"Alabama kicker Cade Foster breaks silence after Iron Bowl loss"

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Alabama kicker Cade Foster breaks silence after Iron Bowl loss

By Michael Casagrande | mcasagrande@al.com
Published December 03, 2013, 11:16:21 AM

Foster posts message on Twitter on Tuesday morning. Read more...

[SUPERCOACH]

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[ricky023]

Sad, so sad. RTR!

[Marshal Dillon]

I would have been very impressed if he manned up and admitted to choking on the FG's & apologizing for it. 



 

[Chechem]

I would have been very impressed if he manned up and admitted to choking on the FG's & apologizing for it.  



 

Enough already!

[Marshal Dillon]

I would have been very impressed if he manned up and admitted to choking on the FG's & apologizing for it.  



 

Enough already!

I guess I should post some sappy, whiny statement about the poor "kid" and how it's not his fault. Facts are a cruel, cruel teacher. He had 3 chances and he blew it. We all know he choked, just like LSU 2011, but we are supposed to pretend it's no big deal. Actually, I blame Saban for putting him in that position, but Saban has proved himself. Like I said, if he just manned up to his failure, I would be hugely impressed and would back off & compliment him. We all screw up, it's admitting our failures that makes us a better person and shows other folks we take responsibility and seek to improve.

 

[SUPERCOACH]

MD, I can give you a couple of dozen FACTS as to why we lost the game, if not more.  The fact is he did miss those field goals.  We don't deny that.  But it seems unfair to me to ignore all of the other miscues and single out one guy.

[2Stater]

MD, I can give you a couple of dozen FACTS as to why we lost the game, if not more.  The fact is he did miss those field goals.  We don't deny that.  But it seems unfair to me to ignore all of the other miscues and single out one guy.

This^^^. Three plays are miniscule compared to all the bad plays we made.

[Chechem]

What would CPBB say?

[Marshal Dillon]

MD, I can give you a couple of dozen FACTS as to why we lost the game, if not more.  The fact is he did miss those field goals.  We don't deny that.  But it seems unfair to me to ignore all of the other miscues and single out one guy.

Name 3 plays that denied us a score, like an offside on a TD pass. We had a motion penalty, I think, on the made FG, so that's one. That still leaves Foster with 3 missed scores. Plus, because of his ineffectiveness, we had to go for a first down in Barn territory instead of trying a FG in the 4th qtr. We have ALL talked about Foster over the years and our concerns about his kicking. His inability to kickoff into the end zone, giving the other the other team a chance to advance the football. His lack of consistency, his crappy performance against LSU in 2011, leading to Jeremy Shelley saving the day when we played against LSU, again. The negative impact of Foster's "performance" against Auburn far, far, far exceeds any other single player on the team. After all these years of concern about him, it finally caught up to the team & fans and cost us big time.  The big question, that others have asked is, why has Saban allowed this problem to fester and finally bite him on the rear end?


 

[N.AL-Tider]

MD, I can give you a couple of dozen FACTS as to why we lost the game, if not more.  The fact is he did miss those field goals.  We don't deny that.  But it seems unfair to me to ignore all of the other miscues and single out one guy.

Name 3 plays that denied us a score, like an offside on a TD pass. We had a motion penalty, I think, on the made FG, so that's one. That still leaves Foster with 3 missed scores. Plus, because of his ineffectiveness, we had to go for a first down in Barn territory instead of trying a FG in the 4th qtr.  We have ALL talked about Foster over the years and our concerns about his kicking. His inability to kickoff into the end zone, giving the other the other team a chance to advance the football. His lack of consistency, his crappy performance against LSU in 2011, leading to Jeremy Shelley saving the day when we played against LSU, again. The negative impact of Foster's "performance" against Auburn far, far, far exceeds any other single player on the team. After all these years of concern about him, it finally caught up to the team & fans and cost us big time.  The big question, that others have asked is, why has Saban allowed this problem to fester and finally bite him on the rear end?

