Bollinger Leaves Coaching Ranks

[UND-FB-FAN]

@BFeldmanCBS: Brooks Bollinger, #Pitt's QB coach the past two seasons, has resigned "to pursue non-coaching opportunities."

If he ever decides to return to coaching, I'd like to think there definitely would be room on our offensive coaching staff.

[fightingsioux4life]

I think he started to realize that a coaching career involves a lot of travel and long hours at the office. I am thinking he wants to spend more time with his wife and kids. Good move Brooks.

[darell1976]

A good job for him is to coach his HS alma mater. Central has been horrible and needs a good coach.

[Nodak78]

Any chance Brooks goes to Wisconsin as OC since Chryst seems to be the new HC?

[Woden]

Anyone know what "non-coaching opportunities" he has been pursuing the last year?

[Westside]

Anyone know what "non-coaching opportunities" he has been pursuing the last year?

I know he's done broadcasting work for football games on the Big Ten Network, not sure what else though....

[VMeister]

Anyone know what "non-coaching opportunities" he has been pursuing the last year?

Was working on securities licenses last summer.

[zonadub]

Any chance Bollinger could be enticed to leave CDH and become UND's Offensive Coordinator?

[UNDvince97-01]

1 hour ago, zonadub said:

Any chance Bollinger could be enticed to leave CDH and become UND's Offensive Coordinator?

In one word...No.

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2 hours ago, zonadub said:

Any chance Bollinger could be enticed to leave CDH and become UND's Offensive Coordinator?

First, no way. Second, is Rudolph leaving or are you just wishing he was leaving?

[iramurphy]

22 minutes ago, bang said:

First, no way. Second, is Rudolph leaving or are you just wishing he was leaving?

I believe that is just wishful thinking. 

[zonadub]

36 minutes ago, iramurphy said:

I believe that is just wishful thinking. 

this    ^^^^^^^

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12 hours ago, zonadub said:

this    ^^^^^^^

I'm not going to give praise to Rudolph for doing a great job. Not at all, the offense isn't really shining. I know a lot of us on here are still a little miffed that Mollberg never got a chance to get under center after his injury. Yet somebody, not sure if it was all Rudolph but somebody has done an excellent job of recruiting in my opinion. If we had Grady we might be 3-0 right now. I believe he is that type of lineman that could make the difference in those close games. Anyway the offense I believe has the talent. Are we using them correctly in game time situations? Play calling is getting a big question mark right now. I guess to me if he left it wouldn't bother me or elate me. Anybody else like to weigh in on this one?     

[shep]

I think Rudolph has become the easy punching bag around here.

Some don't want to look negatively at Studsrud or the O-line so they go after the coach.

But if your QB can't get the ball downfield and really doesn't have the weapons to do it, and you have a stud RB but no O-line cohesiveness, the play calling has to fit the personnel. We can't just "open up the playbook" as there simply aren't a ton of plays that fits the players he has.

[UND-FB-FAN]

6 hours ago, bang said:

I'm not going to give praise to Rudolph for doing a great job. Not at all, the offense isn't really shining. I know a lot of us on here are still a little miffed that Mollberg never got a chance to get under center after his injury. Yet somebody, not sure if it was all Rudolph but somebody has done an excellent job of recruiting in my opinion. If we had Grady we might be 3-0 right now. I believe he is that type of lineman that could make the difference in those close games. Anyway the offense I believe has the talent. Are we using them correctly in game time situations? Play calling is getting a big question mark right now. I guess to me if he left it wouldn't bother me or elate me. Anybody else like to weigh in on this one?     

Easy to second guess the offensive staff, particularly the OC, when the offense struggles or is inconsistent. 

If the personnel is the issue, then I understand the conservative play-calling (majority of 1st down plays are runs). The WR situation is iffy, but the offensive line is also struggling. 

In my opinion, looking at Bubba's staff and their overall body of work (2+ seasons), Schmidt's unit has out-produced Rudolph's unit by leaps and bounds and it's not really a recruiting issue considering the talent available. Rudolph just seems to lack a certain creativity and timing in play-calls; a bit more QB run-pass option play-calls (bootlegs, roll outs, etc.) on 1st down would be my suggestion. I'll happily be the first to eat crow if things turn around in conference play, starting on Saturday vs Montana State. 

Remember, the offense came alive last season when UND started conference play vs UC Davis -- I don't think that was a coincidence. 

