Agreed. I watched White play the two years he was at WVU. While he was raw as a WR, his innate talent was obvious. Fast, smooth change of direction, good vertical jump, large catch radius, soft hands.
I am just hoping and praying he stays healthy as I suspect that he just needs playing time to mature into a top tier NFL WR.
Well, just on point a good ESPN article on Fox saying White is finally healthy.
If he is healthy, hopefully he can stay healthy. If that means catching the ball and stepping out of bounds before, or dropping to the ground, before the hit I'm fine w/that. Play all, or at least the vastg majority of the 16 games. Rack up 700-800 yards and 5-8 td's would be a hell of a good start for his junior year and then heading into his contrat year.
not going to paste all of it, just a few pieces that really stood out to me:
Azzanni didn’t come right out and say it, but his opinion is pretty clear. Part of the reason White hasn’t taken off already is due to poor habits the previous coaches failed to erase in him. That may be a bit unfair but is it totally untrue? After all Mike Groh and Curtis Johnson have since left for other teams. Was it voluntary or were they ushered out the door? Impossible to say but Azzanni didn’t lack for confidence in his own process. The 40-year old understands by far the biggest issue White is dealing with. He has used the entire offseason up to this point focused solely on correcting it. So far the team brass and even White himself are apparently surprised by the early results.
“DIDN’T HAVE TO DO THE ROUTE TREE AT WEST VIRGINIA. JUST DIDN’T. NOT RIGHT OR WRONG OR DIFFERENT, JUST DIDN’T HAVE TO. SO WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT HARD, SOME OF HIS BREAKING POINTS STUFF. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU’RE A BIG GUY LIKE THAT, STOPPING AND CHANGING DIRECTION IS HARD. WE’VE REALLY BEEN WORKING ON IT. HE RAN A CURL THE OTHER DAY AND A BUNCH OF MOUTHS DROPPED, LIKE, ‘WOW, WE HAVE NOT SEEN KEVIN DO THAT IN A LONG TIME.’ I THINK IT GOT HIM EXCITED.”
Now if a guy as gifted and White couldn't be brought along by the old WR Coaches, what about guys less talented them him? I think we might see a big uptick in the back end of the WR roster this year.
I already dislike this new coach. Let White's success or failure this year speak for itself. I think he's doing himself, White and the organization a big disservice by commenting like this (even though the comments themselves are 'fairly' innocent.
not going to paste all of it, just a few pieces that really stood out to me:
Azzanni didn’t come right out and say it, but his opinion is pretty clear. Part of the reason White hasn’t taken off already is due to poor habits the previous coaches failed to erase in him. That may be a bit unfair but is it totally untrue? After all Mike Groh and Curtis Johnson have since left for other teams. Was it voluntary or were they ushered out the door? Impossible to say but Azzanni didn’t lack for confidence in his own process. The 40-year old understands by far the biggest issue White is dealing with. He has used the entire offseason up to this point focused solely on correcting it. So far the team brass and even White himself are apparently surprised by the early results.
“DIDN’T HAVE TO DO THE ROUTE TREE AT WEST VIRGINIA. JUST DIDN’T. NOT RIGHT OR WRONG OR DIFFERENT, JUST DIDN’T HAVE TO. SO WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT HARD, SOME OF HIS BREAKING POINTS STUFF. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU’RE A BIG GUY LIKE THAT, STOPPING AND CHANGING DIRECTION IS HARD. WE’VE REALLY BEEN WORKING ON IT. HE RAN A CURL THE OTHER DAY AND A BUNCH OF MOUTHS DROPPED, LIKE, ‘WOW, WE HAVE NOT SEEN KEVIN DO THAT IN A LONG TIME.’ I THINK IT GOT HIM EXCITED.”
Now if a guy as gifted and White couldn't be brought along by the old WR Coaches, what about guys less talented them him? I think we might see a big uptick in the back end of the WR roster this year.
I already dislike this new coach. Let White's success or failure this year speak for itself. I think he's doing himself, White and the organization a big disservice by commenting like this (even though the comments themselves are 'fairly' innocent.
We can like/dislike him all we want for his mouth, if the WR's, espeically White make jumps this year I won't care.
I already dislike this new coach. Let White's success or failure this year speak for itself. I think he's doing himself, White and the organization a big disservice by commenting like this (even though the comments themselves are 'fairly' innocent.
We can like/dislike him all we want for his mouth, if the WR's, espeically White make jumps this year I won't care.
True. If White fails though, he's going to look like a major dumbass. He's drawing attention to something that doesn't need any attention.
Ric, are you honestly telling me that the 2 prior WR coaches never bothered to teach White the damn route tree?
Not saying I don't believe you. I'm saying I'm astonished, if it's true. And pissed.
Ah bullshit. Groh and Cujo are both top flight position coaches and the results in the growth of our receiver core under Groh alone is undeniable. Kevin White was not asked to learn and run the NFL route tree in college because he simply couldn't grasp it. They needed to keep him on the field so the whole passing scheme for him was dumbed down significantly.
I suspect that was also the case early last season when there seemed to be a demand coming from somewhere that White start over Meredith when Meredith as proven himself to be the superior WR. If White has not progressed in his knowledge of the route tree by now or acquired the discipline to run it correctly then I submit that he never will and he will be Ryan Paces version of Shea McClellin.
I think he's a nice kid but he does not strike me as having a great football mind and his lack of progress last off season screams that loud an clear. Sorry but I'm not gonna buy this garbage that the former coaches did not coach White well when I've observed the success they had with others like Cam Meredith who had no more experience as a college WR than Kevin White. I call BS on the whole deal.
Post by shortfacedbear on May 13, 2017 12:31:30 GMT -6
I guess that I just don't savvy White trying to improve HIMSELF. I would think between rehab he would have time to study tape AND oh I don't know WORK ON THE ROUTE TREE repeatedly.
I question the pick not bc of injuries but being behind the 8 ball like this and if he wasn't coached exaserbates development. Not a bust per se but definitely a loss of return on investment.
I guess that I just don't savvy White trying to improve HIMSELF. I would think between rehab he would have time to study tape AND oh I don't know WORK ON THE ROUTE TREE repeatedly.
I question the pick not bc of injuries but being behind the 8 ball like this and if he wasn't coached exaserbates development. Not a bust per se but definitely a loss of return on investment.
How do you work on the route tree when you cannot run the routes? Coaches should have had him working in the room on theories and tape, and he should have been working on the tape/theories at home. But if you cannot phyically do it there is only so much retention.
This is something that is basic teach/learning. You can teach someone something, but if they cannot use it w/in 90 days it will be lost. Guy's been on crutches and been doing rehab for 2 years, not running routes the way he was taught/learned. This year he's healthy, and not only is the WR coach teachin him the routes, but he's also teaching him the break points, and how to do it; something he wasn't getting even in previous practices when healthy.