Day 11- Scrimmage Saturday
by John Berkowitz on Apr 18, 2009 6:09 PM PDT
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PrintThe team should be about ready to come out on the field as I am writing this. they expect between 1500-2500 fans out to watch today. the weather is nice and the temps are in the 60's.
I will be back after practice with the usual links and information.
11:15 a.m. Special Teams / Team / Offense & Defense / Position Meetings
1 p.m. Explode & Run Through
1:15 p.m. Special Teams Walk Through
1:20 p.m. Stretch
1:30 p.m. Practice #11
3:15 p.m. Off the Field
Jake Locker was as comfortable today as he has been all spring long. Jake did well with ball distribution, presence in the huddle, command of the line of scrimmage and decisions of when to run the ball when he needed to.
The offense ran the ball well today picking up 174 yards on 37 carries with 148 yards coming from the tailbacks which is really nice to see.
Passing
Jake Locker: 10-16 for 133 yards, TD, one INT-Went 5-5 for 54 yards on one drive that was capped by a 2-yd touchdown run by Demitrius Bronson-26-yard TD pass to Devin Aguilar
Ronnie Fouch: 7-18 for 85 yards, TD, INT-Went 5-5 for 66 yards on one drive that was capped by a 9 yard touchdown pass to Anthony Boyles.
Rushing
Chris Polk- 8 rush, 43 yards, 1- yard TD in OT
Willie Griffin- 4 rush, 35 yards
Demitrius Bronson- 5 rush, 25 yards, 7-yard TD run, fumble
Jordan Polk- 1 rush, 21 yards Curtis Shaw- 3 rush, 18 yards
David Freeman- 2 rush, 14 yards
Brandon Johnson- 6 rush, 13 yards
Jake Locker- 5 rush, 6 yards
Ronnie Fouch- 3 rush, -1 yard
Receiving
Devin Aguilar- 2 receptions, 48 yards, 26-yard TD reception
Cody Bruns- 1 reception, 25 yards
Anthony Boyles- 3 receptions, 23 yards, 9-yard TD reception
Kavario Middleton- 3 receptions, 23 yards
Jermaine Kearse- 2 receptions, 22 yards
Demitrius Bronson- 2 receptions, 20 yards
Tony Chidiac- 1 reception, 20 yards
Ben Hayes- 1 reception, 17 yards
Paul Homer- 1 reception, 8 yards
Jordan Polk- 1 reception, 8 yards
David Freeman- 1 reception, 8 yards
Punting (No returns)
Andrew Lutton- 2 punts, 46.5 yd average, fumble
Kiel Rasp- 3 punts, 45.6 yd average
Field Goals
Erik Folk- 1-1 (29)
“He’s starting to understand the nuances of the position within our system,” Sarkisian said. “I thought he was much more comfortable today than he’s been the entire spring."
Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times
"You look at last year, whatever could go wrong did go wrong," guard/center Ryan Tolar said. "It was just one thing after another. So it's just good to get into spring ball."
“I felt good today,” Jake Locker said. “Things slowed down a bit. I saw the reads I was making and it felt great
(Coming later)
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Beautiful weather all across America!
Can’t wait to see how the scrimage goes. Big day for everyone.
One more thing
There are reportedly a lot of CA recruits going to be there today. Anyone who is there if you get a chance could you please let us know if you see anybody? Not that you would prob know who they are but still…Scoggins (QB) should be there and two Edison kids, Flowers and Tevin McDonald.
Heaps top 5
BYU, Cal, LSU, Tenn, UW…just annouced
I cant see Heaps going anywhere but UW
after his interview I think UW is a 75% lock. Just the way he talked about playing in front of friends and family…i have a good feeling.
Getting Heaps to Commit would be HUGE
If Jake Heaps signs on, how do you suppose it would effect a lot of other bigtime recruit’s decision? I wish it would come quicker then it has, because it could push the class up thru the roof. But until Heaps commits it is hard to say which way the kid is leaning. I’m optimistic that we are in his top 5, but not a done deal until we are in his top 1.
All I saw was purple
That would be HUGE!
Hope you’re right.
by doubledeucedawg on Apr 18, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Heaps with Sark...
