Colin Kaepernick is a changed man, his offseason workout coach finally admitted.
Bay Area radio station 95.7 FM The Game conducted a 45-minute interview with Dennis Gile, the EXOS Performance quarterbacks coach who spent the last 10 weeks working on developing Kaepernick's pocket-passing skills.
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Whereas previously Gile just talked about generalities in Kaepernick's offseason regimen, he revealed one nugget on the show. Ninersnation.com transcribed Gile's interview, and in it, the coach predicted that the post-workouts Kaepernick will look different than the one who struggled in leading the San Francisco 49ers to an 8-8 record in 2014 that preceded coach Jim Harbaugh's exit.
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"I think everyone's going to be super surprised when they see him," Gile said. "I don't really want to get into specifically like I said, exactly what we changed. But everyone's going to see a totally different throwing motion from what they've seen out of Colin Kaepernick in the past."
Gile told the radio station that the other big adjustment made was broadening Kaepernick's base in the pocket.
"I think what Colin did before was, and that was one of his other challenges, he played with a really narrow base, which makes it hard for anybody to go through their progression, 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, whatever it may be, it makes it hard," Gile said. "So when you get a base it makes it a lot easier, so your feet are outside of your shoulders, all your cleats are in the ground, you're able to tie your eyes to your feet and move through those reads. I don't think, there's a lot more that goes into what happened in the past, which I will never get into, because it's not for me to say. And there's a lot that people don't understand about what happened in the past. I think a lot of that will change now, and hopefully he can show people how good he really can be."
Kaepernick also learned how to put touch on shorter passes, Gile said, who later made a minor attempt to backtrack on his remarks about changing Kaepernick's mechanics. But, Gile said, sooner or later, the new Kaepernick will eventually put his skill-set on display publicly for all to see.
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