I gotta say that I disagree with the underlined/bold type.  There is no way that Foster's ineffectiveness caused our offense to go for a first down in Barn territory.  I'm not sure of the field position of which you are talking about but...the LOS being on the 50 yard line would require a 67 yard field goal.  What you are talking about is probably more like 75 yards or more.  No coach currently at Bama or ever before at Bama would ask a kicker to line up and try something like that.  In reality, the lack of focus and execution on the part of our offense and especially the defense is what forced us to have to go for it.  Just my .02 though...

[2Stater]

MD, I can give you a couple of dozen FACTS as to why we lost the game, if not more.  The fact is he did miss those field goals.  We don't deny that.  But it seems unfair to me to ignore all of the other miscues and single out one guy.

Name 3 plays that denied us a score, like an offside on a TD pass. We had a motion penalty, I think, on the made FG, so that's one. That still leaves Foster with 3 missed scores. Plus, because of his ineffectiveness, we had to go for a first down in Barn territory instead of trying a FG in the 4th qtr. We have ALL talked about Foster over the years and our concerns about his kicking. His inability to kickoff into the end zone, giving the other the other team a chance to advance the football. His lack of consistency, his crappy performance against LSU in 2011, leading to Jeremy Shelley saving the day when we played against LSU, again. The negative impact of Foster's "performance" against Auburn far, far, far exceeds any other single player on the team. After all these years of concern about him, it finally caught up to the team & fans and cost us big time.  The big question, that others have asked is, why has Saban allowed this problem to fester and finally bite him on the rear end?


 

Not to argue here, because this has gotten old, but what about dropped passes galore that may have resulted in TD's or at least extended drives. Take Norwood's dropped TD pass for instance and AJ overthrowing and underthrowing  for what would have been at least 2 more TD's. Should Cyrus Jones apologize for giving up a first down on 3rd and 18 and then later a TD.

You may not want to accept this, but Cade Foster is great on special teams. If he would have been the one to attempt the last FG, chances are that he makes the play on Davis and we go to OT.

What about the constant failures of the OL to execute on 3rd and short, so that FG attempts would have been irrelevant?

I could go on and on with play after play that was not executed by Bama players. Apparently, MD, you want only Foster to man up. Well then the entire team needs to man up. But actually, they don't. They played hard and no one screwed up on purpose. No one needs to apologize except for those in our fan base that don't know how to lose with a little dignity. That  last part is not directed at you, MD, but it is a true statement about many of our fans.

[Chechem]

MD, I can give you a couple of dozen FACTS as to why we lost the game, if not more.  The fact is he did miss those field goals.  We don't deny that.  But it seems unfair to me to ignore all of the other miscues and single out one guy.

Name 3 plays that denied us a score, like an offside on a TD pass. We had a motion penalty, I think, on the made FG, so that's one. That still leaves Foster with 3 missed scores. Plus, because of his ineffectiveness, we had to go for a first down in Barn territory instead of trying a FG in the 4th qtr. We have ALL talked about Foster over the years and our concerns about his kicking. His inability to kickoff into the end zone, giving the other the other team a chance to advance the football. His lack of consistency, his crappy performance against LSU in 2011, leading to Jeremy Shelley saving the day when we played against LSU, again. The negative impact of Foster's "performance" against Auburn far, far, far exceeds any other single player on the team. After all these years of concern about him, it finally caught up to the team & fans and cost us big time.  The big question, that others have asked is, why has Saban allowed this problem to fester and finally bite him on the rear end?


 

Not to argue here, because this has gotten old, but what about dropped passes galore that may have resulted in TD's or at least extended drives. Take Norwood's dropped TD pass for instance and AJ overthrowing and underthrowing  for what would have been at least 2 more TD's. Should Cyrus Jones apologize for giving up a first down on 3rd and 18 and then later a TD.

You may not want to accept this, but Cade Foster is great on special teams. If he would have been the one to attempt the last FG, chances are that he makes the play on Davis and we go to OT.

