[pefloresjr]

[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=9207.msg79187#msg79187 date=1387605586]
Could you explain what's wrong with his mechanics, and how it affects his performance on the field?

Yeah, and be specific -- like, actual plays where you think his mechanics have hurt him. Typical criticisms of Hogan's mechanics are practically at Underpants Gnomes level of causality:

1. Hogan's mechanics are awful.
2. ?.?.?
3. Profit! (for the other team)

EDIT: the other issue is whether it's worth investing the time in improving his mechanics. Let's say your observation is that better QBs typically have better mechanics. Stipulating that for the sake of argument -- though it seems to me we've had some very successful QBs with, ah, nonstandard throwing motions -- it doesn't show that the best path for improvement for a college QB with poor mechanics is to work on mechanics. At a certain point your muscle memory becomes set, really. Every year it seems like there's a college QB who goes to work with some private QB coach, who allegedly works on his mechanics -- it was Tim Tebow once; it was also Collin Klein and Landry Jones; and I'm sure it was others -- and it seems like these differences are rarely visually apparent, and that they rarely deliver on-field or NFL draft results.
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I always felt that Tedford's focus on his weird mechanics screwed up many of his quarterbacks.  It made them too self conscious like golfers who are thinking too much about their swing.  Unless there is a critical flaw, it may be more productive to work on reads and progressions. 

Cheers,
Pete F.

[pefloresjr]

[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=9207.msg79187#msg79187 date=1387605586]
Could you explain what's wrong with his mechanics, and how it affects his performance on the field?

Yeah, and be specific -- like, actual plays where you think his mechanics have hurt him. Typical criticisms of Hogan's mechanics are practically at Underpants Gnomes level of causality:

1. Hogan's mechanics are awful.
2. ?.?.?
3. Profit! (for the other team)

EDIT: the other issue is whether it's worth investing the time in improving his mechanics. Let's say your observation is that better QBs typically have better mechanics. Stipulating that for the sake of argument -- though it seems to me we've had some very successful QBs with, ah, nonstandard throwing motions -- it doesn't show that the best path for improvement for a college QB with poor mechanics is to work on mechanics. At a certain point your muscle memory becomes set, really. Every year it seems like there's a college QB who goes to work with some private QB coach, who allegedly works on his mechanics -- it was Tim Tebow once; it was also Collin Klein and Landry Jones; and I'm sure it was others -- and it seems like these differences are rarely visually apparent, and that they rarely deliver on-field or NFL draft results.
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I always felt that Tedford's focus on his weird mechanics screwed up many of his quarterbacks.  It made them too self conscious like golfers who are thinking too much about their swing.  Unless there is a critical flaw, it may be more productive to work on reads and progressions. 

Cheers,
Pete F.