Posted on 11/30/2020 9:24:44 AM PST by md1986
Sarah Fuller made history on Saturday afternoon when she became the first woman to play in a Power Five conference football game. Vanderbilt installed her as a kicker after the team’s other kickers were deemed unavailable due to COVID-19. Vanderbilt ultimately lost to Missouri 41-0, falling to 0-8 on the year. The team’s head coach, Derek Mason, was fired one day later. Shortly after making her big debut, Fuller did an interview with Courtney Cronin of ESPN. Among the interesting tidbits that emerged from their conversation was how Fuller got angry at her teammates at halftime.
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PLEASE restate that.
For those of us with daughters who have coached girls teams, one of the things you see immediately is that girls teams tend to cheer non-stop. They cheer win they are winning. They cheer win they are losing. Compared to my son’s teams, girls just cheer more, lots more. Watch a girls college softball game and listen in the background. It’s constant.
So with that said: She is really complaining that the Vanderbilt football team is not feminine enough for her taste. A further effort to make sissies out of our sons.
Looked like a long onside kick. Any HS kicker could have kicked it better.
She had good intentions..but she demoralized them. I dont think the coach was fired BECAUSE of her. They had no kickers due to COVID but the timing stinks.
Her “kick” was a deliberate squib kick. I expect she was told to squib it, and if so, can’t blame her for that. But fact is, her kick took less skill and leg strength than any other kick a kicker could be asked to execute - much easier even than an extra point. I suspect very few of us on this board could kick an extra point under game conditions, but the vast majority of us could make the “kick” she did in the game.
She’s not wrong
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Yeah. A little enthusiasm probably changes everything in 41-0 romp.
Do you suppose she out-kicked other kickers and that was why she was on the field?
In the facility, at university, there are scales on which the football players (or anybody else) can stand, to read their weight.
The scales are manufactured by Toledo Scales.
The lowest reading on the scales, is 150 lbs.
“We made a first down, and I was the only one cheering...”
She can’t kick. So, maybe there is a cheer spot open for her.
No, I’m sorry. I think that there was someone at Vandy that could have done just as well or better.
I don’t know a kick that lasted 30 years total seems like you should get pretty good coverage.
Jut shut up and be grateful you were allowed to play, Sarah!!!!
Sarah Fuller’s comments to her teammates reminded me of the Office Space girl.
Case of the Mondays (scene from Office Space):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AB9zPfXqQQ
Agreed. Went to my niece’s soccer game and the noise irritated me, as you are correct, they cheer NON-STOP. Men/boys simply say “let’s go”. I’ve been listening to death metal for decades but girls’ screams in soccer games, annoy me LOL
It’s one of the many reasons I don’t watch ESPN anymore. Sure, hype it up, but the one kick I did see was not remarkable at all. Like most “new” athletes on a team, whether you’re the second-string punter or a backup on special teams, you really cannot come in and start screaming at your teammates in an attempt to earn their respect... not in football. Clearly she has a lot to learn, and on the basis of her performance, I would add kicking to that list.
MJ
LOL, my filthy mind which does always hover just above the gutter cased me to snort when I read that post!
“That was designed, you know, meant for her because that’s what she used to striking. You know, really, we tried to go with the most natural kicks in her arsenal.
“Tried not to, you know, over-coach her, but let her do and understand what felt comfortable to her. And that’s really what we went with. Man, I thought she punched it exactly where she needed to punch it. Ball’s down, 35-yard line. Let’s go.”
Give the coach a break, they had no other person to go with.........
Their punter made 7 or 8 kicks during the game, so to blame COVID for 'no kickers available' was a ruse. Let's not pretend a punter couldn't kick from a tee, or drop-kick.
From what I know, the coach deserved what he got. Perhaps he thought it would save his job.
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