re: Scot Loeffler is new Auburn OC

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For example, when asked a pretty benign question on tweaks he’s made to quarterback John Brantley’s mechanics, Loeffler answered: “He had a great motion whenever I got here. All we did was try to refine it and obviously make it quicker and more accurate.” Can you give even one specific example? “I don’t want to get into that,” he said. Of course not. But here’s one thing Loeffler fixed with Brantley: raising his arm angle in order to take stress off his elbow. Brantley has had chronic pain in his throwing elbow since high school, but Loeffler found a solution shortly after Florida hired him in January 2009. Brantley had a tendency to drop his elbow below his shoulder and hold the ball too far away from his body, creating an obtuse throwing angle. Loeffler trained him to elevate his elbow and release the ball close to his head — creating close to a 90-degree throwing angle — and, in doing so, taught him how to generate more power from his lower body.

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Brantley III did not want to rip former quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator Dan Mullen — “Dan’s Dan. “We’re not going to get into any much of a conversation about Mullen,” he said — but said Loeffler has been an upgrade. “I don’t know if that was a good marriage or not,” Brantley III said of Mullen. “I’m really glad he changed. We’re extremely happy with Scot Loeffler. He’s perfect for Johnny. We couldn’t hand pick anybody better than Scot Loeffler. He’s great at teaching what he knows.”

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