Doug LaMaurice

I think Gerd asked him.

But he did say that he views...

decisions on who could return the ball the same way that offensive coaches view getting the ball into the hands of the best playmakers in space.

Now, he said we can't control always where that space is because we can't tell the team where to kick us the ball, but I think as much as he can, he wants to create those environments where guys who are dynamic with the ball in their hands have the ball in their hands with some room to do some stuff.

Now, he could believe that and maybe still make the returner Brandon Ennis because maybe...

I don't know, Legend Bay can't really field punts all that great, or neither can Devin McEwen, who's got really good long speed.

But I do think if those guys can catch it, then I would probably be surprised if there wasn't someone a little more dynamic returning punts this year.

Who would you like to see be the number one punt returner?

I would like it to be Legend, because I think he's got the most wiggle of anybody on the team.

But

you know you're putting a freshman in big spots there and you want to make sure like it's like it's it's catching a punt hard like i don't i don't know how many people have tried to do just like standing there nobody running at you somebody punts a ball to you from 40 yards away it's hard to catch um same thing on a kickoff so i if legend can handle that then i think it would be him i guess i'd they've not really ever kind of turned that over to a freshman so maybe that's wistful thinking but uh

You know, the way they've talked about Devin McEwen or Kyle Parker.

Maybe he could be one of those two guys.

I don't know.

I don't know if there's anybody, like, in the defensive back room a la Caleb Downs who's, like, got some offensive skill set.

Maybe they could do it, too.

But I would say, like, my top three would be Bay, Parker, McEwen in some order.

I did.

It's very crowded over there when you go to a Friday or Saturday practice.

I was walking from the softball stadium over to the Woody, and they were practicing outside.