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Seriously? Talk about an idiot statement.bobcat99 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 3:03 pmDefinitely needs footwork help, but I agree with you.Mr Lisle wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 2:22 pmYeah, I see the footwork and "wind-up" delivery. But sometimes that's how the boat floats. I'd be careful with this kid. His arm speed is amazing and if he's delivers the ball on-time and on-target, I'd leave him be. You see an amazing array of deliveries in the NFL. A few are text book, most not.RobertCats wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:58 amHave no inside info, but I would have to think this kid is going to stay @ QB. I REALLY liked his tape, he is an athlete and can break the big run for sure but he has a pretty good arm and throws a nice ball.
https://t.co/cmjQRZ77qF -Junior year highlights
Definitely has some mechanics to clean up, but a few of his throws were off his back foot or with very little hip rotation/weight transfer and he still put some zip behind it which IMO shows he has some good arm strength (music to the "QB-needs-arm-strength" crowd's ears). He can push the ball downfield with just the flick of the wrist, when he gets some training from a college level QB coach and irons out some of his mechanics he has the potential to be VERY good.
I can see the footwork being cleaned up and this should be relatively easy.
Tbh, MSU doesn't have anybody on the staff that should be doing a lot of work on QB mechanics. More liable to screw things up. Work on the little things, and that's about it, imo.
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What a negative comment!Cataholic wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:05 pmSeriously? Talk about an idiot statement.bobcat99 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 3:03 pmDefinitely needs footwork help, but I agree with you.Mr Lisle wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 2:22 pmYeah, I see the footwork and "wind-up" delivery. But sometimes that's how the boat floats. I'd be careful with this kid. His arm speed is amazing and if he's delivers the ball on-time and on-target, I'd leave him be. You see an amazing array of deliveries in the NFL. A few are text book, most not.RobertCats wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:58 amHave no inside info, but I would have to think this kid is going to stay @ QB. I REALLY liked his tape, he is an athlete and can break the big run for sure but he has a pretty good arm and throws a nice ball.
https://t.co/cmjQRZ77qF -Junior year highlights
Definitely has some mechanics to clean up, but a few of his throws were off his back foot or with very little hip rotation/weight transfer and he still put some zip behind it which IMO shows he has some good arm strength (music to the "QB-needs-arm-strength" crowd's ears). He can push the ball downfield with just the flick of the wrist, when he gets some training from a college level QB coach and irons out some of his mechanics he has the potential to be VERY good.
I can see the footwork being cleaned up and this should be relatively easy.
Tbh, MSU doesn't have anybody on the staff that should be doing a lot of work on QB mechanics. More liable to screw things up. Work on the little things, and that's about it, imo.
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I mean, there's not very many schools that do.Cataholic wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:05 pmSeriously? Talk about an idiot statement.bobcat99 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 3:03 pmDefinitely needs footwork help, but I agree with you.Mr Lisle wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 2:22 pmYeah, I see the footwork and "wind-up" delivery. But sometimes that's how the boat floats. I'd be careful with this kid. His arm speed is amazing and if he's delivers the ball on-time and on-target, I'd leave him be. You see an amazing array of deliveries in the NFL. A few are text book, most not.RobertCats wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:58 amHave no inside info, but I would have to think this kid is going to stay @ QB. I REALLY liked his tape, he is an athlete and can break the big run for sure but he has a pretty good arm and throws a nice ball.
https://t.co/cmjQRZ77qF -Junior year highlights
Definitely has some mechanics to clean up, but a few of his throws were off his back foot or with very little hip rotation/weight transfer and he still put some zip behind it which IMO shows he has some good arm strength (music to the "QB-needs-arm-strength" crowd's ears). He can push the ball downfield with just the flick of the wrist, when he gets some training from a college level QB coach and irons out some of his mechanics he has the potential to be VERY good.
I can see the footwork being cleaned up and this should be relatively easy.
Tbh, MSU doesn't have anybody on the staff that should be doing a lot of work on QB mechanics. More liable to screw things up. Work on the little things, and that's about it, imo.
No offense to Matt Miller, he looks like he can be a very good OC, but I don't think his strengths lie in QB mechanics. You start messing too much with a kids mechanics, and you can really throw their game haywire.
Maybe I'm wrong, it's very possible, but good QB coaches are few and far between. That's why you rarely see schools where all the QB's have the same mechanics. Jeff Tedford is the only one coming to mind off the top of my head, and his top guys all got re-tooled in the NFL.
