Comments on: Mike Brewster: It’s Not Bollman

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:02:48 +0000

Unfortunately, if we get rid of him, I have a feeling that there is a very real chance that some of the Brew crew transfers out. Then what happens to our offense?

By: Brandon Gray

Brandon Gray — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:35:05 +0000

My thoughts are essentially identical to Poe’s. It sounded to me as if Brewster was defending Bollman more as a friend rather than from the objective viewpoint that I tend to take.

Every year I hope for Bollman to get it turned around…every year so far I’ve been let down. If he gets it together this year, that will be fantastic, but I think he’s just been given way too much time to get things straight in a bigtime Division 1A program like OSU.

By: Poe McKnoe

Poe McKnoe — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:47:34 +0000

Vico,

Going back to your “Better Know a Buckeye” on Brewster: “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.”

I hope Brewster is right and the line proves me wrong this year, but how much of the defense comes from that relationship?

By: JohnBoy

JohnBoy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:33:01 +0000

I think we had some kids that graduated last year who were bad apples, underachievers, and in some cases not really into being the best they could be. I think we also had some fear of injury as the NFL loomed. Beanie Wells being the #1 culprit here in my book. I believe that last years seniors and early departures had kind of an F&%$ you attitude towards the fan base and the backlash from the Florida loss, they took it personal but they took it personal against everybody else….they didn’t channel onto the field. “When they got down, they shut it down” -Harry Coleman – Strong Safety – LSU.
I don’t think those guys were very close with alot of the kids we have now, there was little leadership and lots of individualism.

By: Ohio State Football

Ohio State Football — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:52:02 +0000

Tressel didn’t take over the offensive line practice half way through last season cause Bollman was doing a great job and needed a break.

By: SonOfBuckeye

SonOfBuckeye — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:28:21 +0000

If Alex Boone could say after last year’s USC game that the offensive line “did a great job” and “a wonderful job,” you have to wonder what Bollman was telling his players.

http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2008/09/why-boone-wasnt-named-a-captain.html