OTHusker

Like my post says he won’t ever start but he adds better depth than what we’ve had in recent years i watched him play his last 2 years at bw runs zone pretty well pretty patient catches well explosive off of the counters they ran him on was able to run through 2nd level defenders reasonably well durable - lots of carries after what ozigbo did last year im doubting any of our backs are thinking they got better coaching from the Oregon state bozos

When Jackson starts tackling with any consistency like Sherman and has a rare bump out instead of the butt or bump being his primary mode of attempting the tackle - I will gladly retract my stating what his present game says he is- a very weak tackler it was a great block shed and a fair angle at best albeit in a tiny space

Bradley is deceptively fast- has good lateral movement and sees the field really well I dont think he will ever be a starter- but we need depth at RB- and he could help They said he struggled with some personal issues last Fall- but is over it- so good stuff

WI Husker- "Somewhat to Big Ern's point I think criticism of play is fair on a board, but I'm curious what the rationale is behind using numbers or "this player" to do it. I know a lot of former players and media members do it as well, but why? We all know who we're talking about, I'm just genuinely curious about the difference between "Jackson has shied away from contact" and "this player has shied away from contact" and similar statements. I know a lot on twitter was directed at Young - what's better about saying "#5 took a bad angle" as opposed to "Young?" Young and Jackson are black- then in a later comment he said when people talk about #81 being slow- they dont mention his name. Warner is white. It seems like about everything these days in made into something about race- hope this wasnt was being trotted out- maybe it wasnt.

Some more info on tackling: https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/08/15/college-football-tackling-methods-robots-targeting-rule Seahawks coaches call the hawk tackle—in which the defender hits the ballcarrier’s thigh with a shoulder, grabs him and either spins him or powers him to the ground. Kwiatkowski teaches that series at Washington, and former Ohio State defensive coordinator Chris Ash talked Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer into adopting it before Ash left to take over at Rutgers. Seto had been trying to persuade the Seahawks to adopt shoulder tackling when a comment from a visitor from the University of Birmingham—not UAB, the one in the United Kingdom—earlier this decade led him to video clips of rugby tackles. Seto saw players hitting ballcarriers hard enough to knock the breath from them, but the tacklers weren't launching themselves or leading with their heads. They had efficient leverage and their heads to the side of the contact zone. This was a concept he could take to All-Pro DBs Kam Chancellor and Richard Sherman. “They have to really believe that this is going to help their career,” Seto says. “Not just to make them safe, but to make them more effective.” The Seahawks bought his pitch and even released an instructional video on their rugby-style tackles before making a second straight run to the Super Bowl in 2014. The hawk drew the most media attention, but coaches also took notes on the profile tackle (a shoulder-to-chest tackle, which Saban would prefer) and the compression tackle (a two-on-one tackling method, usually with a combination of a hawk and a profile). By that point Kwiatkowski had already made his own rugby connection. He worked at Boise State when the NCAA implemented its harsher punishment for targeting. Knowing he wanted to help his players to aim lower and keep their heads to the side of the ballcarrier to avoid ejections, he called on a college buddy who belonged to the Snake River Rugby Club. He helped Boise State coaches understand the leverage involved in rugby tackling and showed them drills. Kwiatkowski and the rest of Chris Petersen’s staff had moved to Washington by the time the Seahawks released their video, and they found themselves running on a parallel track with their local NFL team. “When we started doing this, we weren’t sold on the fact that getting the head behind versus in front was going to be a more efficient tackle. But now we know,” Kwiatkowski says. “When you shoulder punch and you get your foot in the ground and you tackle low, you’re way more efficient at getting guys on the ground.”

yes I played 12 years worth Not every tackle is going to be perfect, but our kid really didnt do much of anything correct on the "tackle" , with the exception of the excellent block destruct Weve had far too many missed tackles right? Far too many bumps instead of tackling right? REALLY dislike how we try to push ball carriers out of bounds- then fail to do so 31 PPG- lots of bad tackling Got more physical as the season progressed, but still not there. Absolutely you can wrap lift and elevate from a side tackle- watch the Carroll video- plenty of live examples of it on that video as well as how they rep it- teach it. Most teams these days work on form into a landing mat prior to going 100% live We do this drill in the below video- BUT we do with with BOTH players running upfield at the same time- Carrol does the same thing Im just copying him Same principle- shoulder to hip, head behind, contact and elevate- drive for 5- to the ground https://www.championshipproductions.com/news/2016/07/14/create-leverage-with-this-tackling-drill/ If you think you know more than Peter Carrol when it comes to tackling- you need to get to the NFL- make those big bucks

Yes the classical approach when you are criticizing a player say in a text box on hudl film you use his number or a position name when he does something well you use his given name we are in an Internet forum who cares if we use name or number

Lots of people have used Warner’s name, Gerry’s name, bunch’s name, Farnioks name etc etc

They were we all know that tackling is a lot about want to when I see kids shy away from contact that just gets to me same for the absolute basics of pad level and wrapping up if you are learning how to tackle in your 12th year of football thats a big problem

That is 100 percent true however choosing to aggressively engage is an attitude and dna thing

Youre nitpicking if you’re going for the race card thing lots of people bagged on Nate Gerry and think warner shouldn’t be playing and are in Washington’s corner so don’t go there could care less what color someone is or where they are from can you help us win games and rep the university well thats all most of cars about