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Did I miss something and DeNarius no longer coaches at MSU? Your bias against him is well-known but it’s silly to not bring him up in your post.bobcat99 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:17 pmI mean, there's not very many schools that do.Cataholic wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:05 pmSeriously? Talk about an idiot statement.bobcat99 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 3:03 pmDefinitely needs footwork help, but I agree with you.Mr Lisle wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 2:22 pmYeah, I see the footwork and "wind-up" delivery. But sometimes that's how the boat floats. I'd be careful with this kid. His arm speed is amazing and if he's delivers the ball on-time and on-target, I'd leave him be. You see an amazing array of deliveries in the NFL. A few are text book, most not.RobertCats wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:58 amHave no inside info, but I would have to think this kid is going to stay @ QB. I REALLY liked his tape, he is an athlete and can break the big run for sure but he has a pretty good arm and throws a nice ball.
https://t.co/cmjQRZ77qF -Junior year highlights
Definitely has some mechanics to clean up, but a few of his throws were off his back foot or with very little hip rotation/weight transfer and he still put some zip behind it which IMO shows he has some good arm strength (music to the "QB-needs-arm-strength" crowd's ears). He can push the ball downfield with just the flick of the wrist, when he gets some training from a college level QB coach and irons out some of his mechanics he has the potential to be VERY good.
I can see the footwork being cleaned up and this should be relatively easy.
Tbh, MSU doesn't have anybody on the staff that should be doing a lot of work on QB mechanics. More liable to screw things up. Work on the little things, and that's about it, imo.
No offense to Matt Miller, he looks like he can be a very good OC, but I don't think his strengths lie in QB mechanics. You start messing too much with a kids mechanics, and you can really throw their game haywire.
Maybe I'm wrong, it's very possible, but good QB coaches are few and far between. That's why you rarely see schools where all the QB's have the same mechanics. Jeff Tedford is the only one coming to mind off the top of my head, and his top guys all got re-tooled in the NFL.
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Denarious and Matt are plenty capable. These guys are paid professionals who have been around the game all their lives. Saying they can’t work on the mechanics of an incoming freshman because they are “more liable to screw things up” is completely ignorant and disrespectful.PapaG wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:45 pmDid I miss something and DeNarius no longer coaches at MSU? Your bias against him is well-known but it’s silly to not bring him up in your post.bobcat99 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:17 pmI mean, there's not very many schools that do.Cataholic wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:05 pmSeriously? Talk about an idiot statement.bobcat99 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 3:03 pmDefinitely needs footwork help, but I agree with you.Mr Lisle wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 2:22 pmYeah, I see the footwork and "wind-up" delivery. But sometimes that's how the boat floats. I'd be careful with this kid. His arm speed is amazing and if he's delivers the ball on-time and on-target, I'd leave him be. You see an amazing array of deliveries in the NFL. A few are text book, most not.RobertCats wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:58 amHave no inside info, but I would have to think this kid is going to stay @ QB. I REALLY liked his tape, he is an athlete and can break the big run for sure but he has a pretty good arm and throws a nice ball.
https://t.co/cmjQRZ77qF -Junior year highlights
Definitely has some mechanics to clean up, but a few of his throws were off his back foot or with very little hip rotation/weight transfer and he still put some zip behind it which IMO shows he has some good arm strength (music to the "QB-needs-arm-strength" crowd's ears). He can push the ball downfield with just the flick of the wrist, when he gets some training from a college level QB coach and irons out some of his mechanics he has the potential to be VERY good.
I can see the footwork being cleaned up and this should be relatively easy.
Tbh, MSU doesn't have anybody on the staff that should be doing a lot of work on QB mechanics. More liable to screw things up. Work on the little things, and that's about it, imo.
No offense to Matt Miller, he looks like he can be a very good OC, but I don't think his strengths lie in QB mechanics. You start messing too much with a kids mechanics, and you can really throw their game haywire.
Maybe I'm wrong, it's very possible, but good QB coaches are few and far between. That's why you rarely see schools where all the QB's have the same mechanics. Jeff Tedford is the only one coming to mind off the top of my head, and his top guys all got re-tooled in the NFL.
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I'm a pretty big fan on DeNarius. I don't have any bias against him, at all.PapaG wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:45 pmDid I miss something and DeNarius no longer coaches at MSU? Your bias against him is well-known but it’s silly to not bring him up in your post.bobcat99 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:17 pmI mean, there's not very many schools that do.Cataholic wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:05 pmSeriously? Talk about an idiot statement.bobcat99 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 3:03 pmDefinitely needs footwork help, but I agree with you.Mr Lisle wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 2:22 pmYeah, I see the footwork and "wind-up" delivery. But sometimes that's how the boat floats. I'd be careful with this kid. His arm speed is amazing and if he's delivers the ball on-time and on-target, I'd leave him be. You see an amazing array of deliveries in the NFL. A few are text book, most not.RobertCats wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:58 amHave no inside info, but I would have to think this kid is going to stay @ QB. I REALLY liked his tape, he is an athlete and can break the big run for sure but he has a pretty good arm and throws a nice ball.
https://t.co/cmjQRZ77qF -Junior year highlights
Definitely has some mechanics to clean up, but a few of his throws were off his back foot or with very little hip rotation/weight transfer and he still put some zip behind it which IMO shows he has some good arm strength (music to the "QB-needs-arm-strength" crowd's ears). He can push the ball downfield with just the flick of the wrist, when he gets some training from a college level QB coach and irons out some of his mechanics he has the potential to be VERY good.
