I 100% believe that CMC had our kicker’s best interest in mind when he chose to kick the field goal at the end of the Kansas game. He was showing confidence in the kid when maybe logic said otherwise. I believe Matt will always put the kid first. I also think that decision had a positive impact on the success our kicker had this week.
I also think Matt embellished his comments about the fan base in his comments this week about fans frying the kicker. I would say few if any directly attacked Jace, but that doesn’t mean Jace didn’t feel like he let the team down and a lot of the negativity in the fan base was directed at him even if it wasn’t. I know, however, there were many tweets and posts on CF ripping on our special teams and some even questioning why we can’t ever have a good kicker. It is easy to see where that connection is made even if it wasn’t intended.
Also, this weekend I have seen a couple of tweets from parents of players asking the fans to continue supporting this team. Thinking players and families can tune the negativity out is a little naive.