KLHJ2
10-26-2010, 10:36 AM
1. He kicks in a stadium where all kickers only average 67% FGP.
2. He missed a kick in Chicago where the wind swirls and its not like he was wide left, wide right or worse...short.
3. Ever since we left RFK we have not had a so called automatic guy, funny how we did cut This_guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Akers) and he went on to become one of the better kickers in the league.
I am not going to place all the blame on Gano when most kickers suck when they play here.
CRedskinsRule
10-26-2010, 10:39 AM
It was all part of Gano's motivational techniques. He knew that if we were up by 6 our D would defend against a TD and would almost blow it (ie the dallas game), but if he missed and we were up by only three the D would play lights out and shut them down.
All hail Graham Gano, master of motivitational misses!!!
SolidSnake84
10-26-2010, 11:24 AM
He is still better than the worst redskins kicker of all time, John Hall. John Hall was absolutley worse than Suishit or anybody else we ever had.
Watching games in 2006, when you'd have a 30 yard attempt, you'd automatically know that Hall would blow it. He was that bad.
Hall had leg issues at the end that derailed him. I would take a healthy Hall over Suisham any day.
Monkeydad
10-26-2010, 01:07 PM
Yeah, Hall was one of the better kickers in the league when we got him from the Jets. Also, a beast of a tackler.
Like Matty said...his leg fell off when he wore our colors...and it was ugly to watch.
SBXVII
10-26-2010, 02:07 PM
Word.
However, I think we should consider whether the holder is screwing things up as well.
I'm late to this party but could it be the Center as well? Under the Red Snapper it seemed like all the balls were sent to the holder perfectly. This year I've seen more balls that look like they are skidding along the ground or sent a little high forcing the holder to get the ball down slightly late which throws off the kicker.
SolidSnake84
10-26-2010, 02:29 PM
Yeah, Hall was one of the better kickers in the league when we got him from the Jets. Also, a beast of a tackler.
Like Matty said...his leg fell off when he wore our colors...and it was ugly to watch.
I only remembered hall from that horrible 06 season.
Looking him up, he was signed to a 5 year contract in 2003. He was injured 4 times in 2004, once in 2005, and twice in 2006 and put on injured reserve, ending his career.
In '06 Hall was 9/11 in 5 games... how was that horrible?
Monkeydad
10-26-2010, 03:43 PM
I'm late to this party but could it be the Center as well? Under the Red Snapper it seemed like all the balls were sent to the holder perfectly. This year I've seen more balls that look like they are skidding along the ground or sent a little high forcing the holder to get the ball down slightly late which throws off the kicker.
Sunberg is definitely causing confusion and delay.
SolidSnake84
10-26-2010, 04:36 PM
In '06 Hall was 9/11 in 5 games... how was that horrible?
I was referring to the season as a whole. Not Hall specifically.