OK ACC fans, tell me about Kirk Benedict. ST and Recruiting coordinator for Duke since 2014.

We’ve played Duke twice during his time. Outside of one kickoff return that sparked a bit of a rally for them in 2020, nothing stands out to me. But, knowing Cut and the program he ran, I can’t say it’s a bad hire.
 
I would look at Duke's (and his specific) recruiting results to judge this because ST coach, well, that's a place filler position IMO. Hell, UK hasn't had a dedicate ST coach in like 5 years or more and we've had some pretty decent special teams. This has to be a recruiting move, but what does this guy bring to the table in that regard?
 
MarineUKFan said:
Oh, snap...that's right. Was running all the ACC teams through my head and Wake didn't pop up......
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He's actually an FSU fan. The "wake-is-great" story is a good one, though.

MarineUKFan said:
I would look at Duke's (and his specific) recruiting results to judge this because ST coach, well, that's a place filler position IMO. Hell, UK hasn't had a dedicate ST coach in like 5 years or more and we've had some pretty decent special teams. This has to be a recruiting move, but what does this guy bring to the table in that regard?
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Never underestimate the importance of ST. Having a kicking team that rarely ever misses or a punting team that can continuously flip the field and maintain a short field for the offense is priceless.
 
OldDevilDawg said:
He's actually an FSU fan. The "wake-is-great" story is a good one, though.



Never underestimate the importance of ST. Having a kicking team that rarely ever misses or a punting team that can continuously flip the field and maintain a short field for the offense is priceless.
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We've had that pretty consistently.

What I found funny was a few years ago when we beat Penn St in the Citrus bowl, the announcers said multiple times that Franklin had dedicated 3 bowl prep practices to special teams. We destroyed them on special teams that game.
 
MarineUKFan said:
We've had that pretty consistently.

What I found funny was a few years ago when we beat Penn St in the Citrus bowl, the announcers said multiple times that Franklin had dedicated 3 bowl prep practices to special teams. We destroyed them on special teams that game.
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"Pretty consistently" and "constantly" are worlds apart. Kirby has always provided more playing time based on performance on special teams. You're either all the way in it or you're not in it at all.
 
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