• New here? Register here now for access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Plus, stay connected and follow BP on Instagram @buckeyeplanet and Facebook.

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

Jump to latest Follow Reply
Sort by date Sort by votes
Holy Buckeye!;1911872; said:
EsPiN has a billion dollar contract with the SEC....The Big Ten Network is a competitor. So get used to it or do what I do quit watching, visiting or listening to EsPiN.

Much less stressful.


HB
Click to expand...

This really can't be overstated. It's worse than CNN and Fox News at this point. Under no circumstances can you consider corporations making billions in revenue to be "news sources".
 
Upvote 0
BigWoof31;1911982; said:
If the problem was with Saban, the history of UA suggests that they likely would have eliminated him if there was enough of a reason to do so. This was the program that pulled the contract away from Mike Price after he spent University funds on whores while attending a golf trip in Pensecola.
Click to expand...
Mike Price won 0 games. Nick Saban won an NC.

Saban could start a bonfire fueled by bibles and aborted fetuses outside the state capitol, they'd extend his contract and he'd still roll anyone in a gubernatorial election.
 
Upvote 0
knapplc;1911380; said:
The concern isn't whether Mandel has any say, it's whether he's correctly analyzing the situation.
Click to expand...
One of the problems with punditry is that, once something is said repeatedly to the point of aural fatigue, that something gains a peculiar credibility regardless of how brain-dead the initial premise might be.

So the more this stupid shit gets repeated ("Tressel is likely to lose his job," says Stewie), the more likely it is to come true. In my opinion, that would be highly unfortunate both for Coach Tressel and The Ohio State University.
 
Upvote 0
BUCKYLE;1911993; said:
And gator calls me naive.
Click to expand...
Well Kyle, that was wrong...










But not as wrong as this:

tresselsigningleg.gif
 
Upvote 0
zincfinger;1911998; said:
Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but how can only 13 head coaches be involved where 28 different schools were sanctioned?

Did someone go around and get sanctioned for the same thing at ten different schools?
Click to expand...

Because many of those situations involved assistant coaches.
 
Upvote 0
zincfinger;1911998; said:
Maybe I'm missing something obvious...
Click to expand...

alexhortdog95;1912383; said:
Because many of those situations involved assistant coaches.
Click to expand...
Yeah, that would probably qualify as an obvious explanation. I'm a little skeptical that all those situations that "involved assistant coaches" really only involved the assistant coaches, but that's another matter.
 
Upvote 0
Anybody lumping coach Tressel into the boat with the other 10.1 violations is quite simply comparing apples to oranges.
A quick look at the NCAA major violations database will tell you that where this case differs from the others is that coach Tressel did not lie to cover up anything that he or his staff did, but what some of his player did.
That is a huge distinction. Every other major violation in the database involved coaches covering up improper things that they did.
Also, though he likely did submit improper compliance forms, he did not lie or mislead the NCAA when questioned about it.

I am not one who believes he did nothing wrong, but I most certainly am one who believes that the good he has done outweighs the bad.

Folks calling for his head, stating that "In the real world" someone would be instantly fired for breaking a rule obviously has no sense or reality or has no experience working with a truly valuable employee.

Any time you have an employee who breaks a rule.. you look at the total picture and determine if the employee is an asset or a liability.

I believe even with this setback, Jim is still an asset to the university and should remain our coach.

Compare Jim to all of the other coaches who have been accused of a 10.1 violation and I guarantee that there is no comparison when it comes to Jim's upside.
 
Upvote 0
Tlangs;1912418; said:
gotcha....so blame the assistant so the head coach can keep his job. makes sense.
Click to expand...

I think I had posted something on a previous thread about this topic, but if I remember correctly, in those 28 instances that involved coaches, I believe only one coach kept his job. And that was only because he wasn't in the state when the alleged infraction took place. He had to generate plane ticket stubs, call records, check images, the whole works, LOL.
 
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top