…for at least four years. That would be great for his development.
by doubledeucedawg on Apr 18, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Heaps interview
I also was lucky enough to catch the KJR interview, and I agree with Bigdave’s thoughts. Heaps doesn’t seem to be enticed by moving away from home and getting out on his own. He really seems like a well grounded kid who would like to stay close to home and play with friends and in front of friends and family. After the interview I came away very impressed with Heaps, seems like he’s got a really good head on his shoulders, handles the pressure put on him very well, and has great drive and great work ethic. I think it’s really a two way race between BYU and UW, and whoever gets him will be in great shape.
"Bow Down to Washington"
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"
Don't forget about Tennessee and Cal
I too believe it is between the UofW and BYU. However let’s not overlook both Cal and Tennessee. If you look at all four of these programs one thing comes to mind. Each one has a pro style offense- even LSU runs a pro, who is also in his top 5. The head bosses at both Cal and Tennessee are both ex-O coordinators who know how to coach top flight QBs.
But yes, I do agree that Washington and BYU are the frontrunners. Heaps has got to be impressed with what is going on at UDub. However I am not going to count my chickens until we are in Heap’s top 1. Nothing is done until it is done.
All I saw was purple
I'm going completely off his interview on KJR
From what he had to say today, and his comments on why those schools are his top five, it really sounds like he is leaning toward BYU or UW.
"Bow Down to Washington"
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"
Like I said I agree, both Washington and BYU are the frontrunners. But circumstances could change between now and then.
I’ve listended to Heaps on KJR also and he sounds very mature for his age. The kid is definitely keeping all his options open. Only a muture, level-headed kid would do that. I personally think it speaks volumes about what kind of kid Heaps is. When you are a 5 star QB, and you could virtually go to any school in the entire country, keeping your options open is SMART!
All I saw was purple
I wish he'd commit sooner...
…I think he could really get some momentum going and pull in some cali/western studs.
by doubledeucedawg on Apr 18, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
He actually made reference to that fact...
saying that a lot of coaches pushed him to make a decision in March and that every other top 10 QB has committed already. I expect a decision by end of May or sooner.
Strength overrated?
"Football is all about movement," he said. "The sport is movement, it’s not static. … I don’t care how many 600-pound squatters I have if they can’t move." That approach already has been noticed on the offensive line, where the team has lost a combined 200 pounds since Coach Lewis began working with the team.
Ivan Lewis-Head Strength Coach of The Washington Huskies
PS Notice how he referenced squats rather than benchpress
by doubledeucedawg on Apr 18, 2009 5:07 PM PDT reply actions
It's all about athletism, speed, strength, and agility
From what I gather from this is that even though the offensive linemen carry a lot of weight, they are still athletes. And when athletes can’t move then they are nothing more then tackling dummies. Squats are huge when it comes to training for the offensive line. All your power comes from your quads and buttocks so that you can explode out of your stance and drive block a dude.
Even though offensive linemen range from 285 pounds to 315 pounds they still need to be athletic and quick. Not quick in say a 40 time, but their fast twitch muscles, paricularly in the John Brown hind parts have got be be quick and explode out of the stance and stike simulaneously vs. to opposing defensive front.
I think we’ve got good talent on the offensive line. We’re definitely big enough. Yet I think coach Lewis is developing lower body strength and speed, which is essential in being a GREAT offensive linemen. For too long we’ve focused on strength and size regarding our approach to teaching offensive linemen. What has been missing is athletism, speed, and agility.
That big ball drill in the picture? That is an agility drill.
All I saw was purple
You need glasses! It;s actually a football, and they are running a play!
I just HAD to give you crap!!!
"Bow Down to Washington"
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"
More specifically...
Explosive Strength Training-The Husky Way
by doubledeucedawg on Apr 18, 2009 5:08 PM PDT reply actions
I really like what Ivan Lewis is doing
Do you guys read any of those articles on Coachsark.com? Good Stuff!
by doubledeucedawg on Apr 18, 2009 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Questions...
Are Chris and Jordan Polk related? On dawgman Happy Iona has a picture of himself with a bunch of other local HS stars. Can anyone tell me who they all are? Thanks
by doubledeucedawg on Apr 18, 2009 8:41 PM PDT reply actions
Cousin's
They are cousin’s.
Even though they are related they didn’t know each other that well till they went to UW. Chris is from Southern California and Jordan is from Portland.
by John Berkowitz on Apr 18, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone know...
…who all the recruits in the picture are?
