[NU Sports] End of season thoughts (fwd)

[Mike Nolan]

> It would seem to me that it should be easier to recruit kickers at  NU than 
> speedy skill players.  The type of HS athletes that go out for  the kicking 
> positions might well be the "cerebral", less brawny, more brainy,  jocks that NU 
> can go after.  Anybody disagree?

You're perpetuating the myth that athletes are all dumb jocks.  

How about the myth that all kickers are from middle european countries
and know more about who won the World Cup than who won the Super Bowl?  :-)

The plain and simple fact is that really GOOD kickers are a rather 
rare commodity, and not that many coaches place a high value on recruiting 
them anyhow.  I wonder how many 1-A schools have starting kickers who
were offered scholarships straight out of high school?  I'd be surprised
if it was more than half of them.

How many NFL teams fired their kicker DURING THE SEASON this year?!
(If the TV folks are right, the Vikings may fire one during the playoffs.)
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Mike Nolan