Texans hire Special Teams Asst Coach

[painekiller]

My Texans app on my smartphone had a welcomed bit of news tonight. The Texans hired Bob Ligashesky to assist Joe Marciano with the special teams. He was the Bucs ST coach last season. The Bucs lead the league with 4 blocked punts last season. Bob was also the ST coach for the Steelers from 07 thru 09. They won the Super Bowl in 08.

This should be a welcome addition to the coaching staff.

[chuck]

Why would a Special Teams wizard such as Joe Marciano need an assistant?

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by chuck

Why would a Special Teams wizard such as Joe Marciano need an assistant?

Cause he is not a wizard and the Texans were one of the last teams to only have one special teams coaches. But you already knew that.

[barrett]

Hopefully the new guy doesn't ruin the great thing Joe had going. Some teams might have creative and explosive special teams, but those teams often gamble and fail a lot too. We were never flashy, but under Joe we made up for lack of explosion by being inconsistent and mistake prone.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by barrett

Hopefully the new guy doesn't ruin the great thing Joe had going. Some teams might have creative and explosive special teams, but those teams often gamble and fail a lot too. We were never flashy, but under Joe we made up for lack of explosion by being inconsistent and mistake prone.

My grandfather once described my golf game as consistently erratic. I don't know that Joe even has that going for him.

[Warren]

I compared some of the Bucs’ and Texans' 2012 special teams stats (the ones that seemed to reflect more on the quality of the unit than the kicker or punter), hoping for something to be excited about from this hire. I didn't find much.

Kickoff returns: The Bucs averaged 20.3 yds. per return (#30 in the NFL) with no TDs. The Texans averaged 21.7 yds. per return (#23) with 2 TDs. The Bucs’ average starting position after a kickoff was the 20.5 yard line (#29) and the Texans’ was the 20.4 yard line (#30).

Kickoff coverage: The Bucs’ opponents averaged 25.2 yds. per return (#25) with no TDs. The Texans’ opponents averaged 25.7 yds. per return (#27) with 2 TDs. The Bucs’ opponents’ average starting position after a kickoff was the 20.9 yard line (#9) and the Texans’ opponents’ was the 25.6 yard line (#32).

Punt returns: The Bucs averaged 9.0 yds. per return (#19) with no TDs. The Texans averaged 11.0 yds. per return (#9) with a TD. The Bucs blocked 3 punts and the Texans blocked 2.

Punt coverage: The Bucs’ opponents averaged 11.0 yds. per return (#24) with no TDs. The Texans’ opponents averaged 10.1 yds. per return (#20) with a TD. The Bucs has a punt blocked and the Texans did not.

Placekicking: Neither team had a kick blocked.

Placekicking defense: Both teams blocked a kick.