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Jim Tressel (National Champion, ex-President, Youngstown State University, CFB HOF)

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One thing that I always noticed about the team since Tressel came on is that the team is genuinely "together." It seems like they are more comfortable as a group than a lot of the other teams I watch play every Saturday for a few months each year. Almost like how close-knit the Cavs are, just in a slightly different way. I definitely think there is a lot to be said for getting a team to be that close. It shows in both the Buckeyes and the Cavs on and off the field/court.
 
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ToledoFreePress.com

Tressel's game plan for sports and life includes God
Written by Chris Schmidbauer

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Jim Tressel photographed Dec. 2 by Katie Schmidbauer

As the soft morning light turns to dawn in central Ohio, Jim Tressel is where he always is - already at his desk preparing for a day's work.
Tressel has been on quite an odyssey since his life dramatically changed almost a decade ago.

Despite all the hustle and bustle that follows The Ohio State University football coach, there is one thing that has not changed: Tressel still spends his early morning hours, reaching not for his Ohio State playbook but for God?s playbook.

"It is healthy to start your day by giving thanks for your blessings," Tressel said. "It's important to start each day with the right things in the front of your mind. Sometimes we wake up with all of our problems and burdens already consuming us. The devotion works in kind of the way an air conditioner freshens a room. The thoughts and reflection time refreshes our minds."

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Look around at the coaching world. You see coaches abandoning their players right before the bowl game to go to a bigger and better school. The very players they recruited. What does that say about those coaches as educators and mentors? What kind of principle does it teach the kids?

You see coaches blaming their players, calling them soft, passing on the buck to the players, etc. You see coaches treating their programs as businesses, their players as mere investments. You see coaches breaking the rules (not that the NCAA cares) and employing the sleaziest tactics to recruit star players.

Then you look at Columbus, Ohio. There is a great, great gentleman of tremendous personal integrity coaching our kids. He knows how important winning football games, and he wins a lot of them. He also knows that he is an educator and mentor to his players. He develops them as students, as young men, and as citizens.

He never blames a player. He never usurps the spotlight. The glory, and the blame, are for the entire team, coaches and players.

When Jim Tressel leaves, it is going to be very, very hard for his successors over the next few decades to match up.

Let's be grateful to him while he's here!
 
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Tressel

JimsSweaterVest;1618379; said:
Look around at the coaching world. You see coaches abandoning their players right before the bowl game to go to a bigger and better school. The very players they recruited. What does that say about those coaches as educators and mentors? What kind of principle does it teach the kids?

You see coaches blaming their players, calling them soft, passing on the buck to the players, etc. You see coaches treating their programs as businesses, their players as mere investments. You see coaches breaking the rules (not that the NCAA cares) and employing the sleaziest tactics to recruit star players.

Then you look at Columbus, Ohio. There is a great, great gentleman of tremendous personal integrity coaching our kids. He knows how important winning football games, and he wins a lot of them. He also knows that he is an educator and mentor to his players. He develops them as students, as young men, and as citizens.

He never blames a player. He never usurps the spotlight. The glory, and the blame, are for the entire team, coaches and players.

When Jim Tressel leaves, it is going to be very, very hard for his successors over the next few decades to match up.

Let's be grateful to him while he's here!
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Great post!
:oh:
 
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Just a plus to the other pluses - the winners manual is awesome! Not only is this guy keeping us from being the embarassment that used to be our rival, but he is also preparing these young men to be great men wherever they decide to go after football. It brings me great pride knowing that we have someone who can multi task like that.
 
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starBUCKS;1620330; said:
Ken Gordon of the Dispatch reported that Tressel said 10 underclassmen turned in their paperwork to the NFL to have their draft status analyzed. Not unusual at all though.
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Any guesses?

Gibson
Heyward
Chekwa
Rolle
Boren
Rolle
Saine
Hines
Sanz
Homan
 
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