If a player has already been playing football for 11-12 years when it comes to tackling and the want to there by year 12 if it isn’t there it isn’t going to magically appear it isn’t about learning how to jam a receiver or pattern read or banjo it’s either in your dna by then or it’s not

Tackling is about technique but also a lot about want to while this player has freakishly good athletic skills his tackling has consistently been bad he shied away from contact last year took terrible angles and whiffed a bunch goes back to very shallow recruiting classes in that position group so he may be the cleanest dirty shirt we have to wear sure hoping he gets better or someone better steps up just not s fan of non physical play or lack of discipline

Hater we all want to see him play better no harm in that our tackling is weak otherwise we don’t give up 31 ppg the facts are the facts its got to improve for us to move forward or we can bury our heads in the sand and pretend it’s not an issue or not have enough football knowledge to appreciate that it is a problem

I’m not coaching him up im commenting on an internet board and I’m negative on the way he tackled last year does anyone really think this kid is even in the 35th percentile for tackling in this league ? Commented on the video i saw in this thread which looked like more of the same from last year which wasn’t good I’ve coached over 25 years and attended dozens of clinics im not coaching him face to face Im commenting on a board to critique you the exact same way you did me if you knew anything about tackling or had coached or taken many tackling classes you would have known his tackling attempt was terrible

Which he didn’t do nor did he last season thats why he saw less playing time

When he starts playing in the same galaxy as Ralph Brown- sure I'll be all over it Until then his consistent poor tackling is something that hurts our defense and overshadows his great athleticism and reasonable coverage skills

This is more than one video His tackling sucked last year for most of the season- same stuff as we see in this video As to getting head in front- no that isnt how most teams teach tackling these days- and to horsecollar you you have to have your hands near the neck- which would be awful Aiming point is near hip- with shoulder which would put you fairly low- away from grabbing with the hands to the neck area Shoulder to hip, wrap, elevate, drive for 5

Are you serious? What difference does this make if it is an outdoor or indoor drill? 3 Level Oklahoma is a block destruction and tackling drill teams use both indoors and outdoors- meant to teach - block destruction and tackling with a very small pursuit function Im very confident our coaches arent telling the kids to tackle high, dont use your arms or hands Blocks to get kids out of bounds is unsound on many levels- you CAN knock players out of bounds, tackle low and wrap up- this isnt a mutually exclusive thing. I hate seeing poor fundamental tackling- especially when our team does it so poorly and is celebrated. Thats just me- when Armstrong was throwing all of those closed eye YOLO bombs into double coverage- even if they were TDs- I wouldnt clap- because in the long term- those YOLO prayers were going to lose us a bunch of games. Dont encourage bad behaivior even if it by some miracle yields an odd positive result

Watch the video If you think Rileys coaching staff taught that- where were those tackles on the field? Night and day PCs teams and Rileys teams You didnt consistently see those nice tackles on the field- Rileys team and our current team does not tackle very well at all This wouldnt be the first thing Rileys coaching staff coached poorly Historically they werent good teachers- so what is so surprising they couldnt teach Pete Carrols tackling approach ? It would be consistent that they didnt teach that well either. While Im sure they had access to lots of great ball protection techniques and drills- they didnt execute those very well either- many other examples Add in a very lazy and ineffective weight program, practices that werent physical ("those Iowa practices must be bloodbaths") , slow non inclusive practices and of course youre going to have a team that tackles poorly. It doesnt matter if you claim to use a particular approach- if it isnt taught properly (coaches putting their own twist on things) and isnt repped enough. Add in the fact most of the kids didnt have the backup skills taught properly (tackling angles, run fits, block destruction, speed and strength training), they arent going to be successful. Not sure Ive seen a team like Rileys that were worse at tackling angles and of course they lacked physicality and aggression- but hey that's not the coaches fault right- then whos fault is it- the custodian, the basketball coach, the weather- the parents? Once Frost starts consistently winning big here- we can finally call out the absolute laziness and ineptness of the ridiculous smilin mike experiment

B We all want the kid to succeed - which in turn helps us win games- which I thought is what most of us want. However in spite of this players great athleticism he continues to consistently -tackle poorly, he consistently does this in games and in this drill the rb could have easily cut back and made him miss thanks to the defenders aiming point, pad placement, head placement and choice not to use his arms and hands

I teach shoulder tackling patterned after what Pete carrol teaches not far off from from how I was taught how to tackle over 40 years ago with a few nuances and fresh teaching approaches

Ok how exactly was that “tacklers” attempt at tackling enhanced by not using his arms and hands ? What advantage did it give the “tackler” not a big fan of letting backs pinball all over the field because our defenders are trying to block or butt the player into stumbling and falling rather than actually attempting a to the ground tackle this defender is a notriously poor tackler at least he’s consistent he better be Dion sanders in coverage nothing new our defense has been very consistent at it and of course reaping the rewards of very poor tackling to think this player - his teammates and fans think this is good is the most disturbing part

Kids legitimately having fun without hip hip horray- no body needs to work hard- let me be your buddy and feed you ice cream every day nonsense

McCaffery looks like Arnold compared to Gebbia- who almost always wore long sleeves to hide his tiny arms. McCaffery is an athlete who lifts- he will be a legit 200 next year- not the 165lbs means 195 under Riley