Washington Husky Football-1991 National Champions
The run game appeared today after a long hiatus
A nice practice on both sides of the ball today, but the clear standout was the run game. The offense looked like the learning curve associated with the installation of Sark’s playbook is leveling off and the game is slowing back down for the line, backs and QB’s. Jake looked the sharpest I have seen him in a long time, but continues to suffer from our WR/TE’s continuing to drop passes. One pass in particular, was dropped by Izbicki that would have easily gone for 6. The running backs were rotating so fast that it was hard for my amateur eye to track, but I did make a mental note that J. Polk, Shaw and Bronson all had numerous power runs. Locker’s stats above do not do justice to his run efforts today. All told, he would have likely been the team leader in rushing yards had it not been for early whistle calling. Obviously, I would like to see Locker not be the lead rusher, but he was disciplined in when / how he ran the ball. Middleton had a mixed day with some nice catches and blocks (yes, he was blocking better), but also made some mental errors that show he is still learning to be “in the game” at all times.
The coaches continue to show a nice balance between intensity and instruction. Sark and Thomas continue to impress me with the way they teach and encourage after each play. Players are clearly listening to the coaching staff and you see them working to correct an error in subsequent plays.
Great to hear!
Condotta said you can look at it another way, it’s against a defense that was horrible against the run last season. Somehow I’m not getting that, I think the defense is going to be much improved. We won’t know a lot of the answers until they actually start playing games next fall but I like the whole view of what I’ve seen so far.
Washington Husky Football-1991 National Champions
Drops
There are contributing factors to dropped passes:
1) Receivers have no hands.
2) velocity/touch on the football by QB
Last year we had a lot of dropped balls. No I am not referencing when Ronnie Fouch took over. The first four games of the season we saw dropped balls all over the field, from everybody. What does this tell me? It tells me that it is not a receiver issue. If everybody is dropping passes then it has to be something else. No way could TW recruited so many skill position kids who can’t catch!
That leaves us with Locker’s velocity and touch. It will come, slow process and all, but it will come with repetition. Accuracy is something else. Last season I saw too many kids drop passes right in the moneymaker. Instead of Locker playing baseball this summer, he needs to get with his receivers and rep, rep, REP! It’s like shooting free throws. The more rep the more it becomes A-U-T-O-M-A-T-I-C.
All I saw was purple
No doubt...
that touch is an important factor, but I still think the youth and inexperience at WR was the big problem last year. Touch was not the big issue yesterday, it was concentration by the receivers to catch and then look upfield. Nevertheless, I absolutely agree with you that this summer needs to be focused on repetitions and playbook…albeit I am not really sure how much baseball really distracted Jake last summer. Had he actually had a true QB coach we would have been in much better shape. Lappano is a good man and coach, but his strength was just not in the QB position.
by Dawg Tracks on Apr 19, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't know crazi...
…if the QB throws a strike his receivers have to catch the ball. I can see it if he is either off as far as ball placement or he throws a ridiculous amount of velocity on a short pass but other than that they just need to catch the ball.
Washington Husky Football-1991 National Champions
You've got to be kidding!
“No way could TW recruited so many skill position kids who can’t catch!”, the first time I read that I thought you were kidding, then I realized you were serious. Please name one WR we have who has great hands? How many experienced WR’s did we have last year, zero. So in the first four games a bunch of WR’s with no game experience drop a bunch of balls and you think it’s Locker’s fault? The funny part is you claim I don’t know anything about football, you should really look in the mirror!
"Bow Down to Washington"
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"
Velocity, Accuracy, & Touch = Command
In the last two years Locker’s passing game hasn’t been great. Running the football great, but the passing game has suffered. Yes Lear, we had a bunch of new faces last year, but my arguement is this. From what I’ve seen from Locker is that he doesn’t have a lot of confidence in his passing game. I didn’t see a lot of command with the football during passing situations. Command = velocity, accuracy, and touch my friend.
If you are receiver worthy of being recruited and signed by a Pac 10 level program, as a receiver you should already have pass catching down. We dropped the ball all over the dam field last season. Not just wide outs. Tight ends, and backs too. When everybody is dropping balls then surely either the velocity is not there to get it into the seem, the accuracy isn’t there to go over the top, and the touch isn’t there on the timing routes.
