Offensive Line Thread

[ab2cmiller]

I was hoping a name would leak out before the announcement. It seems like it takes them a week to do all the background checks etc

 

[BobbyMac]

Looked everywhere but couldn't find the comments.

Click on link and scroll down through the comments. Link works, just checked it.

 

[BoredIrish]

If Loy knows what he's talking about it sounds like ND is zeroed in on their guy for OL coach. Said he expects a name to be out within a week

In the comments of this Freebie:

https://247sports.com/college/notre...r-OL-Jarrett-Patterson-on-Wednesday-113832094

Considering that there is a huge JR day scheduled in a week, that's not saying much.

 

[BobbyMac]

Considering that there is a huge JR day scheduled in a week, that's not saying much.

Sounds pretty confident that the OLC will be announced by then, giving them plenty of time to be on hand for the 27th.

Anyways, looking at the list of attendees so far, the only coaches that need to be there are Lyght, Alexander, Elston and Long to handle Henry and Kristofic. It's all CB's, WR's & DL's currently.

 

[BobbyMac]

Wonder why there's no chatter here? He played for former ND QB, Steve Belles in HS. He's not bad, he just got passed by elite talent. He even started the first 4-5 games last year after starting every game at RT in '16.

Perfect one year rental plus he's a Philosophy major.

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[KizerWilhelm]

Per Loy, ND has essentially narrowed it down to:

Joe Gilbert — Indianapolis Colts assistant offensive line coach
Justin Frye — Boston College offense line coach
Bob Bostad — Wisconsin linebackers coach (and former OL coach)

https://247sports.com/college/notre...-Dames-offensive-line-coach-opening-113920496

 

[SoIll]

Per Loy, ND has essentially narrowed it down to:

Joe Gilbert — Indianapolis Colts assistant offensive line coach
Justin Frye — Boston College offense line coach
Bob Bostad — Wisconsin linebackers coach (and former OL coach)

https://247sports.com/college/notre...-Dames-offensive-line-coach-opening-113920496

Frye, please

 

[KizerWilhelm]

Frye, please

Would make for good chants if he fails and fans demand his termination.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Wonder why there's no chatter here? He played for former ND QB, Steve Belles in HS. He's not bad, he just got passed by elite talent. He even started the first 4-5 games last year after starting every game at RT in '16.

Perfect one year rental plus he's a Philosophy major.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stanford OL Casey Tucker (Hamilton) has been granted an extra year of eligibility and currently has grad transfer visits set up with Colorado, TCU, and Texas.</p>— ArizonaVarsity.com �������� (@AZHSFB) <a href="https://twitter.com/AZHSFB/status/950777651077066752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Yeah, but from Stanford...he probably is all over nominalism and rejects Aristotelian metaphysics. Hard pass

 

[SouthSideChiDomer]

Per Loy, ND has essentially narrowed it down to:

Joe Gilbert — Indianapolis Colts assistant offensive line coach
Justin Frye — Boston College offense line coach
Bob Bostad — Wisconsin linebackers coach (and former OL coach)

https://247sports.com/college/notre...-Dames-offensive-line-coach-opening-113920496

Haven't the Colts' offensive lines been absolutely terrible recently? None of his other experience really stands out to me either.

It looks like Bostad was the run game coordinator at Wisconsin from 2006-2011, with 06-07 also being the TE coach and 08-11 being the OL coach. Could be nice to have him also be able to help out with the tight ends at times and he might know better how to teach them to block. Plus he coached fullbacks for a year at NIU.

Overall none of them really would be a splashy hire, but I guess that's basically par for the course for offensive line dealings. Of that group I think I would most want Bostad because he has that experience with good linemen at Wisconsin and an NFL pedigree to recruit with.

 

[koonja]

Matt Freeman saying Frye is probably the front runner, and confirmed he has interviewed.

Remember a week ago when I said we'd be fine without Harry and you all called the cops?

Sit down, children. We'll be fine without Harry.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Haven't the Colts' offensive lines been absolutely terrible recently? None of his other experience really stands out to me either.

