Past #14: Gavin Urquhart - delisted at end 11 season, re-listed as rookie, re-de-listed at end '12 season

[Shermanator]

Perfect set up for gav. He's always handled expectation well.

yeah I can see those Coyotes turning ugly..

 

[Flawed Genius]

"He plays rough and violent,

Since?

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Since?

Maybe referring to his abilities with the ladies?

 

[Arden]

I'm certainly partial to some :stern look

Sorry dude, it wasn't an offer. :awkward look

 

[jasps1]

Wait till he releases his potato sack 25 metre special!

 

[King Corey]

Who is Melbourne Kangaroos?

Can only assume we merged in the off-season. Does this at least mean Jesse Hogan is now a roo?

 

[Black Diamond]

Can only assume we merged in the off-season. Does this at least mean Jesse Hogan is now a roo?

Yes, which is good. Unfortunately Chris Dawes is too.

 

[The Chiefton]

Couldn't we have at least organised a trade with the Coyotes?

One of the dancing bar chicks would have been fine...

 

[WatooRoo]

just wait till they murder his name they still call Sev rowcor

 

[WatooRoo]

found this bit of gold

 

[MaddAdam]

The Arizona Flying Dutchmen?

Seriously, I'm getting strong Kenny Powers vibes of all this.

 

[Long Live the King]

gotta love those yanks..they couldnt care less if they dont spell / pronounce any name correctly.

 

[mark73]

I have to get to their first game just to see the level of expectation dissipate from the crowd when Gav struts his stuff

Actually he'll do ok. The primary job of a punter is to kick the ball as long as he can, and out on the full.

 

[mark73]

The best average punting distance in the NFL this season is 51.6 yards, with the longest punt 73 yards. Gav was averaging 69.5 in trials according to that article. It'll be interesting to see how he goes on game day.

According to Bennett and Rocca it's more about hand to foot timing so if Urquhart is averaging those sort of punts he's laughing.

 

[Handsome.B.Wonderful]

This is Gav's perfect role. He has a freakish natural ability to get hang time on his punts.

5 second balls are the 'magic number' for hang time. I'm told the other day he had a set where he hit 8/10 over 5 seconds all on film.

Most guys training at Prokick have kicked 2-3 over 5 seconds in their life and are lucky to have 1 on film, some have never recorded a 5 second ball.

Will be in the NFL in no time.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

This is Gav's perfect role. He has a freakish natural ability to get hang time on his punts.

5 second balls are the 'magic number' for hang time. I'm told the other day he had a set where he hit 8/10 over 5 seconds all on film.

Most guys training at Prokick have kicked 2-3 over 5 seconds in their life and are lucky to have 1 on film, some have never recorded a 5 second ball.

Will be in the NFL in no time.

He can really kick the s**t out of it.

And now, it doesn't have to go to anyone.

 

[Chadwiko]

The best average punting distance in the NFL this season is 51.6 yards, with the longest punt 73 yards. Gav was averaging 69.5 in trials according to that article. It'll be interesting to see how he goes on game day.

No, his punts were not averaging 69.5. That's his kickoffs. From the sound of things he was doing both.

If his punts were averaging 69.5 he'd be the all-time hall-of-fame leader.

 

[Chadwiko]

"Just watch the film," Miller said. "Every kick, boom, every punt, sounds like a gunshot, and the ball disappears into the night. He averaged 69.5 a kick. He drains the ball out of the end zone on every kickoff. And he's an Australian Rules guy who loves contact.

For those of you who aren't American Football fans, a kick and a punt are two different things. Usually you have 1 seperate kicker and 1 seperate punter. IE Sav Rocca is currently the Punter for my favourite team the Washington Redskins (get on board, folks).

Sounds like Gav is doing BOTH kicking and punting for this new team.

 

[Chadwiko]

Third post in a row...

The Pacific-West football league is about 4 levels down from the NFL, by the way.

Urquhart is playing in the equivalent of the top amateur football level below the VFL. Almost certainly would not be getting paid.

Think of it like this;

NFL
College
Arena football
A bunch of different regional leagues such as this

compared to

AFL
VFL/SANFL/WAFL etc
TAC/Juniors/Draft feeder leagues
Amateur Leagues

 

[WatooRoo]

here is a bit of Anthony Rocca punting he was getting high 4.s low 5.s from 2009

 

[Joshen]

For those of you who aren't American Football fans, a kick and a punt are two different things. Usually you have 1 seperate kicker and 1 seperate punter. IE Sav Rocca is currently the Punter for my favourite team the Washington Redskins (get on board, folks).

Sounds like Gav is doing BOTH kicking and punting for this new team.

What Chad said except the bolded. Seahawks is where it's at.

 

[Daveo Plonk]

Third post in a row...

The Pacific-West football league is about 4 levels down from the NFL, by the way.

Urquhart is playing in the equivalent of the top amateur football level below the VFL. Almost certainly would not be getting paid.

Think of it like this;

NFL
College
Arena football
A bunch of different regional leagues such as this

compared to

AFL
VFL/SANFL/WAFL etc
TAC/Juniors/Draft feeder leagues
Amateur Leagues

He'd be getting something. It's a "semi-pro" league, so it might only be living expenses (the equivalent of a college scholarship), but he's not doing it for love and country.

 

[True North]

He will be getting some money.

You can take College out of your rankings, it's amatuer and you have to be a student.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

What Chad said except the bolded. Seahawks is where it's at.

Exactly, except it's the Raiders.

 

[Chadwiko]

You can take College out of your rankings, it's amatuer and you have to be a student.

In terms of the skill level/prestige/popularity, College is the clear #2 behind the NFL, which is what I was inferring.