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Jim Bollman (Stay calm and run Dave)

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If Meyer announces that he is retaining Bollman as OC I am committing suicide. OK, well, I won't do that, but I will throw something at something valuable.

I think Jim would fit in well at Michigan. Are you listening Coach Hokey?
 
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OSUK;2050412; said:
If Meyer announces that he is retaining Bollman as OC I am committing suicide. OK, well, I won't do that, but I will throw something at something valuable.

I think Jim would fit in well at Michigan. Are you listening Coach Hokey?
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If Meyer announces that he is retaining Bollman as OC I will remove my pants to make room for the monkeys flying out of my ass.
 
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I suspect Mr. Bollman will receive the home version of Ohio State OC, a "thank you" for playing, and a lovely parting gift.
 
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Thomas Ondrey, The Plain Dealer
Buckeyes offensive coordinator Jim Bollman has been with the team for 11 years and will coach in his final game for Ohio State on Monday in the Gator Bowl.

Jim Bollman: "When you're in this racket, shoot, when you're 25 years old, you hope and dream of having a chance to coach at a place like Ohio State. And then to have the chance to do it for 11 years? If you think about it for two seconds, it's pretty neat. And to have the kind of run we've had, certainly that's nothing to sneeze at -- all the things that Tress got done while we were here. I've been pretty fortunate for 15, 16 years of my life to have worked for Jim Tressel at Youngstown State and at Ohio State."

Bollman: "It allows you to grow closer to the people that you're working with, and then, out of the office, we've made some great friends, and you don't come across those when you have some short stints. That helps keep everything relevant and grounded, too."

Bollman: "It's all about the people you're doing things with, and starting from the top down, it was a good bunch of guys to be with. You look forward to going to work every day, and there are plenty of people in this world that aren't blessed with the opportunity of looking forward to getting out of bed and going to work every day. And when you can honestly feel that, it's pretty neat."
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http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2011/12/post_82.html

Bollman not angry about end at OSU
Offensive coordinator endured criticism for conservative play-calling
BY MATT MARKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER

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Jim Bollman offensive coordinator for Ohio State, does not appear to be part of the Buckeyes plans under new coach Urban Meyer. Jim Bollman offensive coordinator for Ohio State, does not appear to be part of the Buckeyes plans under new coach Urban Meyer. Enlarge

JACKSONVILLE -- Jim Bollman contends he's not bitter. He's in a vagabond profession, so moving on is inevitable.

The veteran Ohio State offensive line coach and the Buckeyes' titled offensive coordinator does not appear to be part of the plan when OSU moves forward under new head coach Urban Meyer next month. Meyer has already hired a new offensive play-caller for 2012.

But following an Ohio State morning practice earlier this week, Bollman stayed in the moment and avoided speculating about where he might end up once the Buckeyes are done facing off with Florida in Monday's Gator Bowl.

"My thoughts right now are about this game, so I can't think about my future," said Bollman, who has been a member of the Ohio State staff for 11 seasons.

"My future -- we'll let that take shape as it does. I'm not going to worry about it."

Bollman, who like Meyer is a native of Ashtabula, has been coaching for 31 years. He coached three seasons in the NFL, and has made stops in his college career at Virginia, North Carolina State, Michigan State, Youngstown State, and Miami of Ohio. His tenure at Ohio State is by far his longest.

"When you're in this business, you dream to have the chance to coach at a place like Ohio State," Bollman said. "If everything was an 11-year stay, then this profession would be easy."

Bollman is a graduate of Ohio University, where he lettered for four seasons as an offensive lineman and was a team captain in his senior year.

It was widely believed that deposed former head coach Jim Tressel dictated most of the play-calling over the past decade while Bollman held the offensive coordinator title, but with Tressel out of the picture for the 2011 season, Bollman took considerable fire for what many perceived as ultra-conservative and ineffective offensive selections.

Former Ohio State Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George, commenting during his SiriusXM Radio show in midseason, blasted Bollman after the Buckeyes looked inept in a 10-7 loss to Michigan State.

"It appears to me that Bollman is out there, he's totally exposed," George said. "It's his offense to lose, and clearly he has no idea or concept what to do with them at this point."

Bollman has avoided responding to his critics, and Thursday stayed on message about his sole focus being on the Gator Bowl and sending Ohio State's seniors out the right way.

"Win the game, that's all I'm thinking about," Bollman said.

He also refused to get reflective or sentimental about Monday's bowl game, which will in all likelihood be his final appearance with Ohio State.

"There's life beyond Monday," Bollman said.
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http://www.toledoblade.com/Ohio-State/2011/12/31/Bollman-not-angry-about-end-at-OSU.html
 
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Bollman was in charge of the offense this year after assisting Jim Tressel in past years. The offensive coordinator was a frequent target of criticism for the Buckeyes? often unimaginative game plans and ineffectiveness.

?It?s a situation where we all have to deal with the cards we have,? Bollman said. ?I know everybody on the staff worked hard to do the very best we could with the guys we had. It wasn?t as good as any of us would have liked. No excuses.?
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Heacock, Bollman and Tressel reached the heights of their profession. This season was the nadir, with the NCAA investigation and the first losing record in 23 years.