It looks like Bostad was the run game coordinator at Wisconsin from 2006-2011, with 06-07 also being the TE coach and 08-11 being the OL coach. Could be nice to have him also be able to help out with the tight ends at times and he might know better how to teach them to block. Plus he coached fullbacks for a year at NIU.

Overall none of them really would be a splashy hire, but I guess that's basically par for the course for offensive line dealings. Of that group I think I would most want Bostad because he has that experience with good linemen at Wisconsin and an NFL pedigree to recruit with.

The Colts line has been pretty bad, but he's had very little talent to work with. I looked back and his lines at Illinois played pretty well.

 

[GowerND11]

The Colts line has been pretty bad, but he's had very little talent to work with. I looked back and his lines at Illinois played pretty well.

Yeah that line the Colts have is abysmal. Very little talent, no top LT to protect a QB at all.

 

[NDMIA]

Bob Bostad - 51yr old - ILB Coach Wisconsin
-Hometown: Pardeeville, Wisconsin
-Alma Mater: Wisconsin-Stevens-Point
-Position Played: Linebacker
-NFL Pupils: Kraig Urbik, Billy Nagy, John Moffitt, Gabe Carimi, Peter Konz, Kevin Zeitler, Ricky Wagner, Travis Frederick, Ryan Groy, Rob Havenstein
-NFL Experience: 4 Seasons OL Coach (Tampa & Tennessee)
-College Experience: 17 Seasons OL Coach, 1 Season ILB Coach

Justin Frye - 34yr old - OL Coach Boston College
-Hometown: Elwood, Indiana
-Alma Mater: Indiana
-Position Played: Offensive Line
-NFL Pupils: Derek Dennis, Martin Wallace, Ian Silberman, Andy Gallik
-NFL Experience: None
-College Experience: 7 Seasons OL Coach

Joe Gilbert - 53yr old - Asst OL Coach Indianapolis Colts
-Hometown: Horseheads, New York
-Alma Mater: Hamilton College
-Position Played: Offensive Line
-NFL Pupils: Mike "Scooter" Flynn, Nick Kaczur, Josh Sitton, Sebastian Vollmer, Jon Asamoah, Jack Cornell, Jeff Allen, Hugh Thornton
-NFL Experience: 3 Seasons OL Coach, 3 Seasons Asst OL Coach (Indianapolis)
-College Experience: 19 Seasons OL Coach, 1 Season TE Coach

Looks like some awesome candidates to me!

 

[Rizzophil]

Anyone know why Bob b went to linebackers this year?

 

[zelezo vlk]

Yeah that line the Colts have is abysmal. Very little talent, no top LT to protect a QB at all.

You need more than just a top LT to protect a QB. Castonzo was average for a few years, did he just fall off a cliff or something? You can survive with average, but the rest of their line has been awful (and Grigson did not remotely try to bring in enough talent either).

 

[ab2cmiller]

Gilbert was the Offensive Line coach at Indy but got demoted to Assistant Offensive Line coach. Not entirely thrilled with that option.

 

[GowerND11]

You need more than just a top LT to protect a QB. Castonzo was average for a few years, did he just fall off a cliff or something? You can survive with average, but the rest of their line has been awful (and Grigson did not remotely try to bring in enough talent either).

Oh yeah, it's a whole line problem, not just LT. But yeah, it was almost comedic to watch Brissett trying to fend for himself.

 

[KizerWilhelm]

Anyone know why Bob b went to linebackers this year?

He was OL at the Wisconsin, hired away to do OL in the NFL, and went back to Wisconsin after he was fired. They already had an OL coach, so he coached LBs instead (he played LB in college)

Honestly, the fact that Wisconsin liked him enough to take a risk at a completely different position is a point in his favor in my book. (But I still think Fyre is the way to go)

 

[BobbyMac]

So I don't get Finn Dirstine... I get the ratbastard coach who stole him away from me?

Life has a terrible sense of humor.

