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Michael Badgley

WhatTheHell said:
Our lack of good punters and kickers is really perplexing given our location.

Any coach on the staff worth his salt should be able to cruise around the intramural fields and find a few 4’11” South Americans launching a soccer ball half a mile and bring them on over for a workout.

Instead we got some hiljack jackass named Bubba spraying missed everywhere, and Feebles kicking pop ups like a couple of a-holes.
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Before Feagles we had 3 NFL punters, Badgely was a very good kicker and so was Bosher. You can't be that clueless, can you?
 
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Hotel Ibis said:
He made a lot, but the FSU extra point and the Wisconsin missed chip shot are the first 2 I always think of. A rich man's Dane Prewitt. He was better than Francesco Zampogna or Andy Crossland, but no Todd Sievers (whose stats are worse than I recall, but who was clutch) or John Peattie.
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He missed one kick in the Orange Bowl in a game we weren't going to win regardless. Sievers was definitely clutch, however, I don't recall Badgely having to kick many game winning field goals.
 
ctcane33160 said:
Before Feagles we had 3 NFL punters, Badgely was a very good kicker and so was Bosher. You can't be that clueless, can you?
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Well seeing as I specifically highlighted our current group of punters and kickers, obviously the previous guys have nothing to do with this discussion.

Or did your boy Badgley kick you too hard in the head to grasp my point?
 
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ctcane33160 said:
He never missed a kick from between 40-49 yards his whole career but he wasn't any good. Makes sense.
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Great stat. Nice that you had to shrink the field to a 9 yard portion to find a stat that made him not look bad. Here’s a stat. He was the 64th most accurate kicker in college football his last year here. A regular Adam Vinateri.

“Hey, Malik Rosier has a perfect passer rating this year on balls thrown between 2-3 yards so yeah I guess he wasn’t any good” lulz lulz.

Great analysis, ChickFan.
 
HurricaneHauk said:
But

but he sucks!!

People gargle Jeff Thomas ***** and the dude really accomplished nothing here in the grand scheme of things and quit on the team. yet trash a guy who spent all 4 years here and had some big kicks for us and is now doing well in the league
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He tailed off a little bit the 2nd half of his senior year but overall had a great career at Miami.
 
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WhatTheHell said:
Great stat. Nice that you had to shrink the field to a 9 yard portion to find a stat that made him not look bad. Here’s a stat. He was the 64th most accurate kicker in college football his last year here. A regular Adam Vinateri.

“Hey, Malik Rosier has a perfect passer rating this year on balls thrown between 2-3 yards so yeah I guess he wasn’t any good” lulz lulz.

Great analysis, ChickFan.
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Hey putz. They break down fg % 20-29, 30-29, 40-49. 40-49 yards is not automatic in any league.
 
CTCANE said:
Hey putz. They break down fg % 20-29, 30-29, 40-49. 40-49 yards is not automatic in any league.
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Hey *****-encrusted homer, he still wasn’t good at Miami. Selecting the 9 yard portion of the field he was adequate at won’t change that.

Go put on the Walmart jersey your boyfriend bought you, chick fan.
 
mdpcane said:
grow up
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Nah bruh, I think you need to.
Dude is balling after not getting drafted and all yall can do is sit back and hate on him. A record breaking player from Miami... I agree he wasn't the greatest of kickers while he was here, but his numbers prove otherwise. Stop being childish and give the man his praise, he might even go to the pro bowl this year!
 
Awsi Dooger said:
I was never a Badgley fan due to his mechanics but they look better now.

Kickers are closer to golfers than anything else in football. Badgley always had erratic alignment and head positioning and speed of approach. Last night I was shocked at how normal he looked.

He still has a tendency to get spooked by the rush. That's why the kick is pulled left -- like the first miss last night with 3 seconds remaining -- if the kicker senses pressure off the right flank. It is the most common tendency in placekicking and the reason that special teams coaches should always emphasize pressure and penetration from the right side (left side from a defensive perspective), if the opposing kicker is a righty. That kicker is already looking in that direction by simple logic of how a soccer style kicker stands in relation to the line of scrimmage. He has to look toward the holder. If he senses penetration from that side he comes across the ball just like a golfer who flinches at the last second because he wants to avoid hazards to the right.

Special teams coaching in the NFL is light years superior to college. That's why you see so many free agent placekickers make it big immediately in the NFL. They look totally different once the coaching straightens things out. Darren Rizzi of the Dolphins is probably best in the league right now. It is astonishing how much the Dolphins gain from special teams exchanges every week, and this is without Grant their best return man. The rookie kicker Jason Sanders looked moderate in college but now he has flawless smooth mechanics and a perfect slight draw every time.
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Fassel with the rams is the best special team unit I’ve ever seen
 
Didn't realize it at first...but that 59 yarder from Badgley was a franchise record for the Chargers. This is the second week in the row he's kicked a game winning FG.
 
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2 FGs in Q1 on the road in the playoffs, including a 53 yarder just now. Not my favorite Cane but good to see him doing well in the league.
 
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