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Pep Hamilton New QB Coach
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Originally posted by richpjr View Post
Since they waited until after the draft to hire him, it almost sounds to me like they waited to see which QB they drafted before hiring the coach they thought would best work with him. I wonder who we might have hired if we had drafted Tua? Or it could be a total coincidence...
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I hope they dont forget about Easton Stick and consider including him in some RPO goaline or short yardage situations.
P1. Block Destruction - Ogbonnia
P2. Shocking Effort - Eboigbe
P3. Ball Disruption - Ford
P4. Obnoxious Communication - Henley
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Daniel Popper provides more details about Pep Hamilton:
https://theathletic.com/1789588/2020...ce=weeklyemail
As I reported Wednesday night, the Chargers are hiring Pep Hamilton as their new quarterbacks coach.
He’s bounced around quite a bit in his career, but I don’t really view that as a huge knock against him. NFL coaching is a cold business. Very few guys stick in one spot for a long time. Teams are generally impatient, and after losing seasons, they are looking for someone to pin the blame on. Often times, it’s classic scapegoating. For instance, did Ken Whisenhunt really deserve to be fired last season? Was it his fault that the Chargers lost two starting linemen and couldn’t protect Philip Rivers as a result? I wouldn’t read too much into this part of Hamilton’s resume.
What I would read into, as the question-asker does, is Hamilton’s time with Andrew Luck. Hamilton was Stanford’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach during Luck’s senior season in 2011. Two years later, he followed Luck to Indianapolis, where he spent three seasons — 2013 to 2015 — as the Colts’ offensive coordinator.
Bruce Arians was the OC when Luck was a rookie. Arians took the head-coaching job with Cardinals in 2013, leaving the opening available for Hamilton.
I reached out to our Colts writers, Stephen Holder and Zak Keefer, for additional context on Luck’s years under Hamilton. One thing they pointed out: Arians ran a very aggressive, pass-heavy, push-the-ball-down-the-field offense in Luck’s rookie season. Hamilton opted to create a more balanced offense and take some of the pressure off Luck, whose completion percentage jumped from 54.1 in Year 1 under Arians to 60.2 in Year 2 under Hamilton.
The real leap came in 2014. Luck went from an exciting prospect to one of the best quarterbacks in the game, at least partially thanks to Hamilton’s tutelage. His completion percentage rose again to 61.7. His passing TDs went from 23 to 40. He also set career-highs in rushing yards (377) and rushing yards per attempt (6.0). Hamilton was a rising star at this point, and in January 2015, he interviewed for the Raiders’ head-coaching job. Jack Del Rio ended up getting it.
In 2015, Luck missed half the season with various injuries — a shoulder, then a lacerated kidney and torn abdominal muscle. Hamilton took the fall and was fired in early November after the Colts started 3-5. They finished 8-8 and didn’t make the playoffs.
Something important to note: Hamilton was hired in 2013 by then-general manager Ryan Grigson. He wasn’t head coach Chuck Pagano’s hiring. So there was a bit of a schism on the coaching staff, according to Zak and Stephen. Again, going back to what I wrote above, this primarily is why you can’t look at a firing and assume it’s indicative of a coach’s ability.
Hamilton has a proven record of developing a young QB. Luck happens to embody a lot of the traits Herbert does, in terms of size and athleticism. Obviously Luck was a better prospect coming out of college because his intelligence and processing were off the charts. But the similarities are still there.
I like this hire a lot. And it’s worth mentioning that Herbert’s development will fall on the entire staff, not just Hamilton. Offensive coordinator Shane Steichen and senior offensive assistant Rip Scherer both will be heavily involved in the process.
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Originally posted by blueman View PostEvery time I read this thread title, I think of Hamilton giving Herbert a hair cut lol.
I wasn't going to mention it and I'm defI'itely not wanting to make light of it
but I keep picturing Pep as a sex trafficker and Herbert as an exploited youth.P1. Block Destruction - Ogbonnia
P2. Shocking Effort - Eboigbe
P3. Ball Disruption - Ford
P4. Obnoxious Communication - Henley
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Originally posted by Xenos View PostSomething is not like the other. Stay far away from any Belichick tree. But I get what you're saying. Ultimately, the guy is only a QB coach. So I'm not too worried or concerned about the pedigree issue.“Less is more? NO NO NO - MORE is MORE!”
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Originally posted by Xenos View PostDaniel Popper provides more details about Pep Hamilton:
https://theathletic.com/1789588/2020...ce=weeklyemail
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Originally posted by dmac_bolt View Post
Belichick is a defensive genius, so ... you know ...
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