Joe Rudolph - Offensive Line Coach

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We’ve been spoiled this year with our run game. Now let’s keep it up against the big boys.
 
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Jimmy3Putt said:
Crazy to think this is probably the worst o-line we'll have for the foreseeable future.
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Let's assume you hold onto everyone (I'm not sure we will, there very well may be transfers)... you're looking at potentially:
Tackle: Wagner, Knapp, Lambert*, Black*
Guard: Schrauth, Spindler, Pendleton**
C: Craig, Coogan
Flex: Jagusah

So that's 7 proven guys of which 5 are likely to play in the NFL. Then two very highly rated unproven tackles, and another guard that got burn this year and conducted himself well for a young guy. You're legitimately looking at being 9-10 deep with ~7 of those guys being NFL dudes.

What Rudolph has done this year has been remarkable, and what he might do with proven pieces could be obscene.
 
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IrishLax said:
Let's assume you hold onto everyone (I'm not sure we will, there very well may be transfers)... you're looking at potentially:
Tackle: Wagner, Knapp, Lambert*, Black*
Guard: Schrauth, Spindler, Pendleton**
C: Craig, Coogan
Flex: Jagusah

So that's 7 proven guys of which 5 are likely to play in the NFL. Then two very highly rated unproven tackles, and another guard that got burn this year and conducted himself well for a young guy. You're legitimately looking at being 9-10 deep with ~7 of those guys being NFL dudes.

What Rudolph has done this year has been remarkable, and what he might do with proven pieces could be obscene.
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I think they could all be “nfl guys” but there’s plenty of projection needed for the younger ones and Coogan and Spindler will be UFAs
 
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IrishLax said:
Let's assume you hold onto everyone (I'm not sure we will, there very well may be transfers)... you're looking at potentially:
Tackle: Wagner, Knapp, Lambert*, Black*
Guard: Schrauth, Spindler, Pendleton**
C: Craig, Coogan
Flex: Jagusah

So that's 7 proven guys of which 5 are likely to play in the NFL. Then two very highly rated unproven tackles, and another guard that got burn this year and conducted himself well for a young guy. You're legitimately looking at being 9-10 deep with ~7 of those guys being NFL dudes.

What Rudolph has done this year has been remarkable, and what he might do with proven pieces could be obscene.
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Don't forget about Sullivan Absher
 
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When you combine that with the raw talent all those guys have, the possibility that, if we can keep them together, we will have an absolute world-beater OLine for several years as they grow up is staggering.

I hope that I live long enough to watch those OLines play for the next 3+ years. What a treat to look forward to.
 
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irishu said:
Probably Franklin
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Could be Cignetti. I know everyone hates the guy (I don't care for him either), but I watched part of his interview on the Gameday podcast and he was super impressed with us. Seemed more impressed by us than OSU.
 
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Yes. Cignetti talks more than almost anybody.

The other program that I thought of was an assistant coach at Georgia. Such a guy would think he'd played better potential individuals, but units which were not as good as NDs.
 
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Old Man Mike said:
Yes. Cignetti talks more than almost anybody.

The other program that I thought of was an assistant coach at Georgia. Such a guy would think he'd played better potential individuals, but units which were not as good as NDs.
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I can picture him being a great speaker and knowledgeable source for this though. The way he talks big is because Indiana needs it
 
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I can't believe what Rudolph has accomplished with this new and injured line.
He has made me a believer.
Tonight he can become a legend. This could be Joe Rudolph's Joe Moore moment.
 
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I honestly feel more confident in tonight’s OL than I have at any point this season (assuming Rocco can play effective) To me, that’s a huge deal.
 
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"Suddenly, the legendary offensive line coach, Joe Moore -- as old-school and rugged a football coach as there ever was -- lost his cool. He had had enough of misdirection and cutbacks – he was tired of the thought of playing Florida State football in order to beat Florida State. Yes, there would be the time and place to employ this strategy in order to keep them off-balance, but he believed that the best way to beat Florida State football was to play Notre Dame football. In the middle of practice Coach Moore huddled with Coach Holtz...and then exploded. “Get me the managers! Get these f*cking visors off these f*cking helmets! We don’t need this bullsh*t! We’re going to look them right in the eye, tell them where we’re running the ball, and kick their f*cking asses all over the f*cking field!”
 
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