I'm not exactly sure what a Special teams Analyst analyst does. Auburn assistant coach Larry Porter was the Special Teams Coordinator last year, so I assume he was the guy drawing up the schemes for special teams.2019 Stat comparison, national ranks:
Obviously, this is not all there is to special teams, but focusing on the field position types of stats....
Kickoff Returns:
Auburn: 66th
Nebraska: 107th
Punt Returns:
Auburn: 18th
Nebraska: 66th
Opponent Punt Returns:
Auburn: 130th
Nebraska: 7th
Opponent Kick Returns:
Auburn: 96th
Nebraska: 63rd
I'm not so sure this is an overall upgrade from last season. Auburn was really good at punt returns -- but not much else. They had to be one of the worst teams in FBS in kick and punt return coverage combined (they were the very worst in punt return coverage).
I suppose an analyst is better than no analyst, but there isn't much promising to gather from this limited data set.
I think it starts with the mindset that special teams is as important as offense and defense. We are way off that mark.
Not sure if you are a pessimistic person or just have extremely high standards but, to me, +41, +48, +123, and +33 in the 4 areas you listed would seem to be a HUGE IMPROVEMENT.2019 Stat comparison, national ranks:
Obviously, this is not all there is to special teams, but focusing on the field position types of stats....
Kickoff Returns:
Auburn: 66th
Nebraska: 107th
Punt Returns:
Auburn: 18th
Nebraska: 66th
Opponent Punt Returns:
Auburn: 130th
Nebraska: 7th
Opponent Kick Returns:
Auburn: 96th
Nebraska: 63rd
I'm not so sure this is an overall upgrade from last season. Auburn was really good at punt returns -- but not much else. They had to be one of the worst teams in FBS in kick and punt return coverage combined (they were the very worst in punt return coverage).
I suppose an analyst is better than no analyst, but there isn't much promising to gather from this limited data set.
Should have got his dad Bill.....greatest special teams coach of all timeSnyder to USC absolutely killed us. May as well have just went and grabbed Jamrog IMO.
Great coach. In the end his Metamucil stipend request was just too outlandish.Should have got his dad Bill.....greatest special teams coach of all time
Best way to tell depth on a team is take a look at their special teams. We didn’t have any in 2019 (combined with awful coaching).I think 90% of special teams is depth and spending quality time on it in practice. From watching our special teams last season, I’m convinced that we don’t have it or didn’t do either.
Football programs had good special teams long before administrations brought in a bunch of special teams analysts.