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Lincoln Riley Reiterates He Does Not Want Special Teams Coach

Lincoln Riley said again this morning he doesn’t want to hire a coach solely for special teams based on the current limitations for a coaching staff (nine full-time coaches). Riley said it didn’t make sense for such a specific role.

It’s really a philosophy thing. And it’s not enough to simply hire a special teams coach. You have to have a good one. Remember John Baxter?

But some coaches really emphasize special teams.

“Special teams are the quickest way to win a football game,” former Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said.

Virginia Tech blocked 138 kicks in the Beamer era and scored 55 special-teams touchdowns: 20 on punt returns, 20 on blocked punts, nine on kickoff returns, four on blocked field goals, one on a fumbled kick recovery and another on a fumbled kick return.

Beamer personally coached the special teams at Virginia Tech and used his best players in the kicking game.

Where I might quibble with Riley is where he said it’s too specific an area for a coach but he has a tight ends coach, an inside receivers coach and an outside receivers coach so he could hire a special teams coach if he felt it was worth it.

61 thoughts on “Lincoln Riley Reiterates He Does Not Want Special Teams Coach”

  1. After having Scott jog my memory on which units get coaches, I guess you could say Lincoln is a little bit offense-oriented. Fuck defense & special teams.
    #Hey!It’sWorking!
    #[WeCanWorryAboutTheRestIn2023]

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    1. ‘Ol Mule Shoe doesn’t have any real coaches on defense either, Grinch, Nua and Donte Williams are nothing but a bunch of clowns

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      1. Hey, ‘Ol Mule Shoe isn’t in Norman anymore, we tell it like it is out here on the West Coast.

        ‘Ol Mule Shoe’s defensive coaching staff is shit, that’s just the way it is

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      2. All the Americans who landed on the moon —in flight after flight after flight—were all shit too….
        #ItWasALLFaked…
        #WhatABunchOfLiarsWorkAtNASA!
        #[OnlyTebowHasTheCapacityToSeeEverythingClearly]

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      5. “The TRUTH”……
        #Yes,That’sRight….
        #CheckBackOnNovember9th
        #[btw,AtLeastGabbyWritesHisOwnMaterial]…

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      6. Perhaps, Michael, but it’s the same shit over & over & over again.

        She lies and claims I do that. But as I stated yesterday, it’s usually something new that Dementia Joe has done.

        Yes, no one who was stupid enough to vote for all of this should have the nerve to insult someone else’s intelligence. But that’s just a fact she hates being reminded of.

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      7. Inner Tebowobama: Ol Mule Shoe (my great granddaddy’s nickname, otherwise known as Old Lukey). I will never forget the time he took me to circus and tried to trade for some cotton candy. Then a gang of clowns played mumblety-peg with MY feet. Is it any wonder I walk with limp! Ah, those were the days. Ever since then, I have made it my life’s work to research clowns–from clowne, cloyne meaning a man of rustic or coarse manners. Possibly from Scandinavian, but much controversy over the origin. My favorite song is Smokey Robinson’s Tears of a Clown.

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    1. Nice to hear a fresh voice posting on the blog. Don’t let slo cal drag you down the political rabbit hole. It’s wise to ignore him, just saying

      #FIGHT-ON!

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      2. Hey…..slo troll, if and when I need any shit out of you I’ll squeeze your head ….got it!

        Wipe the drool and go back to bed.

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      3. Gabby is short for Marylynn Gabriela. I like girly girl things which is why I voted for that hunk Biden. (Is it working?? Are people changing the topic away from Biden?? Of please, please lets not talk about this walking disaster. Deep down, I am SO sorry I voted for him. Will the guys forgive me. Perhaps if baked some cookies for them.

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      4. Wow!!!!! Fake Gabby……I’m feeling extremely privileged that you would take time out of your day to put words in my mouth……you’re a true genius. Your approach and style are special and convincing. I should let you speak for me 24/7.

        Keep it coming ….. more!…….correct the wrong and let it be known!!!!!

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      5. Those bullies! Why are the picking on me! I need to get away from this, walk on beach and listen to my Rod McKuen tapes.

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      7. I am sooooo mad that now I am calling myself names!! Is there no escape from this internal torment?! I…….must……….get………a…….grip…so…..hard

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    2. USC hasn’t played anybody decent except Utah you clown. Go back on hiatus.

      Patchwork team? USC has more 4 and 5 star players than all the teams they’ve faced combined.

      Where do these idiots come from?

      Goddamn!

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      2. ask slo troll. he had a pair on when he was servicing his outhouse…..he claims they hold up in deep shit….ouch!

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      3. heeeheee….I really want them for myself…I wonder if they bought the SoCal excuse. They would go well with my Fall ensemble.

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    3. Mr Wolf somewhat contradicted himself.
      Beamer was a pretty good S/T coach. Also the Head Coach, so he didn’t really have a S/T coach on salary….

      Back in the day, Gil Haskell was our WR coach and our S/T coach. He got a job in the Pros as a S/T coach. The NFL could afford to pay a S/T coach. The TE would rotate from the OLine coach to the WR coach depending on the Drill. We didn’t have a TE coach.

      Anyway, with kickers with big legs these days, S/T have become a little less relevant in the College game.

