Bucknuts caught up with Mike Brewster at Wednesday's charity event and he wants to "take some heat off Bollman's back" this season.
"I feel like he takes a lot of heat from the media and fans. I feel like it's not fair because he's not controlling what people are doing on the field. He get us ready and it's due to the guys on the field [that] didn't get it done and he can't help that."
When asked if there were things he saw out of guys that played last year that maybe caused that heat:
"Yeah... I mean... Yeah... I mean nothing... no comment."
There's a choice head-lowering grin in there. Queue to :40
Hope so. We've always thought the last batch, Boone especially, lacked leadership and what it took to be great at this level (as I type this from a recliner with a mountain of Doritos on my chest). Of course, Bollman is still 1/2 of what can be the most conservative offense in the free world. And that's somewhat frustrating at times.
(HT: OHD)
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Not to argue with the Brew, but Bollman is the one who: 1) recruits them, 2) coaches them on a daily basis, 3) breaks down tape to evaluate their performance, 4) coaches them up to help correct technical or execution flaws.
Now Bollman can't go out and actually make the blocks and execute the schemes, true, but he is responsible for pretty much everything else. His performance has been lacking as evidence by the lackluster play of the line. Step it up Jim!
We as commenters can analyze anything we want, but you can not argue with a guy who A) Plays and B) Is there everyday.
I dont pretend to know more football the any member of OSU's coaching staff, so I want to hold back judgement until I see new talent get their chance.
......from his mouth, to G-d's ear. Get to work, guys and prove to us that Bollman can coach the O-line... watch video from 2002 and look at how those guys moved people 5 yards off the line of scrimmage.... then we can apologize to Bollman.
anyone see the article in today's paper about freakin Tebow? I saw it and immediately put down the Sports section. It was about that stupid speech of his last season, but I refused to read it, so I don't know what else was in the article
Fair enough Iball, but he is also, I'm sure protecting his coach who he likes and doesn't like to see him getting blamed for undeniably poor line play. I too hope this year's line performs like we all hope, but that isn't what the post was about. It was about last year's line.
well, all of that and the coach determines his playing time and thereby his chances of cashing in a 6 or 7 figure payday. he has no incentive to throw the coach under the bus and kill his career.
I am stunned by the poll results. How can folks be more worried about Bollman staying on rather than losing TP?
I don't think he was irrationally protecting his coach, he almost threw a teammate under the bus before he had a chance to think about.
For my money I'd say he was about to mention BB. He did use him as an example of how the line has rededicated themselves this year. Think about it, take away all of BB's miscues and how much better does the '08 line look?
I was thinking the same thing. I can't help but wonder if the results are skewed because most fans view TP as an invincible bad ass who can't possibly get injured. Personally, I will remain most concerned with the offensive line until I see them actually control the line of scrimmage against a good team - Bollman or no Bollman.
Ya think Bollman staying and losing TP go together? Yep. I voted for losing TP.
We shall know how good the line is the second game of the season...after Beanie last year, I tend to fear the injury bug.
I actually have a bit of confidence in Bauserman. We have had worse back-ups, im my humble opinion. zwick and austin moherman come to mind.
Agreed Doritos,
He was good enough to earn a scholly from Tress in '04, but he had such a laser-rocket arm that he wanted to pitch. Boeckman could have been benched for him, lol!!
Same boat here. While losing Pryor to injury would suck beyond belief, I think Bauserman would be more than adequate. He had a stinker of a spring game, but a slinger would give us a chance at least.
He didn't play well in the spring game, but I was impressed with his arm strength and actually had decent mobility. There is the prospect of Pryor leaving early which would leave Joe as the lone senior QB.
I was dumb enough to watch College Football Live today on ESPN. I wanted to hear what negatives they had to say about OSU's no.6 ranking, they didn't dissapoint. Our favorite color guy, Andre "the bust" Ware, said the No.6 was a "bit high", and that the b10 had to prove they have a team worthy of that ranking. Then wanted to put Ok St. in the top 5. When is this guy gonna realize he wasn't good enough to play for OSU and he wasn't the best player the year he won the Heisman, proven by his total failure in the NFL?
Prove it on the field, Mike.
Yea, you get him Bollman. I'd like to believe Brewster; I would. I guess we will find out, but Brew isn't exactly an impartial observer...
From OurHonorDefend: "The contact between Bollman and Brewster was at first a couple times a month. As the two began to connect well and hit it off, the contact between the two increased to a rate of at least once a week. They continued talking weekly for the next 5 years before Brewster signed with Ohio State."
hahah @ the comment on boren. i think pretty much everybody is afraid of that dude, that's awesome
I agree. If they can push people around all season then we can look at past classes as being the problem and not the current coaching staff.