What made this WR transformation so fluid?

[bruiser.sixpack]

Gonna go out on a short but thick limb here and say that the receivers that never saw the field yesterday made our receivers that caught so many balls better. They pushed those guys hard. They will eventually get a chance to play and have success because they are just a shade less talented to the ones that played yesterday. And this is attributed to Leach and his WR coaches throwing 4 QBs at a time to multiple receivers running the same routes over and over again. Heck, Osirius was listed at 2nd team and look at the day he had.

 

[SirBarksalot]

Costello is a big reason, Shavers is another. Mitchell and Payton being seniors helps too. Williams is older.

Then you add in the scheme and coaching and it's really not that shocking.

im sorry, but MSU passing for 600yds is shocking any way you look at it.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

I disagree. Moorhead never taught anyone anything. In one ear and out the other. He didn't hold his players accountable to learn what he said, which is why he was a terrible coach.

 

[johnson86-1]

I don’t think you comprehend my point.

Moorhead would have lost the game. That doesn’t matter. But he had started transitioning the roster to a passing offense, and he had started implementing those concepts. That eased the transition to Leach and allowed quicker success.

None of this is saying Moorhead is a good coach.

Nothing Moorhead did helped. He inherited Mitchell and didn’t make him better. Shavers came bc of leach. He kept javonte Peyton in the bench behind a basket case with brick hands rather than developing him. I guess Austin Williams at least got practice time.

The biggest thing Moorhead probably did was make this team hungry for coaching, accountability and winning.

 

[Not Really a Doc]

A large part of what makes this team successful is the experience at head coach. Leach has been described as a coach that would rather spend his time focusing on how to have a more efficient practice, rather than breaking down film and X's/O's. I think that is why he is able to take chicken sh*t and turn it into chicken salad. He has a great ability to perfect motor learning through part-tasking and performance "chunking" in his QBs and WRs. No its not revolutionary to the sports world...but for a football program that has X amount of practice a week, Leach knowing how to maximize time is great for us and our wide receivers.

 

[FreeDawg]

Hold off on bashing Moorhead too much. His transition to a pass-first offense (beginning 2 years ago) a big reason we are able to have some success this year.

oh for 17 sake just stop posting

 

[SheltonChoked]

Whaaaaa? Moorhead’s offense has nothing to do with the success of Leach’s offense.

You are probably one of the people who gave Croom credit for Mullen’s success.

Moorheads system had everyone making multiple reads to get one guy wide open. And it worked. On every play we had one guy running wide open. It's just we almost never had time to find him.

In Leach's system, 4-5 guys are open, EVERY PLAY. Watch the last touchdown to Mitchell. Peyton is more open. and that's just the guys on the right side of the field. It makes the reads even easier when everyone is open.

 

[Herbert Nenninger]

I wonder how much isiah zuber would have flourished with leach as coach. Although I did notice he got some action for the patriots today.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

I said it a lot last year. Crappy coaching. Crappy formations. Crappy play calling philosophy. Same personnel. Bunch formations. Not using the whole field: quick passes. No RPOS. Coaches making their guys go through reps. Much better blocking up front. Better scheme. Better conditioning.

 

[johnson86-1]

I wonder how much isiah zuber would have flourished with leach as coach. Although I did notice he got some action for the patriots today.

Zuber definitely missed out on a fun senior year, but at least he was already developed enough to have a good shot at the NFL.

Nobody missed out more by playing for Moorhread than Stephen Guidry. He might would have quit if somebody held him accountable, but if he didn't, he'd have been well positioned for an NFL career. Still had his shot obviously, but probably was doomed by having JUCO coaching followed by Moorhead coaching.

 

[dog12]

Scheme and the QB.

Scheme-wise, our receivers have lost of open space in which to run their routes.

Against tight man-to-man coverage, this makes it fairly easy for our receivers to get open on most plays.

Additionally, as others have previously mentioned, Costello throws very catchable balls.

He can drill it in there when necessary . . . or, drop it in the bucket.

He appears to know exactly how hard to throw the pass, how much arc to put on the pass, and where to locate the pass.

I hope Costello can keep up this high level of play.

 

[patdog]

I feel really bad for Zuber. He's a good player and I liked him even when he was at K-State. Still can't believe how much Moorhead wasted him.

 

[RiverCityDawg]

Practice. Air raid practices are unlike any other. They catch balls over and over and practice the same stuff over and over. They have practice that pat and go vertical hundreds of times since June 1st.

Our receivers know we are going to throw it and are extremely confident because of all the practice.

Before this year it was almost like a surprise anytime we passed it, especially then if the ball was actually on target and in their heads they knew it was rare and they might not get another target all game.

Just a completely different mindset and it all starts with how we prepare in practice.