 

[ab2cmiller]

He was OL at the Wisconsin, hired away to do OL in the NFL, and went back to Wisconsin after he was fired. They already had an OL coach, so he coached LBs instead (he played LB in college)

Honestly, the fact that Wisconsin liked him enough to take a risk at a completely different position is a point in his favor in my book. (But I still think Fyre is the way to go)

Agreed. I would be fine with Bostad. The only problem I can foresee is that given how much Chryst obviously thinks of Bostad, there is a great chance that he would offer him the OL job if current AHC/OC/OL coach Joe Rudolph gets a head coaching job someplace. Given the relationship with Chryst and the fact that he's from Wisconsin, I would think he would take the offer and we are back at square one. Only question would be how long before Rudolph gets a head coaching job.

 

[ThePiombino]

Matt Freeman saying Frye is probably the front runner, and confirmed he has interviewed.

Remember a week ago when I said we'd be fine without Harry and you all called the cops?

Sit down, children. We'll be fine without Harry.

Bro, we are currently finishing out the recruiting cycle without an OL coach and the staff is still pushing for OL recruits which means we obviously need OL. How is that a good thing?

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[koonja]

Bro, we are currently finishing out the recruiting cycle without an OL coach and the staff is still pushing for OL recruits which means we obviously need OL. How is that a good thing?

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It's not good that it's about NSD and guys like NPF and the California kid aren't going to come here. That sucks.

But in the field both next year and after, I don't expect a drop off for ND's OL performance from what would have been if Harry was the coach.

As great as he was, he didn't like recruiting, didn't cast a wide net, underperformed wildly against great defenses, and wore some kids out.

We're fine without Harry.

 

[ThePiombino]

It's not good that it's about NSD and guys like NPF and the California kid aren't going to come here. That sucks.

But in the field both next year and after, I don't expect a drop off for ND's OL performance from what would have been if Harry was the coach.

As great as he was, he didn't like recruiting, didn't cast a wide net, underperformed wildly against great defenses, and wore some kids out.

We're fine without Harry.

I agree big picture we could be OK, but part of that big picture is keeping the cupboard stocked. The timing of his leaving has greatly impacted our ability to do so this cycle.

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[koonja]

I agree big picture we could be OK, but part of that big picture is keeping the cupboard stocked. The timing of his leaving has greatly impacted our ability to do so this cycle.

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Probably, but not for sure. Was NPF coming here even with Harry? That's a coin flip at best. I think he ends up at OSU, and if not there, Bama. That's with or without Harry.

And if we keep Luke Jones? We broke even with/without Harry then.

 

[ThePiombino]

Probably, but not for sure. Was NPF coming here even with Harry? That's a coin flip at best. I think he ends up at OSU, and if not there, Bama. That's with or without Harry.

And if we keep Luke Jones? We broke even with/without Harry then.

NPF aside, we're in it for a couple guys here that you have to think with HH we would have much better odds at landing, plus holding onto Jones would be close to a given. But other schools smell blood now that HH has departed. Gonna make that one more interesting than it should be.

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[koonja]

NPF aside, we're in it for a couple guys here that you have to think with HH we would have much better odds at landing, plus holding onto Jones would be close to a given. But other schools smell blood now that HH has departed. Gonna make that one more interesting than it should be.

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True on Luke Jones, but I think we get him anyway, so not sure it matters in the end. NPF I don't think comes to ND either way.

Patterson I'll give you. I think we had a chance with Harry, but without, there's no way we overcome UCLA or Michigan. So I'll give you that.

 

[koonja]

ISD believes Frye and Gilbert have interviewed, and Bostad is expected to soon.

No offers have been made (makes sense). So since they're still interviewing, hard to say it's Frye's job, but they still think he's the fav.

They expect this to take a while.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

Matt Freeman saying Frye is probably the front runner, and confirmed he has interviewed.

Remember a week ago when I said we'd be fine without Harry and you all called the cops?

Sit down, children. We'll be fine without Harry.

Just to confirm, you have no data. It's all speculative but you're reminding us that everything is okay. Harry won't be missed and time will prove you right?

 

[koonja]

Just to confirm, you have no data. It's all speculative but you're reminding us that everything is okay. Harry won't be missed and time will prove you right?

So you can only provide input with actual stats? Be pretty boring around here if we only could talk about Wimbush's 49% completion %.