I can see the footwork being cleaned up and this should be relatively easy.
Tbh, MSU doesn't have anybody on the staff that should be doing a lot of work on QB mechanics. More liable to screw things up. Work on the little things, and that's about it, imo.
No offense to Matt Miller, he looks like he can be a very good OC, but I don't think his strengths lie in QB mechanics. You start messing too much with a kids mechanics, and you can really throw their game haywire.
Maybe I'm wrong, it's very possible, but good QB coaches are few and far between. That's why you rarely see schools where all the QB's have the same mechanics. Jeff Tedford is the only one coming to mind off the top of my head, and his top guys all got re-tooled in the NFL.
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Sigh. Again, that's not exactly what I said. I'd appreciate it if you could at least get what I'm saying right.Cataholic wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 11:43 pmDenarious and Matt are plenty capable. These guys are paid professionals who have been around the game all their lives. Saying they can’t work on the mechanics of an incoming freshman because they are “more liable to screw things up” is completely ignorant and disrespectful.PapaG wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:45 pmDid I miss something and DeNarius no longer coaches at MSU? Your bias against him is well-known but it’s silly to not bring him up in your post.bobcat99 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:17 pmI mean, there's not very many schools that do.Cataholic wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:05 pmSeriously? Talk about an idiot statement.bobcat99 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 3:03 pmDefinitely needs footwork help, but I agree with you.Mr Lisle wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 2:22 pmYeah, I see the footwork and "wind-up" delivery. But sometimes that's how the boat floats. I'd be careful with this kid. His arm speed is amazing and if he's delivers the ball on-time and on-target, I'd leave him be. You see an amazing array of deliveries in the NFL. A few are text book, most not.RobertCats wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:58 amHave no inside info, but I would have to think this kid is going to stay @ QB. I REALLY liked his tape, he is an athlete and can break the big run for sure but he has a pretty good arm and throws a nice ball.
https://t.co/cmjQRZ77qF -Junior year highlights
Definitely has some mechanics to clean up, but a few of his throws were off his back foot or with very little hip rotation/weight transfer and he still put some zip behind it which IMO shows he has some good arm strength (music to the "QB-needs-arm-strength" crowd's ears). He can push the ball downfield with just the flick of the wrist, when he gets some training from a college level QB coach and irons out some of his mechanics he has the potential to be VERY good.
I can see the footwork being cleaned up and this should be relatively easy.
Tbh, MSU doesn't have anybody on the staff that should be doing a lot of work on QB mechanics. More liable to screw things up. Work on the little things, and that's about it, imo.
No offense to Matt Miller, he looks like he can be a very good OC, but I don't think his strengths lie in QB mechanics. You start messing too much with a kids mechanics, and you can really throw their game haywire.
Maybe I'm wrong, it's very possible, but good QB coaches are few and far between. That's why you rarely see schools where all the QB's have the same mechanics. Jeff Tedford is the only one coming to mind off the top of my head, and his top guys all got re-tooled in the NFL.
Mainly what I'm saying is they shouldn't mess much with a kids release and motion, the throwing mechanics. Tweak if needed, but don't re-tool. Work on footwork, it's a little easier and more important.
Watch more college and pro football. Mechanical issues everywhere. It's really freaking hard, and most of the really good QB coaches are private. Shoot, my pro team drafted a guy in Mitch Trubisky who had a ton of issues coming out of college. It's common! This isn't a knock on our coaches, it's just reality.
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I’d like to see that video he mentions. Looks like the facilities plan is already paying dividends.
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Other than how he divided the locker room somehow, for reasons you never gave? Again, seems silly to mention Miller coaching QBs when DeNarius is one of the all-time greats at MSU and even the Big Sky statistically at the QB position. How are he and Miller "liable to screw things up" by working with Robison? You posted it, how will those two "screw up" the mechanics of the QBs?
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I really don't want to get into the middle of this but people don't seem to know that Denarius is still the RB's coach. Matt Miller is the QB's coach. I don't doubt either of their ability to coach QB's. Just wanted that out there.PapaG wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 2:06 pmOther than how he divided the locker room somehow, for reasons you never gave? Again, seems silly to mention Miller coaching QBs when DeNarius is one of the all-time greats at MSU and even the Big Sky statistically at the QB position. How are he and Miller "liable to screw things up" by working with Robison? You posted it, how will those two "screw up" the mechanics of the QBs?
