CDA is quite obviously the best poster over here and a true friend of Bobcat Nation. Why a true friend of the Cats you ask? Well then, let me explain. I was really thinking about something Choate said in a podcast not too long ago: his two most significant mentors and the people responsible for making him into the person he is today both professionally and personally? Mick Dennehy and Mick Delaney. Yup, the Micks are the reason Choate leads a very physical team that emphasizes dominate play in the trenches and relies on a hard-nosed downhill running game that tries to take the soul from our opponents. While contemplating the significance and importance of the Micks to the Bobcat program, CDA made this post:
CDAGRIZ said:
33, I don’t read BobcatBoard, so help me out. The Bobs we get here are the super positive ones, I think we can all agree on that. Is there ANY talk at all on your board about how things might be different if your HC was able to sign and develop even a decent QB? I mean, he’s had four f***[*] years and produced nothing but turds behind center. At what point does that fall on the position coach playing house as a HC? Is there any talk of that at all, or is everyone just on cloud 9 based only on Brawl results?
I mean, yeah, Choach has beaten the Griz, but does any Cat fan think what could’ve been if Choach could have pulled his head out of his ass long enough to get someone, anyone, to play QB? Do they hold him accountable at all? I’m honestly not trying to be funny or trying to talk smack, I just don’t understand it. How many years of wasted talent are enough before Cat fans start to doubt this guy as a HC?
This made me realize that CDA is just as important to the Cats as the Micks. Each and every time CDA has called out the Cats in areas where, admittedly, he was correct, it got fixed. The drainage pond showing up in marketing photos? Fixed. I haven’t seen one since CDA posted about it. Fatheads on the porta-potties? Gone. Choate with an overall losing record? Boom. Fixed. And now, thankfully, CDA has stepped up and truly called out our QB play. Is this the next component that CDA fixes for Bobcat Nation? I hope so, and based on CDA’s track record helping the Cats, I believe it will be.
Sometimes it does take some talented QBs time to find themselves in spite of their natural tools and abilities. Perhaps you guys need a reminder that Bobby sat the freshman version of Dalton Sneed after game 5 because he sucked as a freshman despite his natural ability. I remember watching a RS freshman version of Prukop light up the D during a spring game and asking Rob Ash in a quarterback club meeting why his isn’t playing. Rob said he wasn't ready, although he was a damn good QB as a RS sophomore. Maybe, if CDA is right on this one like his track record suggests, the Idaho 5A Player of the Year will turn out to be a good QB for the Cats. We shall see. Time will tell.
Thank you CDA, and a sincere thank you to the Micks.