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Gene Smith (Former AD, ‘10 AD of the Year, '13 NAAC Organizational Leadership Award)

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LiveForPeace;1932422; said:
Lol...I can see it now...Gee comes to Gene Smith and tells him that he's going to send him on a vacation...all he has to do is admit whether it was Tressel or Pryor..."But I never knew until this day, that it was Tressel all along." Seriously thought, I hope our compliance dept. gets cleaned up, and Gene smith is the AD to do it.
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If our compliance dept. needs cleaned up, then Gene Smith allowed it to get like that or stay like that already. So he should be gone.
 
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LiveForPeace;1932422; said:
Lol...I can see it now...Gee comes to Gene Smith and tells him that he's going to send him on a vacation...all he has to do is admit whether it was Tressel or Pryor..."But I never knew until this day, that it was Tressel all along." Seriously thought, I hope our compliance dept. gets cleaned up, and Gene smith is the AD to do it.
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I hope you're being sarcastic in this post.:sick1:
 
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Saw31;1932471; said:
I suppose it's possible Smith, being a former NCAA honcho, has some pics on his cell phone of current NCAA honchos getting lap dances at a strip club in Indy. If so, we must not fire him....Yet.
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I truly believe that Smith knew about all of this, when made aware began discussing it with NCAA officials as to the right means to resolve without the most penalty, and started that plan.

Considering he had to talk to NCAA brass regarding men's basketball anyway, I am sure it came up.

I don't think he is going anywhere. If Gee knows he has talked with them, it's like having an NCAA official in house.
 
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BUCKYLE;1932565; said:
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Automatic. Systematic.
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FIFY
 
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On the balance of things, it looks very much like Gene Smith will have a lot of answering to do. I still think that the root of Tressel's demise was that press conference. In particular, Gee's unfortunate comment and Smith's cutting Tressel off when he tried to answer the question about sharing the information with someone else.

I still think that things are much cleaner than most everyone thinks right now. But I remain open-minded.
 
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A quote from Geiger...

"I don't think there's very much happiness anywhere about this. The folks that had to do this feel worse than everybody else. This one simply mushroomed to the place there was no option. That's my take from here."


This is kind of what I'm trying to say about Gene Smith's failure. The debacle surrounding that press conference and the handling of the media and JT himself after that is what caused the issue to mushroom. The failure of the AD to effectively manage the crisis is grounds for dismissal, IMO, even though the incident itself may or may not have had anything to do with him.

In case I'm not being clear, I hold GS responsible for allowing Tress to get fired. He could have come out on day one and laid out all the dirty laundry, and suspended JT for a year. There would have been a circus and it would have sucked, but three years from now, JT would still be our coach. That is, obviously, not what happened.
 
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It will become apparent, as time passes, that Mr. Smith is a round peg in a square hole. Gee is probably not vulnerable, but Smith was part of the problem in the eyes of fans. Tressel's tenure at Ohio State will be viewed as a good thing; Smith will become unknown.
 
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Saw31;1932471; said:
I suppose it's possible Smith, being a former NCAA honcho, has some pics on his cell phone of current NCAA honchos getting lap dances at a strip club in Indy. If so, we must not fire him....Yet.
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I stated he should go after the NCAA report..but if he is able to dump all this in JT's lap and get the school off with a wrist slap..then I will agree he is a genius..(I have to see it to believe it)
 
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