?I certainly hate after all the years we?ve had here to have it end like this,? Bollman said. ?I hate that.

?In 15 years, if the Lord allows me to live that long, I probably won?t be sitting around thinking about this year. I?ll be thinking about a lot of other years besides this one.?
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http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2012/01/04/longtime-assistants-are-looking-for-work.html
 
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Additionally,

This thread is closed for a reason. It is not an invitation to start your own separate threads to circumvent it.

Ohio State has moved on, Coach Bollman has moved on, and BuckeyePlanet will do the same.
 
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101 Days of BC Football: OL Coach Jim Bollman
Aug 18th, 2012
by JoeBC Football

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Not all of the new faces Boston College hauled into their 2012 coaching staff are younger and inexperienced coaches. The new offensive line coach and ?running game coordinator,? Jim Bollman, is definitely seasoned and has a great deal of coaching under his belt.

Jim Bollman has spent decades on the sidelines of college football programs, but before that, he spent four years as an offensive lineman at Ohio University. Running through his resume will take a little too much time, so here are some of the highlights:

? First coaching gig was at Miami (Ohio); worked there in varying capacities from 1977 to 1982.
? Bounced around to four different schools (NC State, Youngstown State, Virginia, and Michigan State) between 1983 and 1997.
? Spent three years as a tight ends coach in the NFL; 1998 with the Philadelphia Eagles and 1999 & 2000 with the Chicago Bears.
? Coached primarily under Jim Tressel as offensive coordinator of the Ohio State Buckeyes from 2001 to 2011; was let go by Urban Meyer.

It?s a fact that Bollman coached in BCS title games and other significant games of note ? games far bigger than anything BC?s ever seen. After having spent 11 season in Columbus, they know him quite well, so what was their verdict on his Buckeye tenure? Well, FireJimBollman.com was a real website and @NotJimBollman exists, so a few fans were unhappy at least. That doesn?t represent everyone, but I shudder when I see things like this:

For the better part of a decade, Jim Bollman became the chosen punching bag for [Ohio State] fans. Not only did his offenses lack the remotest levels of creativity ? need I say Dave? ? but the offensive line, a strength at Ohio State for generations, went by the wayside.
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Not exactly a ringing endorsement from Buckeye land. Lacking ?creativity? would fit in pretty well with the vanilla, ultra-conservative offenses BC has seen since 2009, but Bollman does deserve a fair chance from BC fans to get some things done here.

Boston College right now has a running backs coach and a ?running game coordinator.? I don?t know what the hell the latter is supposed to be but whatever it is, that?s what Bollman does, in addition to coaching the offensive line. The ?O-Line U? reputation suffered with the unit having a sub-par 2011, not to mention the fact that BC will probably get nobody drafted from it in 2013. Bollman will have a lot of work to do in order to get these guys playing better.
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http://soaringtoglory.com/2012/08/18/101-days-of-bc-football-ol-coach-jim-bollman/
 
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Eagles add the experience of line coach Jim Bollman
By Julian Benbow
Globe Staff / August 22, 2012

In January, when word started circulating around the Boston College football team that coach Frank Spaziani was hiring Jim Bollman as his new offensive line coach, the first thing the linemen did was go to the Internet to check Bollman?s credentials.

?As soon as we all heard,? said captain and senior left tackle Emmett Cleary, ?we Googled him.?

His r?sum? was impossible to question. He has been coaching more than 30 years. After he finished a four-year playing career in the trenches at Ohio University, in 1977, he went straight to Miami University (Ohio) to coach the offensive line.

From there, he spent time on the sidelines at several places, including the Atlantic Coast Conference with North Carolina State and Virginia and the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears.

He spent the past 11 years at Ohio State as offensive line coach and offensive coordinator. While he was there, the Buckeyes won seven Big Ten titles, a national title in 2002, and Bollman watched 10 of his linemen go on to the NFL.

When Bollman introduced himself to his new players, he didn?t show them his ring. He didn?t need to.

?He?s pretty understated,? Cleary said. ?He wouldn?t be rocking that around. But we all know. Obviously, his credibility speaks for itself. So he had no problems selling himself to the new guys when he walked in.?

That was what Bollman was counting on after leaving Columbus, where he was a loyal soldier of Jim Tressel?s. When Ohio State hired Urban Meyer as head coach last November, the writing was on the wall for Bollman. And when Spaziani called him about the opportunity at BC, it made sense because of the long list of mutual connections they had, as well as the mutual respect.

?I?ve been doing this a long time,? Bollman said. ?What I was really looking for was the chance to be with some great people, and this is a very quality university. I knew it would be a great environment to come work in. It?s just an old-fashioned deal of being around good people every day. It?s fun to get up and go to work.?

Leaving Ohio State was bittersweet, and the most important factor in coming to BC was the people he?d work around on a daily basis.

?I?m thankful that I had a chance to coach there,? he said. ?I was there 11 years and we had a great run. In this racket, you?re fortunate if you?re lucky to be anywhere that long, let alone Ohio State.

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http://www.boston.com/sports/colleg...jim-bollman/jcnbD6sQyAn9nWQzd334RP/story.html
 
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