[Norm Peterson]

my complaint about the special teams and QB issue: not one kicker or punter (jones, Dobbs, Hill) went to a kicking camp this summer? how can special teams expect to be good when they have no idea how to correctly kick the ball? The same issue with Gadberry, he didnt go to one single Qb camp this offseason. There is no way to improve without working on it in the offseason. You'll just stay at mediocre to below average when you dont put in the time. I know Lange last year went to 8 camps all together including Qb and kicking. From not being at the game and just getting updates, sounds like Chevraunt, slaughter and Lange all had decent games, while i also heard our Defensive backs just bounced off Trent when he ran the ball. Number 8 was suspended for the last 3 games for BReathitt and now another kid kids ejected in last nights game? Sounds like Breathitts coach needs to crack down a bit on them.

Special teams are often neglected but they are super important. When you have two teams that are evenly matched more often than not special teams will decide the game. A lot of people took special teams for granted the last couple of seasons and didn't think that having a whole new group of starters would be a big deal. But when you look at it they lost Lange, who would be punting at IU, UK or another D-I school if he hadn't have injured his knee. Speaks, who is the starting longsnapper for EKU and Herd, who is playing soccer at Union (and could have kicked there as well). That is a lot bigger deal than most people think. This year's team has players that are capable of stepping into those roles and doing the job but they have to put in the time and get better. Luckily they still have a couple of games to do so. Danville has an excellent kicking game. Their kicker puts it into the end zone on almost every kickoff and they do a nice job on their punt team as well. That will negate the best part of Somerset's special teams: their kick returners. If that game is a tight as I think it will be we cannot have the errors on special teams that have plagued the team so far. You can get away with them against Southwestern--it won't fly against Danville.

One other question about the kicking game: What happened to Austin Hill? He came in during the second half of the Southwestern game and made all 3 PATs that he attempted after Dobbs had struggled in the first half. He hasn't kicked since as far as I know. I would have thought he would get a shot.

All that being said it is just one loss to the #2 ranked team in 3A. There is not reason this team can't get better every week and win the rest of their games. This isn't a time to panic or worry about what this team can't do. It is time to see what we have been doing poorly and fix it before the district games get here. Somerset will be fine--they just have to keep working hard.