I don't know if I saw something that wasn't there or missed something leading up to it. When Cooper came off the field after the Touchdown, it appeared that Cignetti went right to Him and discussed something with Him. I won't say He got in his face, but Cignetti appeared to be animated and not particularly pleased. I didn't see anything in the Play that obviously led to this - showing up an opponent, hot dogging, or anything fundamentally wrong. Wondered if anyone else noticed this and had an idea of what the discussion could have been about.
Cooper's Touchdown/ Interaction With Cignetti
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Then by the end Cig was smiling a little. Since somebody had mentioned it in the chat I watched the play a few times. Other than holding the ball by one hand sort of down at his side for the last stride into the endzone I didn't see anything either. If Cig saw that and was upset he's got an eye for detail. Maybe felt the ball could be dropped. Just guessing, spitballing.
If that was the discussion, I can understand Cig's position. There have been several plays in recent weeks in other games where that has happened costing teams a touchdown. If I were Coaching, I would be teaching the Players to run through the end line of the end zone with full control of the ball rather than the goal line. That way there is no question about how long the Player had control.
Yes, it appeared that 3C was telling him to secure the ball better and I believe the announcer made that comment.
Details matter.
Details matter.
For whatever it’s worth, Doyle mentioned that was the case, the way he handled the ball, in his article.
He also mentioned how it ended with him smiling.
I thought it was about handling the ball then the announcer said that very thing.
His dad commented on a YouTube podcast. Cig thought Cooper threw the ball at the wall after the touchdown. Cooper said but coach, the ref was there, I tossed it to him. That’s when Cig smiled because he didn’t see the ref was the target of the toss.
Coach Cig's body language implied the "discussion" was about securing the ball, not tossing it.
Yeah, it was a minor teaching moment. Its hard to reel in your concentration to detail when you realize you're going to score 30 yards before you do. Calling it out while hes still on his mental high will help trigger that memory the next time he's in a similar position.
Cooper is going to be our WR1 next season and just a junior. He's a good one and C3 is holding him to that standard.
Cooper is going to be our WR1 next season and just a junior. He's a good one and C3 is holding him to that standard.
I guess I've been thinking he'd go pro but maybe not. Stats are pretty spread out.
I think Charlie Becker is going to be a huge next year.
There may have been a bit of both, all I can say is what his Dad said. I did go back and watch the replay of the game last night since I didn't see it live at the game. I can see why everyone thinks it was around the securing the ball but his dad only said the part about tossing the ball, nothing about securing it. On the broadcast when you see Cooper pointing and then Cig sort of smiled what his dad said after Cooper pointed to the ref he tossed the ball to was Cig said, oh, I thought you tossed it at the wall. Good Play, and then smiled so sounds like not much of anything to it but a misunderstanding and not seeing he tossed the ball to a ref.
