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Jim Bollman (Stay calm and run Dave)

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Although the defense hasn't been stunning...it is kind of hard to get any momentum going when your offensive drives consist of 3 and outs most of the day.

Definitely agree that we need a new OC though
 
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exhawg said:
As a lineman I hate sleds, but I think it is something that you have to do to be a good run blocker. They teach you to fire out stay low and drive. The 2 man sled is good for double teams because they make you stay even with the guy you're doubling with or the sled will spinout. I saw at least once in the game where the guard and center didn't stay together on the double and got split by the DT.
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I wanted to bring this thread back into existence because of something i watched on NFL DIRECTV ch212. about the SEVEN man sled that ex-coach John Madden still has as a tribute to his success in his career with the Oakland Raiders. And many other coaches feel that timing is the important key in any successfull offensive line in driving back the defensive line. Well if thats the case, then I still can't accept the fact that Jim Bollman and his staff continue to work his line without some kind of 7 man sled. I just don't accept this and its got to be a mistake. They have to have a 7 man sled at Ohio State. I hope some of you guys can find out if this is a falsehood or if it is really true.
 
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Some have been saying Bollman has all but lost his job. I guess the new found "success" of our line is attributed to a different style from a different coach. I'm not sure of the details but just reciting what others have inferred. You're right, a modern offensive line practicing without a sled is ridiculous.
 
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Back when Coop was coach, and Jacobs was o-line coach, I remember that in Coops last, or second to last year jacobs was fired. They brought in a guy named George Belu, or Beru, or something like that.
At the time, all the local pundits, and sports people talked like he was the greatest o-line coach in the world. When Coop left, he was gone too.

Does anyone remember this guy, or was I drinking at the time, and have no idea what I am talking about?
 
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George Belu came here from Wake Forrest and was also a former OC at IU. He sent a lot of OL to the NFL and was also a scout for the AZ Cardinals.

He was only here in Coops last year, but if he did anything great with the OL it didn't translate well to JTs program.
 
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like when MoC started as a true freshmen over lydell? there is a big difference between bing loyal to a fault and being fired. tressel didn't get to where he is by being stupid. he will give bollman more time than most, but even he will pull the trigger if forced.
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Very true. Tressel does believe in being loyal to people for a number of reasons, but this season has shown his ability to change, even if it is not at our pace.

Keep in mind that tressel gave pittman the ball instead of hall against indiana, yet went with the more effective hall against PSU.

I think he'll make the right decision, and if that is to find another OL coach then he will do so.
 
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Bollman NCAA Violations

I don't have a subscription so someone will have to paste the rest but this is from BN...

Per the Columbus Dispatch:

"Ohio State reprimanded an assistant coach for trying to arrange for a car and a loan for a recruit and getting him an academic tutor in 2002, according to a report in The Columbus Dispatch.

Ohio State placed a letter of reprimand in offensive coordinator's Jim Bollman's personnel file and admonished head coach Jim Tressel for the incident. School officials found the tutor to be a secondary NCAA violation and athletic director Andy Geiger told the Dispatch the NCAA accepted the school's report and didn't investigate."

Could be the same story MoC told in that rag...
 
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Here is the article:

OSU FOOTBALL
Geiger reprimanded Bollman for assisting a recruit in 2002
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Ken Gordon and Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH


Ohio State officially reprimanded offensive coordinator Jim Bollman two years ago for trying to help arrange a car, a bank loan and an academic tutor for a football recruit, according to documents in Bollman’s personnel file.

The help arranging a tutor was found to be a secondary NCAA violation. The NCAA accepted Ohio State’s self-reporting of the violation and did not conduct its own investigation, athletics director Andy Geiger said. The letter of reprimand was the only punishment for Bollman.

Though the recruit’s name was removed from the record and neither Bollman nor athletics director Andy Geiger named him, sources told The Dispatch it was Derek Morris, an offensive lineman who eventually played for North Carolina State.

The incidents occurred in the summer of 2002. Morris had committed in February but was released from his letter of intent that fall.

The football program is under NCAA investigation in the wake of allegations made in November by former running back Maurice Clarett. He said coaches helped him arrange loaner cars, pointed players toward boosters who gave them cash and arranged for tutors to do work for players.

Geiger and coach Jim Tressel said in November that Tressel had steered Clarett to his courtesy-car dealership, McDaniel Automotive in Marion. Tressel said he did it so Clarett would be treated fairly.

Geiger said then that Tressel should not have made the call but that it was not an NCAA violation.

Yesterday, Geiger said the similarities between the Bollman and Tressel incidents did not constitute a pattern.

"The particular thing (Bollman) was involved with was unique," he said.

A letter of reprimand from Geiger to Bollman, dated Feb. 24, 2003, is worded strongly in places.

Geiger wrote, "I am seriously concerned with your actions. . . . Your actions reflected poorly on our coaches and our institution and are not to be repeated. Understand that even inadvertent violations compromise the integrity of our athletic department."

A letter of admonishment — less serious than a reprimand — was placed in Tressel’s file regarding the same incidents because Tressel is Bollman’s supervisor.

Geiger said Bollman was "mortified" by the affair and that there had been no other issues since then.

"You always try to learn from any situation that comes up so they don’t occur again," Bollman said. "You’ve got to be extra careful about everything and anything. You need to try to double-check everything. We try to work pretty close with the compliance office so when there is any kind of question, you’d call them first."

Morris, from Huntersville, N.C., moved to the Columbus area with his family in the summer of 2002. Questions arose about his academic eligibility, which kept him from ever practicing with the team.

The letter states that Bollman contacted Nourse Auto Leasing, Bollman’s courtesy car dealer, and asked the dealer to help a recruit’s family get a car. The family did not obtain a car from Nourse, Bollman said.

Geiger’s letter also said Bollman was contacted by Huntington Bank about a $3,000 loan the family had applied for, and Bollman told the bank the loan would be fine "as long as Ohio State did not have any involvement in the process."

Finally, the letter states that Bollman delivered ACT test registration materials and arranged a tutor for the recruit to help him prepare for the test. That is a violation of NCAA Bylaw 13.2.1 regarding improper benefits.

Bollman said the recruit’s family apparently used him as a reference for the loan and that he simply vouched that Morris "was a good guy, but don’t give him the loan just because he knows me."

Regarding the tutor, Bollman said he thought an arrangement already had been made when he contacted the tutor. No such arrangement was in place, though, and the tutor apparently believed Bollman was trying to influence him or her.

"We were all over (the incidents)," Geiger said. "We found the stuff, jumped on it, investigated it and blew the whistle. The youngster (Morris) is gone, and it never went any further."

Morris enrolled at N.C. State in 2003. In August 2003 he told reporters for several North Carolina newspapers that the NCAA questioned him about "a lot of violations" while he was at Ohio State.

Through an N.C. State spokesman, Morris declined to comment yesterday.


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Is this actual news or just something we just found out about now? As in will we be seeing this elsewhere in the news media, namely espin?

Edit: I take back what I said earlier hearing that this isn't actually new news. I was just worried since the old TSmith info was "new" and he was punished afterwards.
 
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