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  3. Hot off the AP wire- Our resident blog dunce, slo cal, has been officially named the new “special teams coach”(sweet!). According to the terms of the contract, compensation is a “lifetime” supply of Depends(nice!).

    Slo cal’s posted bio states his only football experience was back in the 1950’s. He played tuba for the marching band on game days. (it shows)

    #CONGRATS!

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      1. What a fucking disgusting and creepy pervert!!!!!!. Only a mentally defective person would think about a 74-year old woman lactating into a grown man’s mouth. Does your wife know you talk this way on the internet. FUCKING WEIRDO!!!!!!

        What the FUCK is wrong with you……

        Go focus on your kiddie porn!

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      3. You never take ownership of your actions(pathetic)……..just a sick little man old man living a pathetic life off his SS check with zero discretionary income. but wants to blame the guy in the WH for all his shortcomings…… I petty the troll. just a total waste of oxygen

        Let’s meet up……stop being a little fucking coward……prove you actually have a set

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      4. Looks who’s talking about not owning it. Posts all kinds of sick, lame insults then cries when someone does the same.

        I’m not the first to say you can dish it out, but can’t take it.

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      5. Oh….I so hate it when SoCal makes me look like a fool and an ass. He has done it again…when will I ever learn. Oh well, back to my casserole.

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      6. WOOOOOW!!!……Fake Gabby, I love how you take time out to correct my issues…..yes …..slo cal continues to ream my ass hole…..and you make me enjoy it every time …..tell him deeper and harder….fuck the casserole

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      7. oh…jeepers creepers, now I am talking to myself again. This is whole situation is so distressing. Where are my smelling salts?

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  4. Let Riley run the football Wolf, you just take care of your blog. Don’t worry about second guessing a guy with his winning record, know what I mean?

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    1. wolf continues to reaffirm his low football IQ, time after time. His boi-toy Petros even cut off wolf’s airtime… I don’t blame him.

      Yet, he tries to claim back his relevance by “supposedly” having personnel conversations with PAC12 coaches related to the product on the USC playing field……pathetic!

      #THIRD-RATE-BLOGGER

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      1. Don’t like it? Don’t visit the site.

        What a dumbshit. No one puts a gun to your head.

        But no, the idiot will keep coming back to make a fool of himself. LOL

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      2. you stupid senile limp-dick troll, I don’t visit this site to get information from Wolf regarding the state of the USC football program(clueless) I have stated many many many times over the years…….where in the fuck have you been?….you fucking stupid dipshit……I enjoy visiting this site and slapping you around like a pinata….. So what’s your fucking excuse for sucking wolf’s cock…… you have zero football IQ…… all you want to do is cry about how pathetic your life is because Biden is the Prez…..Have you ever offered any ideas to correct the fucking grievances you continue to bitch about 24/7……you are just a say lonely old man begging for some admiration but you continue to fail……

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      5. Ooooh. So Cal has got the better of me again!!! And now my casserole is burned!!! Ooooeee, golly gosh darn…I guess I better get back to my knitting.

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      6. Wow!!!! Fake Gabby you are 100% correct AGAIN!!!!…. Mr. so cal is an extremely stable genius…… He would get my vote for future PREZ…..Thank you for setting me straight…….more more more….. you are my hero

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      9. I really love my devasting responses….to myself. I figure if I cannot beat SoCal in a debate (yes, I know he slam dunks on me everytime), maybe I can beat myself. But know it is time to put on my bunny feet PJs and say nighty nighty. 🙂

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  5. Maybe you don’t need an assistant coach devoted to special teams, but you need to spend time on ST in practice. I tried to look this up, but how many punts, FG’s, PAT’s has USC blocked this year? How many punts and kick-offs ran back for TD? Offhand, none. Riley needs to spend more time on ST.

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    2. Instead of kicking off out of the end zone, kick the ball as high as possible, coming down in the field of play. Maximum coverage and field position. I’ve thought this for years and now seeing some teams doing it.

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      3. OK….. let’s start out with an easy question….I don’t want to strain what’s left of your cranium…..Here we go…..Name the position that receives the ball from the center?

        #YOU-CAN-DO-IT!

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      5. Poor me!! Still getting slapped around by So Cal and now even by myself. Not my fault I was given this brain—I suppose it is too late to ask for replacement. Hehehehe

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    3. Charles I totally agree. Wolf using Beamer as an example supports Riley’s strategy. VT didn’t really have a ST coach as Wolf pointed out that Beamer coached ST himself.

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  7. What was I saying? Ziggy that pantsless cartoon was seen watching the “all political commercials channel” today. The real threat to Democracy is the lies being told during commercials. If the commercials were selling something they’d have to be truthful, so why aren’t politicians held to the same standards?
    No matter which side of isle you are on, you have to take a step back and check for yourself to see what is true.
    And now for sports:
    Special teams at SC haven’t been special for some time. You just have to look at our one and only onside kick try. It literally gave Arizona a short field. It was a cute idea, but it didn’t work. Our punts have been erratic and the missed field goals could have helped beat the spread last week ( if you care about that) Baxter was once considered a genius special teams coach, but his last stint at SC proved he was past his prime. Somebody’s got to hold the special teams responsible for their performance. I don’t think anyone is.

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