Written by Duane Long | 18 June 2009

A potentially huge development has come about. Jim Tressel hired Keith Uecker. He is coming over from Wayne State.  Uecker was a 4-year OL starter at Auburn before playing 10 years in the NFL. He has been an offensive line coach for 7 years. He is going to be the Offensive Quality Control Coach. That is where this gets really interesting. Exciting is a better word. Nic Siciliano has held that job. Mostly what he did was the on the field coaching of quarterbacks. He is going to be the quarterbacks coach now with Joe Daniels moving into an advisory role. When this came out my mailbox blew up.

I never got excited about talking to players. I think it is a huge waste of time. Kids don't say anything. Their coaches do. I speak to coaches all the time. Some have their little kingdoms and that is all they are interested in but most love the game and you can learn so much from them. My coach network could not be more excited about this hire. This is a guy highly thought of in the fraternity of coaches. He is a tough guy who believes in a physical approach to the game. He is a technician too. If JT uses him like he used Siciliano, it could have a major impact on our offensive line. Maybe Bollman trying to coach the offensive line and run the offense is part of the problem. Either way I like what I am hearing.

If this guy is as good as advertised, and JT uses the position like he has recently, we are looking at a potentially program changing development. Another thing to think about. Maybe this is the changing of the guard. That is what has happened with Daniels and Siciliano.

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