Culture of the program…

[CougEd]

Yes. He puts some mustard on the ball. I’ve heard several comments here that he needs to back off the zip on some throws. How can you do that if you have a weak arm to begin with?
He threw some darts on Saturday, wide side out routes that need to be on a line or they are heading the other way.
Does he consistently throw a great deep ball? No, much work is needed there

Well...mechanics....his mechanic is like a right-fielder trying to throw out a runner rounding second going to third. Every once of his body is in that throw. Hips, torso, it is like a golf swing where it is whipped to get everything out of it. Then you have Bledsoe, Leaf, and even the kid who played on Saturday. He was throwing lasers effortlessly. It allows Dart for example a chance to be more accurate every time he throws the ball. And because the delivery is more compact it takes less time.

 

[dgibbons]

Well...mechanics....his mechanic is like a right-fielder trying to throw out a runner rounding second going to third. Every once of his body is in that throw. Hips, torso, it is like a golf swing where it is whipped to get everything out of it. Then you have Bledsoe, Leaf, and even the kid who played on Saturday. He was throwing lasers effortlessly. It allows Dart for example a chance to be more accurate every time he throws the ball. And because the delivery is more compact it takes less time.

And those guys are around six inches taller, fifty pounds heavier and have giant hands. Jaxson Dart is a wee lad of 6-3, 215 according to the USC roster. de Laura is not in their category in terms of size.

 

[Fab5Coug]

Great arm + Great WRs + WSU secondary = 400+ yards

Ok, great. Are you arguing Harrell is not a good coach?

 

[CougPatrol]

Ok, great. Are you arguing Harrell is not a good coach?

Not sure yet. He wasn’t very good the previous week vs. Stanford. Need to see more.

 

[Cougsocal]

Well, last year JDL staked us to great starts vs. Oregon and Utah, only to see the defense implode. This season, we should be at least 2-1, and who knows what happens IF he doesn't get hurt, and IF we catch a perfectly thrown pass and go up on USC 21-0

I said Gesser didn't struggle in 2000, I also said he had better receivers. I said he threw darts, and JDL has a wind up throwing motion. Is anything is said inaccurate? I was defending Gesser, not bad mouthing JDL, beyond his thrown motion, and I think everyone agrees it needs to be tightened up significantly.

 

[cr8zyncalif]

Yes. He puts some mustard on the ball. I’ve heard several comments here that he needs to back off the zip on some throws. How can you do that if you have a weak arm to begin with?
He threw some darts on Saturday, wide side out routes that need to be on a line or they are heading the other way.
Does he consistently throw a great deep ball? No, much work is needed there

I'd have to agree that the issue for JdL on long passes is touch, not arm strength. The arm strength is adequate. The touch is all over the map.

 

[CougSinceBirth]

I’d take Tedford, a known commodity on the west coast and had already risen a program from the dead, over any up and comer that hasnt been a P5 HC.

WSU is not a place to learn on the job. There is too much at stake.

He retired for health reasons, unfortunately (had a similar thought).

 

[BiggsCoug]

He retired for health reasons, unfortunately (had a similar thought).

Shoot him up and put him in the game.

 

[KRUSTYtheCOUG]

Reggie Bush apparently wants Dieon Sanders for SC. Let's lock him up here first! That's all I have to say about that.

 

[FnuLnu]

Reggie Bush apparently wants Dieon Sanders for SC. Let's lock him up here first! That's all I have to say about that.

Acting WSU AD Jim Sterk will be looking at Beau Baldwin or Paul Petrino

 

[Flatlandcoug]

Well, last year JDL staked us to great starts vs. Oregon and Utah, only to see the defense implode. This season, we should be at least 2-1, and who knows what happens IF he doesn't get hurt, and IF we catch a perfectly thrown pass and go up on USC 21-0.

I'm not ready to blame JDL for how things have gone, but great first halves followed by little to no offense in the second halves is not the same thing as what we saw in 2000. In 2000, we finished 4-7 but we were a handful of plays away from 8-3. With JDL as our main guy and Rolovich coaching, we are 2-5 and four plays away from 3-4 at best and 1-6 at worst.

FWIW, it's difficult to compare QB stats from different eras. When Bledsoe was QB in the early 90's, a QB with a TD:INT ratio of 1.5:1 was considered good and anything over 2:1 was amazing. Nowadays, if it isn't 2:1, a QB is trash and 3:1 is what the good QB's can do. Elite QB's are in the 4:1 range. By the time Gesser was QB, it was starting to change, but even then it was closer to the Bledsoe era than today.

People forget that QB's took a lot of hits back then that wouldn't fly today. That ticky tack "roughing the passer" call on Saturday would have never happened 20 years ago. They would have let us flatten the USC QB.