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Zac Taylor - Garbage In/Garbage Out?

Looking over this kid's resume, it seems that although fairly successful over a year or two playing the position at Nebraska, he's never coached an NFL-level QB. This is his first gig. Makes one wonder when looking at Tannehill's lack of development, if from a coaching standpoint it's "garbage in/garbage out." What's worse is that he's Mike Sherman's son in law, so there's nepotism at play here.. and it's just as likely that Ryan would be benched before Taylor is gone so long as daddy in law dearest is our OC.

Tannehill is raw still and in his formative years of development where coaching, good or bad has a long lingering effect. He's too smart, athletic and talented to not be making strides unless he's being instructed by someone who's main claim to fame was being an assistant Aggie coach under his wife's father and going 9-3 one year for Nebraska.

I don't know if anyone's made this observation previously, but IMO putting Taylor in his first big time QB coaching job with a Brees or Manning might work, but what credentials does he really possess to train an inexperienced QB, no matter how promising, from the ground up??

While he may not be the root of all problems, for starters IMO he needs to go and be replaced either by someone who has successfully developed pro QBs from scratch or at least played the game at the pro level, cerebrally, like a Pennington.


He is currently the quarterbacks coach for the Miami Dolphins. From 2005 to 2006, he was the starting quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team under head coach Bill Callahan. Coincidentally, Taylor hails from Norman, Oklahoma, hometown of the rival Oklahoma Sooners. He signed with the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2007.

Despite Taylor's record-setting career at Norman High School in Norman, Oklahoma, few schools recruited him. In 2002, he signed with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, where he redshirted his first year, and filled in sparingly the next, completing the only pass he attempted in those 2 years. From there he transferred to Butler Community College (Kansas) where he passed for nearly 3,000 yards with 29 touchdowns. In his breakout season, Taylor led Butler to the NJCAA championship game and earned second-team NJCAA All-American honors.

Nebraska had abandoned their long standing running/option offense for an entirely new, West Coast offense led by newly appointed coach Bill Callahan. In 2005, Taylor led the Huskers to an 8-4 record, ending in a 30-3 victory against Colorado where he threw for 392 yards, and a come-from-behind 32-28 win against Michigan in the Alamo Bowl, where he threw a Nebraska bowl record 3 touchdown passes. Taylor broke the school record for passing yards in a season with 2,653 yards his junior year.

In his 2006 opener against Louisiana Tech, Taylor got off to a fast start, completing 22 of 33 attempts for 287 yards with 3 touchdowns and one interception. The game after, against Nicholls State, Taylor once again showed his precision in passing the ball, finishing 19 of 23 for 202 yards and a new career-best in 4 touchdown passes.

Taylor led the Nebraska Cornhuskers to a record of 9-3 with an appearance in the 2006 Big 12 Championship Game, facing off against Oklahoma. Taylor passed for 2,789 yards, 24 touchdowns and 4 interceptions during the regular season and earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Taylor
 
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It also helps when my Sherman is your father inlaw. Yeah he is qualified
 
I honestly think we have a coaching vacuum in this team, and I think it's starts there. But, I think it's team wide.
 
criticism of Taylor is warranted; someone much more experienced with qb development and in-game management is def needed; change won't come in season, and Sherman prob won't allow him to be scapegoated... they'll stay or go as tandem
 
Agreed, Vaark. Taylor would seem to be under-qualified completely. You have to ask yourself, would he be hired to be a qb coach at the NFL level, without nepotism at play. No way.

Right now, Tannehill has all the physical tools, but he could use better coaching with mental aspects, including:

1. pre-snap reads to identify mismatches to exploit,
2. pre-snap reads to account for unblocked men and contingency plans,
3. looking off safeties, and
4. pocket awareness

Sherman and Taylor would say "you think we aren't teaching these things?" Answer: you're obviously not teaching him well because he is a bright kid and something is not getting through. The teaching/coaching isn't good enough. Period.
 
I would kill for coach Tom Martinez to be able to work with RT. Like, commit a human sacrifice to bring TM back from the dead to coach up RT.
 
Zac Taylor - Garbage In/Garbage Out?

Looking over this kid's resume, it seems that although fairly successful over a year or two playing the position at Nebraska, he's never coached an NFL-level QB. This is his first gig. Makes one wonder when looking at Tannehill's lack of development, if from a coaching standpoint it's "garbage in/garbage out." What's worse is that he's Mike Sherman's son in law, so there's nepotism at play here.. and it's just as likely that Ryan would be benched before Taylor is gone so long as daddy in law dearest is our OC.

Tannehill is raw still and in his formative years of development where coaching, good or bad has a long lingering effect. He's too smart, athletic and talented to not be making strides unless he's being instructed by someone who's main claim to fame was being an assistant Aggie coach under his wife's father and going 9-3 one year for Nebraska.

I don't know if anyone's made this observation previously, but IMO putting Taylor in his first big time QB coaching job with a Brees or Manning might work, but what credentials does he really possess to train an inexperienced QB, no matter how promising, from the ground up??

While he may not be the root of all problems, for starters IMO he needs to go and be replaced either by someone who has successfully developed pro QBs from scratch or at least played the game at the pro level, cerebrally, like a Pennington.
I agree with you and I have been saying this since i saw Hard Knocks last year. Taylor has NO NFL CREDENTIALS other than the fact that he is Mike Sherman's Son-In-Law. When you invest such a high pick in a QB, you need to have the most qualified people working with him to help him develop.
 
I would kill for coach Tom Martinez to be able to work with RT. Like, commit a human sacrifice to bring TM back from the dead to coach up RT.

brother you're speaking to my heart! having spent time in his clinics and watched his field training up close - he was "The Quarterback Whisperer". best ever.

with him gone, props to Weinke/IMG. RT's been there, and needs to get back or at least phone him. weekly.
 
I have no problem with a little NFL nepotism, but Zac Taylor has never had to break down NFL defenses, and that's the issue I have here. The Big 12 didn't play defense. I don't know how good of a coach he is since our interaction with him is limited, but making sure this guy is prepared is Philbin and Sherman's job.
 
brother you're speaking to my heart! having spent time in his clinics and watched his field training up close - he was "The Quarterback Whisperer". best ever.

with him gone, props to Weinke/IMG. RT's been there, and needs to get back or at least phone him. weekly.

He needs to stay away from there...I worked one of his camps and Weinke is not a QB guru....

They need to send him to George Whitfield...that's the guy working wonders with QB's
 
One day, people with collectively more than 5 working brain cells will own and run this franchise. Only thing is none of us will probably be alive to see it.
 
I always thought Pennington would make a phenomenal QB coach
 
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