Quinn Nordin: What happened between HS and Michigan?
With the season approaching, I've caught a couple of the games from last season on BTN. It reminded me how many great weapons we have returning on offense this year and how insane our D was. But the one thing I keep noticing is Quinn Nordin.
In almost every game, his misses are terrible, and kicks he does make look like knuckleballs that somehow found the right side of the uprights. There doesn't seem to be any preciseness or tight spin at all.
Legitimate question: how was the #1 kicking recruit in the entire country? Was he exceptional and just developed the yips in Ann Arbor? Was all the hype based off his leg strength and not off his accuracy?
I believe the answer is that he touched himself at night.
Savage.
Both curve to the right or left?
According to the OP, it has something to do with knuckles to his balls. i didn't read very carefully.
August 11th, 2019 at 7:32 AM ^
dumb
He's a college kid who's under a ton of pressure. What do you think happened?
drugs and alcohol? I mean ..... that's how I coped
I was thinking chronic masturbation. It must be hard to kick a field goal after you've rubbed your wang raw.
Honestly, I think the OP is pretty lame for calling out Nordin specifically. The history of college football is filled with dudes who looked awesome in HS and looked less than awesome in college. How many underwhelming players has Michigan had in the last 10 years?
That's like calling tooth-brushing a "chronic" activity. It's just something you do for daily maintenance, not a disease. And it's not that hard to perform physical functions after rubbing your wang raw. A friend told me.
Do you brush your teeth 120 times a day?
He had the same haircut as Ricky Vaughn, maybe glasses will help him too?
Nah. What Quinn needs is Tiger Blood!
Sacrifice a bucket of KFC in honor of Jobbu
It's certainly the yips. He was lights out to start the '17 season, but then he started becoming unreliable for kicks in the 30-40 yard range, and even missed some XPs. It's all mental. You hate to see it, but if he can't get over it, he cannot be the kicker.
That and his backup is 10/11 and holds the record for most made FGs in a game with 6 against IU. Granted none were very far away but they still went in.
Me thinks Quinn is the backup now.
Me agrees! Moody's job to lose.
Methinks is one word...just FYI.
Meagrees.
This is the kind of post that keeps me coming back here.
Exactly. Kicking is HIGHLY mental. It requires the unique ability to stay loose and relaxed under a lot of pressure. That has nothing to do with physical ability and it's impossible to know if someone has that ability coming out of HS.
It's like shooting FTs or putting. You can do it perfectly a million times in practice (or in HS) and then get in front of 100,000+ with something on the line and get the yips even if you're super talented.
It sounds to me a lot like a five foot putt in golf (or insert your yip distance).
Lets face it, There’s a tiny amount of room for error.
I sure couldn’t do it.
We need to book him into some Greg Harden sessions.
Are you MENTAL?
All mental I think. He has all the talent and skill in the world. Just can't get out of his own head.
To paraphrase a great philosopher,
Ninety percent of kicking is half mental. The other half is physical.
Don't give up on Quinn - it ain't over until it is over.
The future ain't what it used to be.
If you see a fork in the road, take it.
I didn't say half the things I said.
Nobody drives in NYC. There's too much traffic.
And its "deja vu" all over again
Glad I scrolled down. I was about to post the same Yogi-ism.
We have seen the physical talent, so it's probably a brain thing. If the 100,000 watching live and the millions on TV get in your head... I'm not sure how you exorcise that.
To paraphrase Crash Davis; don't think, just kick.
Or think about brunettes.
You can't think and kick at the same time.
August 8th, 2019 at 10:14 PM ^
I had a soccer coach that would scream "DONT THINK AND PLAY, JUST PLAY" at us when we weren't playing well. I miss that guy.
It sure is getting late out earlier for Quinn
It sure is getting late out earlier for Quinn
August 8th, 2019 at 10:14 PM ^
So 45% mental then? That's manageable
I remember seeing him in the spring game hit one of the most gorgeous field goals I’ve seen a college kid make. Would have been good from over 60 and I thought we really had something with him.
Then the season rolled around and he looked like a bad high school kicker. To say he developed the yips would be a severe understatement.
He has an NFL leg. The ball explodes off his foot and gets up quickly. He just isn't consistent with his stroke.
Not consistent with his stroke?
According to Wichitan (and others), it's just the opposite.
Let’s make a list of questions that we can’t possibly answer.
Why would you want to do that?
I cant answer that
What metaphysical account of nature makes possible, not only desire, but self-conscious desire, and--further still--the evaluation of the goodness of that desire?
That's number four on the list.
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Is it an African swallow or a European swallow?
Well, you have to know these things if you wanna be king, you know.
All that tree climbing with Harbaugh screwed up his mechanics.
Nobody:
michael Jackson: don’t you climb trees?
MOAR SLEEPOVERS!!!!