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Nepotism It helps to be related to Sherman
Zac Taylor: The Blind Leading The Blind?
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I've come around on Noodle. I now actually think that Pennington can separate his physically-limited dink and dunk playcalling when it comes to coaching up someone with more natural talent and a much liver arm. He's a cerebral Rhodes Scholar and student of the game, so I would endorse him replacing Taylor, or if Sherman doesn't want to piss off his daughter, bringing Chad in as a full time on staff consultant and de-facto demoting Taylor without changing his title. Hell, if Zac is serious about learning how to QB at the highest level he should welcome someone like Penny's addition.
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i believe David Lee is still available :idk:
Seriously you'd think Philbin and Sherman would have taken a more hands on approach considering Ryan is billed as our franchise guy instead of delegating to the son in law .
I really think Ryan's footwork is the problem (one of them)
Watching old game footage of Danny boy he never stood like a statue in the pocket.Dan had limited mobility but always bounced around on his toes feeling pressure and moving away from it. Ryan has not mastered this technique.
Seriously you'd think Philbin and Sherman would have taken a more hands on approach considering Ryan is billed as our franchise guy instead of delegating to the son in law .
I really think Ryan's footwork is the problem (one of them)
Watching old game footage of Danny boy he never stood like a statue in the pocket.Dan had limited mobility but always bounced around on his toes feeling pressure and moving away from it. Ryan has not mastered this technique.
I've always wondered the same thing. What the hell does Zac Taylor know about being a starting QB in the NFL? Shades of when Meatball hired "Tony Sparano, Jr." as an offensive assistant. These coaches and the front office need to go as soon as January rolls around.
Having a noodle arm didn't prevent Pennington from being able to connect on deep passes to guys like Ted Ginn better than Tannehill and Henne could to Wallace and Marshall. He'd probably do a pretty good job.
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Great post Vaark. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Certainly there are much more qualified candidates. This guy has not much more experience than the guy he's coaching. The more I read about this staff, the more I want them gone. Clean sweep. Ireland too.
Some of you just can't keep Ireland's name out of a thread. Do some research on who hired the kid before you post.
Good stuff Vaark and this has always been a question of mine as to his qualifications but hoped at least Philbin would have a lot of input with Tannehill as well.
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I think it's actually a very legitimate point. It reminds me of a great quote, "In order to be a teacher, one must first be a student"...
Zac Taylor wasn't necessarily a student of the game. Anyone can get a GA position on someone's staff in order to get their coaching foot in the door if they know somebody. Coach Taylor is not qualified to instruct a developing professional quarterback. Your position coach is the one person in which you interact with closely on a daily basis, and the lines of communication must be reciprocal. This is the guy that helps you watch film. This is the guy that's usually signaling the plays in to you from the sideline. That's how close of a relationship a QB has with his position coach.
Now, you obviously can't blame Coach Taylor here. This falls squarely on the shoulders of his superiors, who are knowingly doing their quarterback a disservice by not getting him the best instruction possible. A QB coach must be an expert on drops, footwork, upper body mechanics, reads, leadership, ball handling, defensive recognition, etc. There's a lot of intracacies involved.
I've seen a lot of offenses (programs) go down because of nepotism within the offensive coaching staff....inparticular the most important position in sports. Florida St. fans should know exactly what I'm talking about....
Perhaps Darin Slack's DVD's would be a good place for Coach Taylor to start. It's a great point, Vaark.
Zac Taylor wasn't necessarily a student of the game. Anyone can get a GA position on someone's staff in order to get their coaching foot in the door if they know somebody. Coach Taylor is not qualified to instruct a developing professional quarterback. Your position coach is the one person in which you interact with closely on a daily basis, and the lines of communication must be reciprocal. This is the guy that helps you watch film. This is the guy that's usually signaling the plays in to you from the sideline. That's how close of a relationship a QB has with his position coach.
Now, you obviously can't blame Coach Taylor here. This falls squarely on the shoulders of his superiors, who are knowingly doing their quarterback a disservice by not getting him the best instruction possible. A QB coach must be an expert on drops, footwork, upper body mechanics, reads, leadership, ball handling, defensive recognition, etc. There's a lot of intracacies involved.
I've seen a lot of offenses (programs) go down because of nepotism within the offensive coaching staff....inparticular the most important position in sports. Florida St. fans should know exactly what I'm talking about....
Perhaps Darin Slack's DVD's would be a good place for Coach Taylor to start. It's a great point, Vaark.
Who hired him if not Ireland?
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You know, in college Pennington could really sling it. Much better arm than after his injuries as a pro, so he still has a fundamental understanding about strong throws and deep balls.
I never never bought into the whole myopic noodle arm opinion for good reason.
Have we learned nothing from nepotism? Sparano and son?
You know, at this point Teddy, given that neither of you have had NFL QBing or QB-coaching experience, I think I'd rather take my chances with you, someone who's been a student of the position for years from an empirical basis than someone who played a different version of it at Nebraska and seemingly never coached it up anywhere until entrusted with our valuable and expensive new raw asset. Would you be available? (you could be dancing on the tables at Mangos on Ocean Drive in South Beach with some hot, scantily-clad Latin babes if you either interview well or marry Ireland or Philbin's daughter)