(05-23-2018, 12:52 PM)jj22 Wrote: I think we got Pollack too late as the new helmet rules won't allow for any of this aggression off the snap.


https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/05/22/say-farewell-to-the-three-point-stance/

(05-23-2018, 07:21 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I think Hopkins starts over Redmond

(05-23-2018, 02:44 PM)Wyche Wrote: Well, this sure is a welcomed fresh approach.  As I've always said, even if you get beat, hit some-damn-body with the wrong colors on!  Instead of standing around watching your QB and RBs get murdered like our former handpicked LT is prone to do.

(05-23-2018, 04:36 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote:


Harley's tail is waggin'!

(05-23-2018, 10:14 PM)Derrick Wrote: Don't forget Bovine did a lot of watching. Sometimes while lying on his backside.

(05-24-2018, 02:07 AM)Sabretooth Wrote: Cant forget this human turnstile,"watch out "blocking, backpedaling into the qb, and non existent running lanes for the running backs .

(05-23-2018, 12:29 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Cool read about Frank Pollack and the intensity / aggression he wants from his line:

“Last time I checked, in football you’ve still gotta kick the guy’s ass across from you. Nothin’s changed. You might be dissecting and looking at it as a chess match with the Xs and Os, but someone taught me a long time ago it’s the Johnnies and Joes, not the Xs and Os. You’ve got to be in position to play fast, be physical and dominate the opponent, the guy across from you.” 

“Broken down into those individual one on ones, football has not changed. I don’t care what we do to the rules, what we look to change, at the end of the day, it’s a physical, violent game,” Pollack said. "I’ve gotta defeat the guy across from me, so I take that approach. You’ve got to be mentally tough to do that. I could get a lot of drunk frat guys out here to just start fist fights, but that’s not football. That’s mentally weak, so I try everything I can to help develop that.” 

(05-23-2018, 02:38 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Another article on Pollack and the line from Paul Dehner.

“I think we all were a little curious how it was going to go,” offensive lineman Christian Westerman said. “We are moving guys and running. Aggressive, smashmouth football.”

“I told them Day 1 everyone here has a clean slate,” Pollack said. “What you have done in the past is really irrelevant to me … You can go from the penthouse to outhouse real quick. Hopefully, you go from the outhouse to penthouse just as fast, but it takes a lot of work.”

“The system is different and at the same time a lot of the drills and techniques and things we are learning are a lot different,” Boling said. “It doesn’t matter if you have been here and played before or are new guy, everybody is learning together.”

“Pollack made it very clear,” last year’s starting right guard Trey Hopkins said, “this is just where you are starting. This is just how we are lining up today. It does not matter. He’s been very explicit about that sort of thing. Don’t cut yourself and don’t also feel like you are the starter.”

(05-23-2018, 10:14 PM)Derrick Wrote: Don't forget Bovine did a lot of watching. Sometimes while lying on his backside.

(05-24-2018, 02:07 AM)Sabretooth Wrote: Cant forget this human turnstile,"watch out "blocking, backpedaling into the qb, and non existent running lanes for the running backs .

(05-23-2018, 04:36 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote:


Harley's tail is waggin'!

(05-24-2018, 10:32 AM)grampahol Wrote: In some strange way we're going to miss all those defensive line highlight reels we got used to watching..  Maybe that was PA's goal all along. Defensive line highlights.. 

(05-24-2018, 12:48 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Forget him Sabretooth, we have Billy Price now and a coach that will get in his face if he does anything like this.

Not call it a witch hunt for calling him out.

(05-24-2018, 02:07 AM)Sabretooth Wrote: Cant forget this human turnstile,"watch out "blocking, backpedaling into the qb, and non existent running lanes for the running backs .

(05-24-2018, 04:12 PM)Circleville Guy Wrote: The OLine should automatically be better than last year by personnel change alone. I’m curious as to how much improvement you expect to see to justify this god worshipping on here. It is exciting to me to see the change of this coaching position, obviously change was long overdue. I would think that most coaches would prefer a physically dominant guy when it comes to a shoving match, you’re ahead of the game before the X’s and O’s. Does anyone know if the Head Coach or the Offensive Coordinator will have any input on line philosophy? Who dictates who plays? I’m more of a show me things first kinda guy vs. a hype a messiah before any proven results are seen. I’m sure that someone will overreact and say that this makes me not a fan, that’s fine. I am curious about how each of you will judge how well this new coach does. Keep in mind that the OLine roster got a lot better from last year. Some players will also look a tad better just by having a stud playing next to him. I really believe that the line should collapse a lot less this year just by adding the 2 hosses that they did. With these seemingly automatic improvements, what results will you judge Pollack on? Outside of injuries, the line should automatically be a good bit better.

(05-24-2018, 05:09 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I get where you're coming from, but this is our first new o-line coach since 1995. Some had been calling for change for almost a decade, and we landed the coach with the best resume available. So I also get the excitement. I won't crown the guy until I see results, but I don't blame people for being optimistic right now.