The Influence of WR Coach Ben Cahoon

Bronco spoke about what influence Ben has had on WR:



- catching ball consistently with a huge improvement since Spring

- there are countless subtleties in their techniques that improve each day

- WR have improved immensely since Ben started coaching them



Ben's interview with Wrubell:



- WR are showing crisp breaks and getting off ball with rage and great burst

- The guys come out of stance at low pad level and drive off line very hard - tough to get jammed and knocked off route

- They show a great work ethic - know what it takes to improve and they want to be great

- Ross Apo is a beast and are trying to find different ways to get him involved.

- Heaps to Apo is a combination that they hope to see for a long time

- WR face a tough challenge in catching Heaps 90 mph hard throws - they really have to focus. After practice they catch balls from a machine that can simulate the speed in which Jake throws

- Jake is very accurate and throws a tight spiral - he can put it anywhere for them to catch. It's up to them to focus and catch all the balls



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Great stuff. If he coached last year, we win 2 more games minimum.

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This is what we were hoping for!!! Bueno! I am really excited for the 2011 Season.

One word I am delighted not to have heard this camp is



DROP



There seemingly have not been many if any. The completion percentages have been way too high for there to have been many.



I attribute much of this to the rising tide theory from last season, but Ben may also be making an impact on that and another year of experience with the same QB never hurts.



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kiwibacon wrote:
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I just read this article again. This is a formula for success ie. Cahoon's precision and dedication + speed rarely seen at BYU + height rarely seen here = tears and lots of them from oposing defensive backs. There were a lot of drops last year. If that is cut down we'll only have to water the field 50% as much as last year.

This is all good news. I was worried about cahoon's ability to teach and transfer his skills to others. His ability to be a coach basically. Sounds like things are going well though. I was also worried that his focus on small details could bog the receivers down, but that does not appear to be the case either.

Wrubell keeps mentioning some crazy goal line battle between the WRs and DBs. It sounds like hand to hand blocking combat and sounds interesting. It also sounds as if both positions will be better prepared for physical play at the LOS. Not sure who wanted to put this drill in place, but I like the sound of it.

Lawboy wrote:
Wrubell keeps mentioning some crazy goal line battle between the WRs and DBs. It sounds like hand to hand blocking combat and sounds interesting. It also sounds as if both positions will be better prepared for physical play at the LOS. Not sure who wanted to put this drill in place, but I like the sound of it.

Good, because one thing TCU and Utah have done extremely well over the last few seasons is play press coverage on our WRs. This completely disrupted our routes and timing on offense. If our WRs can do a better job getting off the line, it will really disrupt what those defenses are trying to do.

SpiffCoug wrote:

Wrubell keeps mentioning some crazy goal line battle between the WRs and DBs. It sounds like hand to hand blocking combat and sounds interesting. It also sounds as if both positions will be better prepared for physical play at the LOS. Not sure who wanted to put this drill in place, but I like the sound of it.

Good, because one thing TCU and Utah have done extremely well over the last few seasons is play press coverage on our WRs. This completely disrupted our routes and timing on offense. If our WRs can do a better job getting off the line, it will really disrupt what those defenses are trying to do.

On the reverse too maybe we will play a little press coverage ourselves instead of 10 yards off the ball.

Austin collie was great at getting off the line of scrimmage. He was one of the only bright spots against TCU the last time he played down there. Even with double coverage and trying to knock him off his route at the line, he was good.



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Does anybody know how this all might affect WR blocking? It's one of the things that often gets overlooked at the position, but if you have big, athletic receivers that can block down field, that's when you can turn decent gainers into home runs. I remember Mike Reed being fantastic at this, and I haven't seen it as much recently. Our guys certainly have the size to be able to block well, so hopefully Cahoon's attention to detail contributes to their blocking as well.

kiwibacon wrote:

On the reverse too maybe we will play a little press coverage ourselves instead of 10 yards off the ball.

Here here! Amen Brotha!