Poppinga actually played the game. Why would he make up such a detail? He

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Sep 30, 2016
7:49:33am

spoxjox All-American

sounded pretty adamant about the importance (and failings) of the coaches.

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The thing that's funny to me is how many people believe position coaches

Zach Morris

9/30/16 12:05am

They teach technique: how to get by a jam, how to read a defense, how to run

BYUheaven

9/30/16 12:12am

By and large, teams with better players win practically every game

cougarmanguy

9/30/16 12:18am

Chris Petersen is really the only consistent example I can think of in recent CFB

YIsForBrigham

9/30/16 12:30am

At a position that is most important

cougarmanguy

9/30/16 12:31am

BSU's talnent was better than most other WAC teams

CarolinaCoug

9/30/16 12:37am

#teh

mulletYno

9/30/16 12:40am

& this is year 3 of his tenure at UW. His first recruiting class are now upperclassmen. No surprise this is his best

SpiffCoug

9/30/16 12:45am

Peterson went 50-3 w/ Kellen Moore. He went 42-9 without him. That's a .824 win pct w/out Moore which is outstanding

SpiffCoug

9/30/16 12:47am

It is, but it isn't winning the Oklahoma games anymore

cougarmanguy

9/30/16 12:55am

True, but he's showing he knows how to get good players. He got enough to Boise to be successful.

SpiffCoug

9/30/16 12:58am

Really? He won another New Year's Day game against AZ

DetmerForever

9/30/16 7:56am

Nope. That was after him

YIsForBrigham

9/30/16 8:02am

Right but the vast majority of those wins were against bottom feeder WAC teams

YIsForBrigham

9/30/16 1:05am

BSU, Baylor, TCU, Kansas State, Michigan State, NDSU, but #1 by far is Navy

Y2k

9/30/16 2:25am

I am convinced Petersen is a better judge of HS talent than most

deljdc

9/30/16 7:04am

This very well could be true

YIsForBrigham

9/30/16 7:41am

He's good, but it was DC Justin Wilcox that found Kellen Moore and had to

Dread Pirate Westley

9/30/16 8:20am

Totally agree. My post was agreeing with the OP. Talent trumps everything

BYUheaven

9/30/16 6:38am

I think o-line coach can make a pretty big difference

Josef K

9/30/16 12:36am

Hmmmmm.....

Cougstreak

9/30/16 2:29am

*Position coaches.

Zach Morris

9/30/16 7:39am

Danny Ainge on coaching

BYURider

9/30/16 4:25am

That's truer in bball than in football, though.

mantis mutu

9/30/16 5:09am

Shouldn't you be working chuck? Lol

Holy Driver

9/30/16 7:22am

quiet!!

BYURider

9/30/16 8:26am

Football play calling is a chess match, coaches matter way more

jpv

10/1/16 1:19am

Yeah, I definiitely didn't agree with everything Poppinga said, but one thing

bag

9/30/16 5:39am

For all his personality via twitter & in speeches, player interviews

mantis mutu

9/30/16 6:07am

Wow. Great analysis. You should re post this

gurt

9/30/16 6:37am

I guess I will. Thanx. Your fault if I'm run out on a rail!

mantis mutu

9/30/16 6:43am

Interesting. I don't really know that much about it, and I'm sure you could be

bag

9/30/16 6:55am

I haven't seen enough of Cahoon's product this year to form an opinion.

mantis mutu

9/30/16 7:05am

I couldn't disagree more. It's all about your position coaches.

tebowned

9/30/16 6:36am

I've coached a bit. I believe there is a balance, but I'll tell you what,

SoutheastIdaCoug

9/30/16 7:44am

Two things. Urban and Nick Saban aren't position coaches so let's stay on

Zach Morris

9/30/16 7:46am

Most probably don't but some do

Gustav

9/30/16 7:24am

Poppinga actually played the game. Why would he make up such a detail? He

spoxjox

9/30/16 7:49am

You think Coach Cahoon is teaching guys to drop passes where Holliday coached

Zach Morris

9/30/16 7:57am

Of course not. No coach intentionally teaches failure. But to dismiss Poppinga's

spoxjox

9/30/16 8:17am

Please note that I'm not saying I agree with Poppinga. I DISAGREE with the easy

spoxjox

9/30/16 8:19am

Actually, I said "position coaches don't really make THAT big of a difference"

Zach Morris

9/30/16 8:38am

I will say that it's unlikely that Cahoon is responsible for dropped passes.

CougarBreath

9/30/16 7:54am

How about the poor routes?

OC Coug

9/30/16 7:55am

I couldn't say.

CougarBreath

9/30/16 8:03am

So the biggest asset is on the recruiting trail.... so how are we better off

OC Coug

9/30/16 7:55am

Can't answer that. Take that one up with Kalani and Tom Holmoe.

Zach Morris

9/30/16 8:39am

How does this have any thumbs up? What a dumb post, position coaches are very

palangi

9/30/16 8:06am

Monday Night Football Talk...

Zach Morris

9/30/16 8:18am

so are you saying position coaches can be very important now?

palangi

9/30/16 8:43am

#Sarcasm

Zach Morris

9/30/16 8:47am

They can be good motivators and inspirers, but yes onus is on the player

LegacyCoug

9/30/16 9:51am

100% agree (when it comes to cahoon/drop discussion)

credfern84

9/30/16 10:01am

Kind of Disagree

nitroboy

9/30/16 10:45am

Players make plays

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