76.5%...

 

[wrangler]

OK and GA weren’t Gilbert’s losses, they were team losses. Plenty of blame to go around. On the other hand, the close games and the clutch moments are when you need your kicker to be his most accurate. I’ll take a kicker with a lower overall FG%, if he gets it done when it counts.

 

[NeverWe'llSever]

Unfortunately, the vast majority of my time as a fan has been with mediocre kickers who fail to deliver in big games. In my lifetime, Jeff Hall is by far the best kicker, followed by Chase McGrath and James Wilhoit.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

can we talk about how unsettling it is to look at Max Gilbert? he looks 5 years old it's weird.

 

[lexkyvol]

not complaining, but i cant say it shouldn't be of importance during recruiting

 

[Pappy]

He’s not reliable when the pressure is on. He had a crucial miss against Oklahoma too (not end of game / momentum shift miss).

They better upgrade or he will cost a game or two next year. JMO.

do you call out the wide receivers when they drop an easy one when it matters? How about the linemen when they miss a block or tackle 'when it matters'. When does a play not matter? They all lead to the end in one way or another.