Great thread! It is almost comical to reread many of the comments in here 16 to 18 months later. This thread is a manual for "Flying Off the Handle 101" by a bunch of Monday morning quarterbacks.
Not naming names or anything, just saying that none of us really knows anything about what goes on behind closed doors, at closed practices, etc.
Looking at Bollman's resume
now, its hard to see where the criticism ever came from. The 2002 O-line, which by all accounts wasn't a 'great' line, is now scattered across the NFL and starting for three different teams. Bentley won an award under Bollman's coaching, and Mangold should have. Rob Sims will get drafted this year; he'll no doubt be a starter at the next level too. In four of the last five Michigan games, our offensive line was superior to both UM's offensive AND defensive lines, which is purportedly where Michigan is supposed to excel. Datish and Boone are the next big breakout players on the line, and both of them will land in the NFL too.
Bollman is apparently doing
something right.
