UCLA Football: A Brilliant Take on the QB Situation

PacificPal over at the BruinReportOnline.com boards was gracious enough to let me repost this genius take on the QB situation. My comments are not needed. Enjoy:

IMO Olson lost Chow on the first day of practice……… (41 votes)

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OK, it may seem like a stretch, but for those of us out there on the first day of spring ball it was hard not to notice that Chow was spending an inordinate amount of time having his QB’s perform a drill in which they all lined up on a line facing one direction and then simultaneously on Chow’s mark pretended to take a snap, drop back, and look for a receiver. The QB’s then stopped, turned 90 degrees, and did it all again. Then they stopped, turned another 90 degrees and did it yet again. And again, and again, and again, and well….. you get the idea. Over and over and over again - many, many, times. And I couldn’t help but focus on Coach Chow and this new drill of his that I’d never seen before.

 

So I’m watching this deal closely and wondering what Coach Chow could be looking for. And as I’m watching it unfold one thing becomes completely obvious - BO is AT LEAST a full step slower than anyone else on our roster in his drop and his read with no actual center snap and no rush. Every single time - from every direction - without exception. Again and again they went. Again and again, BO was last of the five. It became very clear to see as they were all lined up in a row and running the drill simultaneously from the same angle as they rotated directions. And we all know it was being filmed, and the film will show the results of the action from all four directions in repetitive fashion - BO is by far the slowest of the five in simple physical motion and physical reaction time from snap to drop to read.

I mentioned to some of the bums who were sitting near me at the time that I didn’t think it boded well for BO to be slacking in this area on the first day of practice and most agreed that while it didn’t bode well - it was still only the first day of spring. Now we hear that PC is named the early starter and I have to figure that Coach Chow saw something in BO from the very start of day one that he didn’t like - and it was the lack of physical quickness that we have all seen haunt BO at times while playing for UCLA.

Anyone who doubts that Coaches Chow and Neu don’t know what they’re doing with our QB’s needs to review their opinion carefully - as needless to say, they are among the very best in the business in this area.

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