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Jim Bollman (Stay calm and run Dave)

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My father had a quadruple bypass and woke up the next morning with more energy than he had had for years. He was back to his normal activities in about three or four weeks and he was over 70.
 
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An update from the Ozone.

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Coaching Staff Health Update: The OSU coaching staff has been hit by a rash of illnesses of late, including potentially serious heart problems for both Offensive Coordinator Jim Bollman and Quarterbacks Coach Joe Daniels. According to OSU running backs coach Dick Tressel, there is good news on Jim Bollman.​

"He didn't actually have a heart attack," said Tressel. "He's back home and says he is walking about three miles a day now. He was here at camp for one day. He's the kind of guy that it will be hard to keep away from here. He's got good color and he's chomping at the bit."​
 
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This is great to hear....

Dispatch

6/30/06


Not only is Jim Bollman feeling good in his recovery from heart bypass surgery in late May, he may actually be feeling too good. While the Ohio State coaches were working youth football camps last week, Bollman, the offensive coordinator, showed up unexpectedly and the other coaches had to chase him away.
Bollman, 51, has said all along that he expects to be back before the Buckeyes open preseason camp in August.
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DDN

Buckeyes' offensive line coach getting back to speed after bypass

By Doug Harris
Staff Writer
COLUMBUS | Jim Bollman has noticed he doesn't bounce from drill to drill quite like he did before having heart bypass surgery 10 weeks ago, although the burly Ohio State offensive line coach would admit he never was one to do much bouncing.
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<!-- inset --> <!--begintext--> "I used to waddle around," he said as the Buckeyes gathered Thursday to shoot their team photo, "so my waddle is a little slower."
Bollman, 51, has dropped weight and has begun regaining his stamina through three supervised workouts per week.
"I don't know how one's supposed to feel after this," he said, "but I think I'm doing good."
The Buckeyes have two staff members recovering from serious health issues. Quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels, 63, suffered a heart attack June 16 and also is undergoing chemotherapy for malignant tumors. OSU has gotten a waiver from the NCAA to add a temporary replacement for Daniels since schools are limited to nine assistants. But head coach Jim Tressel said: "Interestingly enough, we haven't had to use it. He hasn't missed a thing. ... Where it might get a little tedious for Joe is when two-a-days start (Monday)."
 
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Dispatch

8/14/06

OSU FOOTBALL

Bollman too feisty to coast in recovery
Coach back on field less than three months after bypass

Monday, August 14, 2006

Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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Considering Ohio State offensive coordinator Jim Bollman is less than three months removed undergoing heart bypass surgery, it’s easy to be impressed by his vim and vigor on the practice field.
"Impressed? He and I almost got into a fistfight," defensive coordinator Jim Heacock said, laughing.
As for the root of the altercation, "We just had a little discussion," Heacock said, on what the defensive line was doing against the offensive line in a drill, or vice versa.
"Whenever you are going against each, there is always a little tension in the air. You get a little competitive at times. Not that I would say offensive linemen hold, but ... I would never say that."
The fact that Bollman was willing to engage him said a lot, though.
"He’s competitive and cantankerous. He’s doing great," Heacock said. "He’s working out every day and he’s healthy. I think he is feeling good."
Not that Bollman is ready to run a marathon. Not yet, anyway.
"It’s been 10 weeks since I’ve been home from the hospital," Bollman said. "I have lost a lot of weight; I am getting close to losing 35 pounds, though I’m not quite there yet."
Which would drop him down to what?
"I don’t think we have to say that," Bollman said. "A lot less than I’ve been. How about that? "
The forced diet began as he drove home early from a recruiting trip to Canton in mid-May, feeling a little pain in his chest and general uneasiness. The next thing he knew, doctors in the Ohio State Medical Center were doing a bypass on three clogged arteries.
Once he was stitched up, his primary goal became returning to active shape in time to be part of preseason camp in his sixth year as coordinator.
As Heacock pointed out, Bollman made it and then some.
"I am probably going a lot better than most people think I am, and, shoot, I’m probably going a lot better than I thought I might at this point," Bollman said. "In fact, I’m feeling pretty good.
"There’s still days where I get worn down by the evening. And like on the first day of camp, when I was out there yelling really for the first time, you kind of go, ‘Whoooooa,’
"In my chest it feels like I’ve got a cage in there. So when you yell it sort of starts vibrating, and you’re thinking to yourself, ‘Is this right?’ Then you say to yourself, ‘Well, I guess this is the way it’s going to feel now. So away we go.’ I can’t ever imagine it feeling like it did before."
His true test of endurance begins today.
"It is going to be interesting to see what happens when we have our first two-a-day, and I have my heart rehab session in the break in between," Bollman said. "They put a portable (electrocardiogram) on me and monitor me while I work out, usually on a treadmill or an elliptical machine. It will be interesting to see how I hold up in the afternoon."
He has heard stories about how bypass patients often find their hearing improves or their taste buds spring back to life in the months afterward, because their circulation is better.
"I can say this, I feel temperature a lot more than I used to," Bollman said.
Which means he’s turned into a more sensitive fellow?
"Yeah, right," he growled. "But, I do have to tell you, I think I’m doing OK."
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I'm sure everybody saw this coming a couple of years ago:

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Cirminiello's Quick Outs - 2006

Offensive Coordinator of the Week - Jim Bollman, Ohio State - The Buckeyes' best offensive output of the month just happened to come in Iowa City against a very stingy Iowa defense. Ohio State got four touchdown passes from Troy Smith to go along with more than 200 yards on the ground from the tandem of Antonio Pittman and Chris Wells.
 
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LordJeffBuck;782121; said:
It's kind of ironic that the OL prospects keep mentioning Coach Bollman as a huge plus in favor of Ohio State, while many fans wanted to run him out of Columbus a couple of years ago (as recently as the 2005 season, IIRC...).
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We don't use a blocking sled?!?!?! What?!?!

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The good 'ol days.
 
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So true LJB...I remember the calls for his head for an awful offense in 2003 and people were hating on him in 2005 post Texas and PSU. I am sure it had nothing to do w/ the QB carousel!

Bottom line, Bollman is a great O-Line coach. One just has to look @ NFL Opening Day Rosters to understand that: Bentley, Stepanovich, Olivea, Mangold, Sims...

and then look at what he has done w/ Barton, Boone, Datish, and Downing.
 
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OSUBucks22;782148; said:
I've been e-mailing with a UF insider that still isn't ready to concede Mike to tOSU, despite all the evidence that is mounting... He feels Urban will steal him away later in the year because Mike is a FL kid (despite not growing up there :crazy:)... I told him that Big Mike going to UF would be counterproductive to all the effort he has put in for our recruiting class... But still he refuses to concede... :biggrin::osu:
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well, since his last update said that his trip to the UF spring game would be his last visit before ultimately shutting it down and deciding, I doubt you'll hear a concession speech anytime soon regardless of how many electoral college votes UF is down.
 
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