What about the constant failures of the OL to execute on 3rd and short, so that FG attempts would have been irrelevant?

I could go on and on with play after play that was not executed by Bama players. Apparently, MD, you want only Foster to man up. Well then the entire team needs to man up. But actually, they don't. They played hard and no one screwed up on purpose. No one needs to apologize except for those in our fan base that don't know how to lose with a little dignity. That  last part is not directed at you, MD, but it is a true statement about many of our fans.

Just spewed my coffee.   

[XBAMA]

while I agree that CF's kicking was less than stellar
if the the 3 points were not taken off the score board we
would't be having this conversation would we ?

what kills me is this
first it was updyke , or even before that
the "too full of BAMA" tackle off the bench
then the teabagger guy
now we have death threats against one of our players

what the heck is wrong with Alabama fans ? then a
lady gets killed because she wasn't mad enough about the loss ?
before that there was another killing close to the same a few years ago ?

Jesus H Christ !   

I don't know how many of you read some of the threats to Cade
but I read what seemed like a hundred or more
all sorts of cussing , name calling and death threats with some
very lame jokes mixed in
some of the threats were pretty serious and someone needed to
be arrested if you ask me

myself , if believe if he missed 10 kicks he didn't deserve what he got
how about all the tackles he made ? the 130 points he did score ?
his teammates talking about how he poured his heart into this team ?

did he cost us the game ? maybe he did
but I can point to a few others and say that as well including
Coach Saban

not sure about ya'll but I'm embarrassed
I'm embarrassed that our fan base would act like that regardless of
what a player screwed up

I'm embarrassed just like when updyke poisoned those dang trees
and that idiot teabagged that LSU fan  , does make us look like
what everyone says about us is true because of a few idiots fans ?   
sure it does ...

sometimes I think if I hear tree killer one more time I might puke !
da#@ you updyke ! you ain't no BAMA fan , a real fan would never
embarrass his school like that ...

so now here we are ,,,
we lost to the barn
which caused the updyke nation to threaten to kill our own players
and we'll drag our sack across your face if we would have won ?

does that about sum it up ? 

I thought we were better than this
Class ? win with class ? we got class and we going to show them ?
lose with class ? play with class ?

class my azz 
 
 



 

[2Stater]

while I agree that CF's kicking was less than stellar
if the the 3 points were not taken off the score board we
would't be having this conversation would we ?

what kills me is this
first it was updyke , or even before that
the "too full of BAMA" tackle off the bench
then the teabagger guy
now we have death threats against one of our players

what the heck is wrong with Alabama fans ? then a
lady gets killed because she wasn't mad enough about the loss ?
before that there was another killing close to the same a few years ago ?

Jesus H Christ !   

I don't know how many of you read some of the threats to Cade
but I read what seemed like a hundred or more
all sorts of cussing , name calling and death threats with some
very lame jokes mixed in
some of the threats were pretty serious and someone needed to
be arrested if you ask me

myself , if believe if he missed 10 kicks he didn't deserve what he got
how about all the tackles he made ? the 130 points he did score ?
his teammates talking about how he poured his heart into this team ?

did he cost us the game ? maybe he did
but I can point to a few others and say that as well including
Coach Saban

not sure about ya'll but I'm embarrassed
I'm embarrassed that our fan base would act like that regardless of
what a player screwed up

I'm embarrassed just like when updyke poisoned those dang trees
and that idiot teabagged that LSU fan  , does make us look like
what everyone says about us is true because of a few idiots fans ?   
sure it does ...

sometimes I think if I hear tree killer one more time I might puke !
da#@ you updyke ! you ain't no BAMA fan , a real fan would never
embarrass his school like that ...

so now here we are ,,,
we lost to the barn
which caused the updyke nation to threaten to kill our own players
and we'll drag our sack across your face if we would have won ?

does that about sum it up ? 

I thought we were better than this
Class ? win with class ? we got class and we going to show them ?
lose with class ? play with class ?

class my azz 
 
 



 

Sorry, X, I couldn't resist. 

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