Is it Jake’s fault we are dropping balls due to velocity, accuracy, and touch? Maybe our ineffective offensive line screwed up Locker’s rythnem (sp?), maybe Garcia’s bouncing snaps or rolling snaps got Locker out of rythnem and had to throw it sooner then expected. Or simply Jake was late on making his reads- who knows but at this point I am not willing to say that TW recruited a bunch of skill position kids that can’t catch. I think something last season was off. It very well could’ve been the offensive line not getting it done in order for Jake to throw the football the way he was suppose to.
By no means am I saying Locker is at fault at anything. I think he and the rest of the football team received argaubly some of the worst coaching I’ve ever seen in my lifetime.
All I saw was purple
Now we are getting somewhere
There is 100 things that go into each and every catch, if one goes wrong then no catch. Last year the line sucked, the recievers sucked, the snaps sucked, the coaching sucked, but Jake’s short to medium range accuracy, touch and command were pretty good. I refuse to listen to anybody that wants to blame Jake for the drops. The Seahawks have had a bad case of the drops, so Pac10 freshmen at the UW are going to drop balls, especially in there first four games of their collegiate careers. At practice I saw PERFECT passes bouncing off the hands of receivers, and you know what, Sark cussed out the WR, not the QB.
"Bow Down to Washington"
"Kick the tires and light the fires!"
You make a sound argument...
And I can buy it in regards to balls hitting the receiver in the moneymaker and dropping them. But I won’t say Jake’s short to medium range was great last year- he needs to work just as hard as the recievers (together).
All I saw was purple
Jake definitely needs more refinement in his passing. I think he was improved last year – those that were saying he hadn’t improved his passing at all I think were off-base – but he still has a ways to go. Not surprising really when you consider the offense Jake played in high school. And no offense to Coach Lappano, but I think Jake would’ve really benefited from having a former QB coaching him his first 3 years.
As far as the accuracy and drop issues, I’d say if anything that Jake’s velocity is usually too much – he needs to learn when to take a little juice off the ball to make it more catchable. That’s not always possible – sometimes you only have a small window to get a ball in there to a guy, but when he has the luxury of a little wider window, he needs to learn to put a little more touch on the ball. WR’s are supposed to catch whatever they can get their hands on, but it’s easier to catch a ball that’s not a QB’s best fastball.
I don't agree...
In my eye Locker looked better as a redshirt freshmen. Now their is nothing to really measure his progress from last year because he only had 3 1/2 games. Yet in those 3 1/2 games I didn’t see much of anything. On the other hand in his freshmen year he had better support.
What it comes down to is this. Jake isn’t there yet. I don’t think he’s even reached 50% of his total ponential. This kid can be as good as he wants to be, but it is up to him as to how good he wants to be. Honestly, It’s been a long while since I’ve seen a QB prospect as good as Locker. The best QB prospect I’ve ever seen was John Elway. Elway had it all (body, mechanics, footwork, intelligence, accuracy, and arm strength). To me Elway is the benchmark of all young QBs. Others have had better success then John, but he was the perfect specimen. Locker can be that good.
All I saw was purple
Well, against Oregon, BYU & Oklahoma (and a little bit against Stanford), 3 teams that were bowl teams, Locker had a better completion percentage and no picks in 93 passes compared to 15 picks in 155 passes the year before. To me, the stats backed up my assertion that he showed improvement in his passing, especially when you consider that in his freshman year he was passing to a veteran crew of WR’s and in his sophomore year he was passing to a very green crew of mostly freshmen.
Exactly Lear
What does that tell you? It tells me that Jake had a little more freedom with that saltier team when he was a freshmen. He had options to work with because the coaching staff probably assumed that the vets would make plays.
Last season Jake was surrounded by youngsters seeing the field for the first time in their college careers. TW and Lappano probably tightened up the reins as to what Jake could option out of due to the youth of the team. Willing to bet that most of Lockers passes last year were considered “safe” and or choreographed for success. This would explain your less interception ratio.
I never go by stats. You can’t, especially in college football. Big difference in game stats when you play someone like LSU one week and then play Idaho the following. In college football stats are misleading. Whether you want to believe it or not the Big 12 QB’s were stat mongers.
All I saw was purple
Spring is just a primer...
…then it’s back to Ivan Lewis and voluntary offseason workouts. That’s where the largest body of work has to be done.
Washington Husky Football-1991 National Champions
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