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I'm not going to re-hash old history. Those who know, know.PapaG wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 2:06 pmOther than how he divided the locker room somehow, for reasons you never gave? Again, seems silly to mention Miller coaching QBs when DeNarius is one of the all-time greats at MSU and even the Big Sky statistically at the QB position. How are he and Miller "liable to screw things up" by working with Robison? You posted it, how will those two "screw up" the mechanics of the QBs?
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No point in arguing with 99. He is the self appointed expert of anything regarding football or the inner working of the Cats. Gonna change his name to Gruden.PapaG wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 2:06 pmOther than how he divided the locker room somehow, for reasons you never gave? Again, seems silly to mention Miller coaching QBs when DeNarius is one of the all-time greats at MSU and even the Big Sky statistically at the QB position. How are he and Miller "liable to screw things up" by working with Robison? You posted it, how will those two "screw up" the mechanics of the QBs?
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I mean 99 did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night...Cataholic wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 3:46 pmNo point in arguing with 99. He is the self appointed expert of anything regarding football or the inner working of the Cats. Gonna change his name to Gruden.PapaG wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 2:06 pmOther than how he divided the locker room somehow, for reasons you never gave? Again, seems silly to mention Miller coaching QBs when DeNarius is one of the all-time greats at MSU and even the Big Sky statistically at the QB position. How are he and Miller "liable to screw things up" by working with Robison? You posted it, how will those two "screw up" the mechanics of the QBs?
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Basically you don’t want to over coach. Good coaches tell players to “try” doing it like this, bad coaches tell players they “need” to do it like this. Quarterback isn’t the only position and football isn’t the only sport this applies to.
If you try to force a player, especially a productive player, to change it can have adverse effects. I think that’s generally what 99 is saying. At the same time every player at every college is going to get suggestions about ways to try to improve their fundamentals. Sometimes they’ll work, sometimes they won’t. The coach needs to move on and not dwell on it too much if it isn’t working.
There are exceptions to this, such as a flaw that is going to doom a player to failure. But by the time a player gets this far, those things have usually been caught.
If you try to force a player, especially a productive player, to change it can have adverse effects. I think that’s generally what 99 is saying. At the same time every player at every college is going to get suggestions about ways to try to improve their fundamentals. Sometimes they’ll work, sometimes they won’t. The coach needs to move on and not dwell on it too much if it isn’t working.
There are exceptions to this, such as a flaw that is going to doom a player to failure. But by the time a player gets this far, those things have usually been caught.
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Essentially this. Thanks Tom.TomCat88 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 5:29 amBasically you don’t want to over coach. Good coaches tell players to “try” doing it like this, bad coaches tell players they “need” to do it like this. Quarterback isn’t the only position and football isn’t the only sport this applies to.
If you try to force a player, especially a productive player, to change it can have adverse effects. I think that’s generally what 99 is saying. At the same time every player at every college is going to get suggestions about ways to try to improve their fundamentals. Sometimes they’ll work, sometimes they won’t. The coach needs to move on and not dwell on it too much if it isn’t working.
There are exceptions to this, such as a flaw that is going to doom a player to failure. But by the time a player gets this far, those things have usually been caught.
I probably worded it poorly, but what I meant is we don't have anybody here who should be going about a complete re-tooling of a QB's mechanics, bc hardly anybody has somebody like that.
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I see your mom gave you the receipt.BigBruceBaker wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 11:01 pmI mean 99 did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night...Cataholic wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 3:46 pmNo point in arguing with 99. He is the self appointed expert of anything regarding football or the inner working of the Cats. Gonna change his name to Gruden.PapaG wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 2:06 pmOther than how he divided the locker room somehow, for reasons you never gave? Again, seems silly to mention Miller coaching QBs when DeNarius is one of the all-time greats at MSU and even the Big Sky statistically at the QB position. How are he and Miller "liable to screw things up" by working with Robison? You posted it, how will those two "screw up" the mechanics of the QBs?
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No one is going to try to completely redo what any of the QBs are doing. This isn’t like Tiger completely redoing his swing, where he gets a Butch Harmon or Hank Haney to work with him for six months or whatever. 99 is right if he’s saying MSU doesn’t have that kind of a coach on board, because MSU doesn’t.
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How's about we steer this conversation more towards Grady?
My apologies for veering it off track.
I'm excited to see how his SR year goes, especially in regards to TO's (which he brought up in that rivals/247 article). He's a true dual threat. Very nice pickup.
My apologies for veering it off track.
I'm excited to see how his SR year goes, especially in regards to TO's (which he brought up in that rivals/247 article). He's a true dual threat. Very nice pickup.