[iluvdebbies]

4 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Easy to second guess the offensive staff, particularly the OC, when the offense struggles or is inconsistent. 

If the personnel is the issue, then I understand the conservative play-calling (majority of 1st down plays are runs). The WR situation is iffy, but the offensive line is also struggling. 

In my opinion, looking at Bubba's staff and their overall body of work (2+ seasons), Schmidt's unit has out-produced Rudolph's unit by leaps and bounds and it's not really a recruiting issue considering the talent available. Rudolph just seems to lack a certain creativity and timing in play-calls; a bit more QB run-pass option play-calls (bootlegs, roll outs, etc.) on 1st down would be my suggestion. I'll happily be the first to eat crow if things turn around in conference play, starting on Saturday vs Montana State. 

Remember, the offense came alive last season when UND started conference play vs UC Davis -- I don't think that was a coincidences 

The defensive side of the ball has way more talent....and its not even close.

[Ozzie82]

Bubba has veto power over the offensive game plan and play calling, so if you don't like the play calling it's not just Rudy who should be receiving criticism.

[UND-FB-FAN]

3 hours ago, iluvdebbies said:

The defensive side of the ball has way more talent....and its not even close.

Convenient excuse. However, I will admit that the caliber of athlete at receiver does need to improve. Also, there needs to be improved depth at QB, OL, TE, and RB. Eventually, this needs to catch up; shouldn't take 7 - 10 years to get there. 

Getting back to play-calling and available offensive personnel, I'd say the pieces are in place for preliminary success. With that said, the offense (and really the defense and special teams, too) definitely does require some recruiting upgrades immediately for depth. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

1 hour ago, Ozzie82 said:

Bubba has veto power over the offensive game plan and play calling, so if you don't like the play calling it's not just Rudy who should be receiving criticism.

That's not going to happen on each play; it's just not practical. Bubba is a defensive guy whom I'd imagine allows his offensive coordinator to run the show under general philosophy guidelines (smart, tough, physical, run, run, run).

[Ozzie82]

You're right.  But if there are complaints about the offense, and folks want to (correctly) point out that the OL and QB play are to blame along with the play calling, it's Bubba who approves the guidelines and gameplan for Rudy.  And to this point I have not seen any criticism directed at the head coach.

[homer]

25 minutes ago, UND-FB-FAN said:

Convenient excuse. However, I will admit that the caliber of athlete at receiver does need to improve. Also, there needs to be improved depth at QB, OL, TE, and RB. Eventually, this needs to catch up; shouldn't take 7 - 10 years to get there. 

Getting back to play-calling and available offensive personnel, I'd say the pieces are in place for preliminary success. With that said, the offense (and really the defense and special teams, too) definitely does require some recruiting upgrades immediately for depth. 

When the talent left at oline by the old staff was as thin as it was at oline and WR its not going to be fixed in 3 years either.  

[UND-FB-FAN]

3 hours ago, homer said:

When the talent left at oline by the old staff was as thin as it was at oline and WR its not going to be fixed in 3 years either.  

Don't forget how deprived everyone perceived the 2013 defensive talent was; yet, UND yielded a top Big Sky Conference defense in 2014 with essentially the same defensive personnel. I'd say the coaching of Bubba and Schmidt were definitely behind that. 

In my opinion, Schmidt and Bubba have worked wonders with the defense. Is there still some work to do on the defense? Absolutely. Depth and defending the big play would be the top two, I'd imagine. But, with that said, it's not just a talent differential that accounts for why UND's defense is its identity whereas the offense seems to yet struggle some. 

When UND played NDSU in 2015, I'd argue UND's defense held its own against Wentz and that offense much of the time. The offense, on the other hand, was atrocious. UND's offense has problems that extend far beyond its personnel, in my opinion. In 2016, UND's offense has been okay minus the SB game, but the lack of consistency is concerning. 

Shouldn't take an additional 3 years (2019) to recruit some receivers and offensive linemen and fix the problem. If it takes that amount of time, UND is doing something wrong.

[Ozzie82]

19 hours ago, homer said:

When the talent left at oline by the old staff was as thin as it was at oline and WR its not going to be fixed in 3 years either.  

In addition to the previous staff's poor OL recruiting it's important that the 2015 OL class receive blame too; of the 5 players that signed only 2 are left.  Of the two that are left one, Bryce Blair, was considered by many on this board a long term project because of his lack of weight.