Berry Tramel: Todd Monken just what OSU coaching staff needs

I like Monken's days at LSU, a program that is where OSU is trying to be. I like Monken's NFL experience; the Jaguars run a solid ship. If Jack Del Rio thinks enough of Monken to make him the Jacksonville quarterback coach, then Monken is plenty qualified to coach Brandon Weeden and J.W. Walsh.

But here's what I like best about Monken. I think he will fit well with the staff.

God bless Dana Holgorsen, who was an 11-month marvel running the State offense, but I don't know that staff cohesion was a forte of the 2010 Cowboys.

The finished product was just fine — way better than fine — but you kept hearing stories that Gundy's staff, including Gundy himself, felt a little alienated from the guy running the offense.

Neither Gundy nor Holgorsen has bitten on such talk, but it makes sense. Holgorsen arrived with carte blanche over the offense and made no secret of his unorthodox schedule preferences. He was a late riser, which is as rare for a football coach as it is for a farmer.

“Part of the arrangement was, he's going to let me do the deal,” Holgorsen said in December of his agreement with Gundy. “He just let me go with it.

“I had to coach the coaches. Coming in, I didn't bring anybody with me. We had quality coaches, but they didn't know what I did offensively. So I had to coach coaches.”