Football and Life Through the Lens of an Offensive Lineman - Mike Golic, Jr., Broadcaster, Former College/NFL OL

Mike Golic, Jr. is a broadcaster and host of the GoJo podcast. On the field, he was an offensive guard for Notre Dame where he was coached by Harry Hiestand, a Joe Moore disciple. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He spent time in the NFL from 2013-2015 with the Steelers and Saints. He is now part of the committee that selects the winner of the Joe Moore Award.

He joined us to discuss the Joe Moore Award and what makes a great offensive line unit, the chemistry of an offensive line, how the offensive line has evolved in today’s uptempo game, and a framework for determining the best OL unit in college football.

You will enjoy his insight into the game which he developed through the lens of an offensive lineman. We include our winning edge takeaways at the end of the interview.

Show Notes:

• Once a lineman always a lineman
• How trying as an offensive lineman affects an approach to life
• Harry Hiestand - giving you the tools you need to handle everything
• Doing it over and over consistently at a unit
• Evolution of the offensive lineman in the uptempo game
• One player sample size Darnell Wright 
• Chemistry and the bonds between offensive linemen are built off the field
• How do you all go to work together
• Dante Scarnecchia - the group test
• O-linemen have their own language
• What do you do with the resources you have?
•  Do our job - use our technique - whip their ass
• Framework for evaluation of OL units
• Importance of the Joe Moore Award to the game
• Winning Edge

The Moore Method - OL University:

https://coachtube.com/course/football/the-moore-method-ol-university/18225665?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763

Related Episodes:

Aaron Taylor:

Lance Zierlein - Joe Moore Award Process for Determining the Best OL Unit:

https://chrt.fm/track/EFGCF3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CCML2073994393.mp3?updated=1680089902

Joe Thomas - What is Great Coaching?:

https://chrt.fm/track/EFGCF3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CCML6269424318.mp3?updated=1669916203

Dante Scarnecchia:

https://chrt.fm/track/EFGCF3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CCML5356751488.mp3?updated=1669916196

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