Posted on 04/25/2015 11:50:43 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
[...] Tom House, a former journeyman major league pitcher who has turned into the country's leading sports biomechanics guru, had been working with Tebow for months. Every day for hours. This was after Tebow had been released by the Patriots two years ago and Tom Brady, who has become a protege of House's, recommended the former Broncos QB see House at USC, where he has an office above the third base line.
[...] He was Nolan Ryan's coach, and Randy Johnson’s, and then he started working with Drew Brees at the beginning of his NFL career. Brees swears by him. Said House changed his life. Brady has been a believer for a few years now. So have about a dozen other NFL QBs who make a pilgrimage in the offseason to see him.
[...] "What you need to do is identify the critical variables. And do you have a fix for the variables that aren't efficient? Then, if they're efficient and effective and they're repeatable, they play. And we do as well with quarterbacks who are just trying to get better to go to college as we do with Drew Brees and Tom Brady, who just want to get 1 or 2 percent better."
Tebow needed a lot more than 1 or 2 percent improvement, though.
"Everybody's afraid of Tim," House told me back then. "There's too much stuff that comes with Tim. When he showed up here, he was 10,000 reps behind any other NFL quarterback. He'd never been given a tool kit on how to fix [his mechanics]. With good intentions, he wasn't getting any help. Everybody pulls for him, but good intentions with bad information is just as bad as no information at all." [...]
(Excerpt) Read more at foxsports.com ...
‘After my time around Tebow and House last year, I went to the NFL Combine, where the reaction from coaches and personnel people to claims of a Tebow transformation was a collective shrug.
‘”The problem isn’t really his arm,” said one veteran NFL defensive coach about Tebow. “It’s that he’s not wired to process what he’s seeing once the ball is snapped, and if you don’t have that, you simply can’t be a quarterback in this league.”
How much, if at all, Tebow can remedy that aspect of his game remains to be seen. Chip Kelly, who knows more about mobile QBs than any coach in the NFL and may be the most creative guy in the sport, thinks it’s worth a shot to see what happens. It’ll be interesting to see what Kelly may do with him.’
If it weren't for him, Denver would've gotten Andrew Luck. People forget that.
Interesting stuff.
I always enjoy seeing the scientific aspects of sports.
My SIL who is a PGA licensed teaching pro was showing me some of the video cams and software he uses for golf instruction.
This is probably quite similar.
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I think the difference between being a quarterback in college and being one in the NFL is like the difference between trying to hit a 60 MPH fastball versus a 100 MPH fastball.
In college, you may have to face at the most, 2 or 3 NFL quality defensive players, there is a much bigger margin for error, that can cover up deficiencies, and allow even QBs with those deficiencies to put up great numbers in college.
But it will catch up with you in the NFL.
I read his book, he’s a fine fellow.
But I don’t subscribe to the conspiracy stuff on FR about his religion, NFL gms and coaches want to win games, and they’ll use saints OR gangstas if they can do the job.
I think the Colts had that one pretty well locked all the way after Manning was out. They didn’t even try very hard to disguise it. Here in Indy “suck for Luck” was the slogan from early on in that season.
I agree - the Broncos, Jets, and Pats cut him loose because he wasn't NFL caliber. We'll see if he is now with his improved timing and mechanics.
LOL! The Bills apparently say be mediocre for some joker.
Yep it never was his arm. His throwing motion was good enough. It was always between his ears to improve his stats by 10% more in pass completions.
Some between-the-ears got addressed:
‘Another underlying problem that tied into Tebow’s issues in the NFL that House ID’d: The former All-American quarterback had no confidence in his throwing ability.
‘”He didn’t think he could make that throw, so he went to what he was confident in, and that was his legs,” House said.’
But I agree that reading a defense remains a question mark - I hope Kelly can help him there.
Say what you want to about the Colts management, or about Irsay The Younger, but he has made the correct choices for QB, over and over.
I still remember the loud boos at the Stadium when the Colts chose Manning over Ryan Leaf.
I despise the Irsays for a wide variety of reasons.
(mostly the $750 million for the stadium)
But agree with your post.
If you read Bill Polian’s new book, he reveals the qb thing was a total no brainer, Leaf had a whole menu of problems that were well known before the draft.
I recommend Polian’s book highly, it’s a good read.
Andrew Luck is the best QB in the NFL right now. His teammates? Not so much...
If I were a top 2 QB coming out of college, I’d sign the shortest term contract possible. Then, I’d sign a short term contract with the most talented team possible. Then, I’d rape any team willing to pay my stupid price in a short term contract...retire.
Agreed. If you can produce you’ll be tolerated - good or bad.
Totally random fact. Remembered by hardly anyone.
When Henry Aaron hit home run number 715 in April 1974, Tom House was in the bullpen and caught the ball.
Carry on.
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