Kentucky wide receivers coach Tommy Mainord was asked about Dorian Baker’s bone-crushing hit on LSU’s Kendall Beckwith yesterday.
Mainord said
Here is an excerpt via the Herald-Leader:
“We’ve coached him to do different,” Mainord said. “We don’t coach him to go launch and lead with your head. That’s what the SEC described it as, and that’s not what we want. We’re not trying to hurt people. We’re trying to set blocks, and we’re trying to do it the legal way. That’s what we’re coaching, and so we’re going to keep working on that as well with Dorian and keep getting better at it.”
Mainord added, “we’re not out to hurt people. We’re out to block.”
Here’s one more look at the vicious hit:
Personally, I still contend that it was not a dirty hit. If that is considered a dirty hit, the SEC should be reviewing film of LSU’s punt return from earlier in the game.
