From Rosier's interview:
“I try to help him with footwork, whatever they teach him – I don’t teach him how many steps, just help him whether it’s `stand up taller,’ `left hand at the right side of your face,’ simple things like that which I can see,” Rosier, who works with QB Country Tampa, told CaneSport. “We didn’t talk about everything he was thinking about decision-wise, it was more about showing coaches you deserve to be out there, working on some things and how to go about things.”
Rosier doesn’t get into the specifics of any particular mechanical issues he’s helping Van Dyke fix, but what he does share is that “Some of it is mental. He has to get comfortable. A lot of it is being comfortable. It is a little bit different of an offense (going from Rhett Lashlee to Josh Gattis), and how they do stuff. It really is simple fixes, it’s not like he’s doing anything crazy bad. He just has to be conscious of a couple of pointers. For the most part he’s a little to the left, a little to the right. We cleaned that up (Sunday) – there’s balls he missed that he’ll be on the money with now.”
“With Tyler this week it was a mental thing, and I was through it with N’Kosi,” Rosier said. “We talked about `You get an opportunity, execute.’ Tyler has the talent and arm strength, he can make every throw in the offense. It’s `Execute every play Gattis calls, run or pass, take it one play at a time and get comfortable.’ Getting comfortable, that’s a big thing.”
So what does Rosier think Miami should do moving forward?
Well he believes the Canes should give Van Dyke another game to prove himself. And not a game where he’s going to be looking over his shoulder every play or series.
“You tell Tyler `This is your team, this is your game, but this is our standard,’” Rosier said. “That performance that happened against Middle Tennessee State can never happen again. And if it does then it’s Jake’s team. It’s a lot easier to give Tyler one more chance and go to Garcia if need be. You can tell Jake we want to give Tyler one last chance, let Tyler show if he can be a starter but be ready in a moment’s notice.
“My biggest thing is I wouldn’t pull Tyler out. How many games this year have you seen 4th quarter comebacks? And Tyler plays better in the second half than the first.
“And you can’t have it where if he starts badly early you’re yanking him. Because then he feels threading-the-needle throws, he’s not going to throw those because he’ll be nervous if his ball is picked or not caught am I going to get benched.”
