Joe Rudolph - Offensive Line Coach

[Bane]

Do we worry?

Brother, that's all this board does.

 

[Calabrese's People]

Do we worry about Rudolph being offered OC at VT?

Good. FINALLY, its Derek Warehime time!!!!! Take your seat king.

 

[Giddyup]

What is that shit. Looks like manifesto

 

[GATTACA!]

Good. FINALLY, its Derek Warehime time!!!!! Take your seat king.

Diabolical power move

 

[Irish4life]

Do we worry about Rudolph being offered OC at VT?

If it happens it happens, it's another example of an ND assistant getting a promotion. And OL coaches would crawl on broken glass to coach at ND.

 

[Giddyup]

If it happens it happens, it's another example of an ND assistant getting a promotion. And OL coaches would crawl on broken glass to coach at ND.

😂 it’s so easy right? we broke records this yr on the line and have studs. Let’s get another Jeff Quinn

 

[ulukinatme]

😂 it’s so easy right? we broke records this yr on the line and have studs. Let’s get another Jeff Quinn

 

[T-Boone]

Big Joe is going to want to be around at least one more year with this group.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

He might want the chance to be an OC again. He'd also be walking into Year 4 of a Brent Pry tenure that is very much on the hot seat.

There is risk involved, for sure, but these guys typically don't look at it from that POV in most cases. They go, cash in and if it doesn't work out they cash out and go onto the next job.

 

[Irish4life]

Sounds like VT is looking at Neal Brown

 

[Domina Nostra]

Rudolph is doing a great job and this line will play well once it gels. I especially love that he is not afraid to make changes based on health and performance.

But I don't expect that to mean visible dominance. What is the last ND line that both (1) really dominated in an obvious manner and (2) played great in big games?

My expectation is to be disappointed at first but to expect very solid play and improvement all year, with some big, important 4th quarters.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

Rudolph is doing a great job and this line will play well once it gels. I especially love that he is not afraid to make changes based on health and performance.

But I don't expect that to mean visible dominance. What is the last ND line that both (1) really dominated in an obvious manner and (2) played great in big games?

My expectation is to be disappointed at first but to expect very solid play and improvement all year, with some big, important 4th quarters.

This is a great reminder. Often times, it can feel like the OL is getting stalemated or losing in the first quarter. Often times by the 3rd and 4th quarter, there have been some changes made and the pounding begins to take a toll.

The single most important thing that can happen to help the OL is extending drives. That means Denbrock has to be in lockstep with his players and call what suits them and meets the down & distance objective. That keeps the OL out there to continue to build continuity and increases the collisions they can make with an opponents front line.

 

[Giddyup]

It will be a good matchup. I was a little disappointed we didn’t pop more big gainer runs against OSU PSU GA. Now obviously that is asking a lot but our next step is to increase our ypc against these elite D’s.

We moved the moderate to weak D lines with ease last year.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

It will be a good matchup. I was a little disappointed we didn’t pop more big gainer runs against OSU PSU GA. Now obviously that is asking a lot but our next step is to increase our ypc against these elite D’s.

We moved the moderate to weak D lines with ease last year.

We were too one dimensional last season to gash the top defenses. Especially after Love was injured.

 

[Domina Nostra]

We were too one dimensional last season to gash the top defenses. Especially after Love was injured.

This is a good point too. If Carr opens up the passing game significantly, it will make it much easier to run.

 

[NumbersGuy0520]

This is a good point too. If Carr opens up the passing game significantly, it will make it much easier to run.

Yeah this needs to happen early.

If I’m Miami, I’m still daring ND to throw to start. Too much to worry about in the OLine and run game + too many past seasons where the passing game has been anything but prolific, despite sometimes being billed up to be improved (though never with this hype).

They will bet on the ND passing game to be much of the same, for the new QB to struggle in the environment and make mistakes. If we are converting through the air early and often, they will have to loosen up and we will be able to get anything we want.

 

[Old Man Mike]

Actually, IF Miami does ANYTHING other than stack the box against our running game (to begin with), their DC and game planners should be immediately fired. We have the best RB group in the nation and everyone knows that. We also have a rookie QB. ... DUH ....

This is why I say that IF our OLine gels rapidly then it's only QB ball security and simple playmaking that's important. As things stand, if any ND QB can make stack-the-box defenses pay, no one can stop us except our own errors. Note: simple playmaking and ball security will be enough IF the line has gelled. GREAT QB play will be an extra bonus.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Spread them four wide. If they don’t cover we take what they give us all night. Nickel and dime. Once the defense spreads out, Love and Price gash them.

 

[StPaul_Irish]

Spread them four wide. If they don’t cover we take what they give us all night. Nickel and dime. Once the defense spreads out, Love and Price gash them.

Or we go AIR RAID from a full house backfield. That'll show em!

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Each guy needs to do his job and execute at the highest level possible. The whole concept of "chemistry" and "gelling" never made any sense to me. The tackles have three bodies in between them. One doesn't need to have cohesion with the other, or even the guard next to them, to do their job.

Know your assignment. Put a hat on the guy you're supposed to and block the crap out of him. If you don't know your assignment and don't know who to put a hat on, go put a hat on SOMEBODY. Your number gets called, you answer to the best of your ability. The end.

 

[Irish#1]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought in one of the playoff games (PSU?) they switched to zone blocking and the running game started doing much better.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Or we go AIR RAID from a full house backfield. That'll show em!

Yes! Excellent!

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought in one of the playoff games (PSU?) they switched to zone blocking and the running game started doing much better.

We were all too drunk to notice something like that.

 

[Giddyup]

Not sure., could be. I believe Rudolph uses gap schemes most but will toss in some zone too.

 

[FWIrish4]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought in one of the playoff games (PSU?) they switched to zone blocking and the running game started doing much better.

They started hammering the pull scheme and it worked extremely well. Here’s Orlovsky breaking it down:

 

[Old Man Mike]

I wonder if the "four-wide WR spread offense" poster above realizes that this was the original unstoppable offense Kelly used at Cincinnati, and tried to install here --- but we didn't have a Pike to run it. (ever). [[That offense actually WAS very hard to stop with its four receiver options opening up at different "seconds" in the progression with a real plan behind every cut.]] The RB then "gashed them" just as said. This was also, generally, the original early Sanders offense at Detroit, called the Silver Stretch.

 

[FOTY977]

Great interview, and timely as we know the sky is the limit if the o-line reaches their potential:

 

[Fbolt]

Old Man Mike porn

 

[Me2SouthBend]

Old Man Mike porn

And safe to watch at the home w his door open.

 

[Old Man Mike]

nice to hear the coach and Aaron go through all that technique and detail of line play ... I was pretty sure that nothing basic was changed, as basic physics doesn't change, but nice to hear two pros restate it all. I also was intrigued, but not surprised, that Coach used Amil and Billy to illustrate coaching and technique development. This is a statement that he considers those two his most maturely developed players both technique-wise and maturity as persons who can "take" the public commentary.

Mainly, it's still about where your feet can get to, and maintaining the "walled up" geometry vs your opponent --- punch ... dance ... wall up ... punch ... dance (ideally with visuals featuring the Dancing Punchmaster, Zack Martin.) (For pass pro, anyway. Aaron gives you lots of other advice for the run game. )