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RIP Coach Joe Daniels (Former QB Coach/Director of Personnel--official thread)

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Shetuck posted this in Pryor's thread, but I think it has a place here as well.

Coach, now you can follow the doctor's advice and take the time to recover.

Dispatch: Daniels has a Pryor commitment

Daniels has a Pryor commitment
OSU assistant's task is to develop touted QB

Sunday, March 23, 2008 3:30 AM
By Tim May

The truth about college football recruiting is nothing matters but the fax. That's why, with the signed national letter of intent from quarterback Terrelle Pryor on the way, Ohio State assistant coach Joe Daniels made sure he was sitting by the fax machine in the football office last Wednesday.

That Daniels was there against doctors' orders -- he is still recovering from Feb. 28 surgery to remove a cancerous kidney -- didn't matter. What mattered, Daniels said, was seeing confirmation that the Buckeyes had just signed the No. 1 prospect in the country.

"Let me just say it was very important to me," said Daniels, the point man on the Pryor case for two years. "When you spend that much time recruiting a guy, you want to be there when it becomes official. And, of course, the recruiting with him went a little extra long, so it was great to see it."

Ohio State now has the rights to the most sought-after player in the country, a 6-foot-6, 230-pound running/throwing wunderkind that some experts think is the next Vince Young.

Those grand expectations fall primarily on the shoulders of Daniels, the quarterbacks coach on Jim Tressel's staff.

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It's obvious that Coach Daniels has played a big role in the development of our QBs such as Troy and others. His expertise is needed for helping TP get off to the right start. His rapid and full recovery is devoutly to be wished, for his own sake and for the program's.

Go Bucks!
 
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We knew about the cancer earlier, but still, surgery like that is a tough thing to overcome.

Here's hoping they got the whole problem fixed and that he has a steady recovery to full health.
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From personal experience hopefully the cancer was encased in the kidney and so all he has to do is get his stamina back. If it was not encased, prayers...
 
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Sporting News: Daniels coping with cancer

Ohio State assistant Daniels coping with cancer

April 14, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- All of those life lessons about coping with adversity and battling against the odds have come full circle for Joe Daniels.

In 37 years as a coach, including the last seven working with Ohio State's quarterbacks, Daniels has been there for countless players, pushing them to give just a little bit more, to fight a little harder and to be focused against an unrelenting opponent.

Now the terms are almost identical even if the stakes are far higher as Daniels deals with cancer. He's not coaching the Buckeyes this spring while he recovers after having a diseased kidney removed in February.

"The biggest thing right now is recovering from the surgery," he said quietly in a hall at the team's practice facility. "They told me it would take time. Now, I didn't want it to take as long as it is. But I understand."

A small smile plays on the corner of his mouth. For so many years, the 61-year-old Daniels has counseled patience to 19- and 20-year-old players who wanted playing time NOW or wanted to be all-conference TODAY. Now he has difficulty handling the waiting.

Daniels has a sallow complexion. He looks tired, worn down -- the effects of the surgery and of the strong medications he takes.

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Coach, keep your chin up and fight this thing. We need you to school one of the greatest quarterback prospects to come out of high school in a long time. The next few years will be yet another highlight in your career. A lot of us are thinking good thoughts for you.
 
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Good story by Adam Rittenberg at ESPN

ESPN - Penn State takes on weighty cause - Big Ten

Penn State takes on weighty cause

July 11, 2008 10:00 AM

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg

Unfortunately, our country has a pecking order when it comes to diseases, and kidney cancer is low on the depth chart.

More than 30,000 Americans are diagnosed with kidney cancer each year, but because it's a small amount relative to other diseases, the illness is considered rare and lacks the support for research and new treatments. But a group of football players are trying to change things.

Friday afternoon, Penn State will hold the sixth annual Lift For Life event, a weightlifting competition for players designed to raise funds and, perhaps more important, awareness for kidney cancer. Ninety-six Nittany Lions players will participate, with teams of four competing in 11 events ranging from the traditional (leg curls, bench press) to the bizarre (tire flipping). Fans will be able to support their favorite players, who will sign autographs after the competition. Proceeds will go to the Kidney Cancer Association.

So if you're in the vicinity of Holuba Hall -- Penn State's indoor practice facility -- around 2 p.m. today, try to get there. It's worth it.

Former Penn State wide receiver Scott Shirley started the Lift For Life event in 2003, the year after his father, Don, was diagnosed with kidney cancer. Don passed away from the disease in October 2005.

After Don's diagnosis, the Shirley family went from hospital to hospital, seeking some degree of hope. All they got was heartache.

A trip to Johns Hopkins proved to be the final straw.

"It was like going to visit the Wizard of Oz," Shirley said. "If anybody had the answer, Hopkins would. And the doctor came in and said the reality is there's nothing we can do. At that point, we were kind of at the end of road."

Shirley called the Kidney Cancer Association on his way back to State College and learned that because the disease was rare, it lacked the financial backing to push for new treatments. There was only one FDA-approved treatment, and it had just a 10 percent survival rate beyond five years.

Walking into his apartment, Shirley told his roommate and teammate, Damone Jones, the discouraging news.

"I said it's unfortunate 30,000 Americans a year get this disease and they're all told that nothing can be done because there's not enough of them," Shirley said. "Then Damone shrugged his shoulders and said, 'We're Penn State football. If I wipe my [butt] sideways, it's on the front page of the paper.

"Why not take advantage of that?'"

Their teammates, three of whom had fathers fighting the disease, immediately got on board. They decided that a weightlifting competition, open to fans and media members, would be the best way to generate attention. The first event was small, but it has since grown.

So has awareness and progress with the disease. Three new treatments have been approved in the last five years. One of the drugs, Sutent, is being used by Ohio State quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels as he fights kidney cancer.

Daniels and his son, Matt, a walk-on fullback for the Buckeyes, first contacted Shirley two years ago. Matt is organizing an Ohio State chapter of Uplifting Athletes, a nonprofit organization that helps college football players organize to raise awareness about rare diseases.

"It makes sense someone should be there to help diseases that don't have a voice," Matt Daniels said. "This has been his idea since the beginning, even from when he was playing. I really have a lot of respect for him."

Seeing Joe Daniels make progress against kidney cancer has hit home for Shirley, who quit his job as an engineer in August to become the full-time executive director of Uplifting Athletes.

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One prominent Buckeye who falls into that category is QB coach Joe Daniels, who is entering his third year of battling kidney cancer. It's not a coincidence that his son, Matt, a former walk-on who this year will intern with the coaching staff, was one of the folks in charge of organizing the tournament.
Another player involved in organizing is Kurt Coleman, whose father beat breast cancer -- rare in males -- a few years ago.
Anyway, the guys were having fun, whooping and hollering as they played. The fan turnout was a little low (the full ticket cost $65, for the right to hang out and talk and get autographs).
Joe Daniels himself made an appearance, fresh from a doctor appointment. He had surgery earlier this year to remove a kidney and a big portion of the tumor, but he's back at work and planning to coach as normal this fall.
There is genuine feeling for Joe among the players. Coleman came over, leaned down to where Joe was sitting and gave him a hug, more than the usual player-coach "hey, how ya doing" thing.
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