Quote Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg View Post
While true, I think this could be a little misleading.

Mullen's offense is far superior to The Kang's and thus the degree of difficulty for the kickers is much lower. I remember Kang having some powerful leg guys that missed field goals from 45-55 yards, while Mullen's miss FGs from 25-35.

Mullen's offense is incredibly efficient and our kickers just don't have the opportunity to attempt as many 40+ yard FGs as Kang's offense did.

I'd be curious to see how the percentages matchup on extra-points.
Also worth noting that The Kang's kicking game went to shit at the end. John Michael Marlin, anyone? There is no question in my mind The Kang is/was a much better evaluator of kicking talent than Mullen. And good points about the differences in the offenses skewing the stats. Hadn't really thought about that, but it's definitely a factor. I'd still trade every kicker of the Mullen era for Hazelwood or Westerfield.