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Jim Bollman (Stay calm and run Dave)

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tsteele316 said:
I didn't blame our issues on the lack of using sleds. i have questioned a weak scheme with lackluster coaching the entire time. i still do.
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IMO its not the scheme but the fundamental knowledge of the scheme...seems as if the line is on different pages on some plays. When the line checks the call up front and someone is lost...that equals trainwreck.
 
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scooter1369 said:
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I'm not holding my breath.

I think I agree with the recruiting comment. We have too many walk-ons in the two-deep. Not to dis their contribution or desire, but we can't keep whiffing on our Oline recruiting. And I think the last couple of years have been great recruiting-wise and points to a more rosy future.
 
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I go back to a comment that Glen Mason made about Minny's O line recruiting(I think it was in last weeks SI). This is paraphrased, by the way.

"We don't go after the 5* 6'6" 295 lb kid who runs 4.8. We know that they are going to go to Ohio State or Michigan. We take the big kid who is somewhat of a tweener and we develop him."

They are doing a heck of a job developing those O linemen. A poster above mentioned that 4 of last years O linemen are on NFL rosters now. That tells me that they have talent that the NFL recognizes can be developed, and that it's being developed now that they are in the league. A blocking sled is not the answer. Ask any linemen that has used a sled. It sucks. You hated it. And your technique was shit after about 2 minutes. I guess that a sled is good for pissing off the linemen and giving them a common enemy (the sled). That could produce some chemistry/cohesiveness. But, this is a lot bigger than a blocking sled.
 
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osugrad21 said:
IMO its not the scheme but the fundamental knowledge of the scheme...seems as if the line is on different pages on some plays. When the line checks the call up front and someone is lost...that equals trainwreck.
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Here is a fundamental problem with the current system. zone blocking does utilize some east/west movement. but it is also reliant on north/south blocking on the backside. our problem is that the entire ol moves east/west with their steps. sure sometimes they neutralize the front 4, but it leaves for nobody to account for lb's or safeties. opposing D's know this. the DL and LB's dont follow the OL lateral movement, which would then provide for a cutback lane. They load the box and shoot the gaps. it's a mickey mouse scheme that any DC in D1 can counter.
 
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Oh8ch said:
...we now have on our staff John Peterson who is credited with the remarkable Oline Miami had the past few years (and now coaches TEs BTW)...And let's not forget that three of our OL from last season developed well enough the last three seasons to get drafted into the NFL...
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Maybe it's time for Peterson to take over from Bollman. If Bollman can't get the OL on the same page, regardless of scheme, then we need to get someone who can. Our OL of the last three years is a perfect example...it has had at least five guys drafted (Bentley, Walter, Clarke, Olivea, Stepanovich), and has another Rimington Award candidate in Nick Mangold, yet it has never played consistently as a unit. Individual talent does not make a unit.

The offense lives and dies by the OL, it's just that simple.
 
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They load the box and shoot the gaps.
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If they are shooting the gaps then that should open it for Lydell to stretch it playside...the lateral movement, however, has been sloppy and full of seams. That is why the gaps are open and Lydell does not have the vision nor first step to react...Blown assignments, poor execution, and poor vision

Nice insight TSteele
 
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When talking about Bollman he wasnt the OL coach for the Bears when he was there, he was the TE coach. Which makes it all that more odd that Peterson is coaching TE's when he has had lots of success with OL, and Bollman is coaching OL, when the only success he has had doing that was at the 1-AA level.
 
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And let's not forget that three of our OL from last season developed well enough the last three seasons to get drafted into the NFL.Well we sure as hell did not play like a team that had 3 OL on it last year. If that does not scream that we are not developing our young men then I have no idea what does.

The proof is there.... Our O-Line coach is not getting it done. Plain and Simple.
 
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osugrad21 said:
If they are shooting the gaps then that should open it for Lydell to stretch it playside...the lateral movement, however, has been sloppy and full of seams. That is why the gaps are open and Lydell does not have the vision nor first step to react...Blown assignments, poor execution, and poor vision
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the obvios question then becomes what needs to be done about it. i think bill conley's quote is quite telling. "They are playing high and soft." The OL needs to go back to the basics, and start firing off the ball. They need to be quicker and crisper in making their blocks. That will prevent any seems in their blocking and help the OL to control the line of scrimmage. Just because the OL isnt manning up and drive blocking per se, doesnt mean that they dont have to fire off the ball and smack the other guy in the mouth. The OL coach needs to see this and take steps to correct it.
 
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There is a lot to be said for man up drive blocking. How many times on Saturday night did you see our LBs get caught up in the wash? The reason that OSU's defense has been so stellar the last few years is because the D line ate up O linemen. The O linemen could not get to the next level and that allowed the LBs to roam.

OSU's O line is worse, in that the D line gets pressure, AND the linebackers are able to roam. OSU's guys never get to that next level of the defense.

Man up drive blocking will at least allow a back like Pittman to have the cutback lanes available. All you need is a little misdirection. The RB takes that jab step and boom. That little bit of time allows the O line to get where they need to go, and also gets the LBs stepping. DO SOMETHING!?!?!?!!
 
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I have said in a couple other threads that the O-line has been the weak point in our teams under JT. I cant say what JT will do or should do, but I will say that if I was the head coach Bollman would get 1 more year (end of 2005) to try to fix things, if we are still average or bellow average then he needs to be either replaced or supplemented. Just my Opinion.
 
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