Mike Leach is the QB coach correct? Falk really needs to learn when to let the ball go on broken plays. I would feel comfortable saying 50% of the sacks could be blamed on him holding the ball much too long. What is up with never just getting rid of the ball? I hope Leach is really working on this, cause something has to change there.
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From what I can tell it stems from something simple that may just take time to fix.
It's about making quick reads. If you watch Falk he has a tendency to get locked in on where he wants to go, and if it isn't quite there he waits for it instead of looking elsewhere quickly. There's kind of this lack of urgency in him making reads.
But this also creates something very interesting. When time is a factor and of the essence because of forced urgency...he plays better....we saw it against Rutgers...and then it happened again against Oregon. While it's absolutely awesome that we have a guy who can be tough as nails leading a game winning drive...the real magic is that the heightened urgency which is prevalent at the end of the game....is exactly what he needs to have before the last minute.
It's kind of one of those weird things where the skill he needs to develop isn't forced to develop until the end of the game...it's weird, but in a lot of ways its very true. Now the question is how do you get him to see it where it takes hold from the start of the game all the way through to where it is consistent?... In the first drive he started that way, but fell back into the old pattern...then when the game was on the line he jumped right back into it because if not the game was over.
Once he figures it out that he should play every drive like it's a two minute drive is when things really will take off. I've been critical of him early, but the pieces are there for him to figure it out. He just has to put it together.
It's about making quick reads. If you watch Falk he has a tendency to get locked in on where he wants to go, and if it isn't quite there he waits for it instead of looking elsewhere quickly. There's kind of this lack of urgency in him making reads.
But this also creates something very interesting. When time is a factor and of the essence because of forced urgency...he plays better....we saw it against Rutgers...and then it happened again against Oregon. While it's absolutely awesome that we have a guy who can be tough as nails leading a game winning drive...the real magic is that the heightened urgency which is prevalent at the end of the game....is exactly what he needs to have before the last minute.
It's kind of one of those weird things where the skill he needs to develop isn't forced to develop until the end of the game...it's weird, but in a lot of ways its very true. Now the question is how do you get him to see it where it takes hold from the start of the game all the way through to where it is consistent?... In the first drive he started that way, but fell back into the old pattern...then when the game was on the line he jumped right back into it because if not the game was over.
Once he figures it out that he should play every drive like it's a two minute drive is when things really will take off. I've been critical of him early, but the pieces are there for him to figure it out. He just has to put it together.
Tron, I think you have analyzed both the opportunity and the irony of the situation. Falk will get better. But nobody can get him there but himself, so we'll have to see how quickly that occurs.
Agree with much that is said. I do think part of the issue is he appears so comfortable in the pocket with everything going on around him. If you notice often times he doesn't even attempt to leave the pocket. Hopefully he develops that clock in his head and also feels comfortable just dumping the ball off occasionally. That said, I am really glad he will be here at least 1 more year.
As other's posted in this thread, it has to come from Falk himself. It will come with more experience. It will come when he is able to see things because he has already seen them several times. He will just see things faster and make faster decisions because he has been there.
Also, think of it another way. There have also been many more times that he has held onto the ball a very long time and because he did, it ended up in a big play or a positive play.
Plus, after looking at the tape after the CAL game, Leach said that 5 sacks were on the OL and 2 on the QB. I would guess that the majority of untrained eyes would have thought it was the opposite.
One thing to bear in mind is that we can't see that far downfield because the camera zooms to where the ball is. All we get is the pocket, and very little of what he sees. He still needs to get rid of the ball quicker, but there's probably a few interceptions that've been traded for sacks, and possible near touchdowns that were sacks instead because that last second he needed just wasn't there. What Halliday did best was get the ball to his playmakers in the blink of an eye. It made him easy to bait into interceptions, but it also created a lot of YAC opportunities. When Luke starts doing everything that little bit faster, the receivers will get more open space, the blockers won't have to hold out as long, and Marks and Cracraft may get to graduate with their heads still attached.
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