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Hopalong40
Rookie
MaxBuck;1930039; said:
You're right. I edited my post. Sorry, but I simply feel so truly bad for JT.
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nookam
Sophmore
Hopalong40;1930032; said:
Thats a nice post from a rival fan who appreciated a good man and coach. Makes me want to vomit to hear Mark May says that Tressel was only worried about the money and himself. I don't agree with Tressel mentoring a "culture of corruption" and bringing up all the way back to Youngstown St.
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3074326
Assistant to the Head Coach
This is a sad day for Ohio State.
As much as I disagree with how Coach handled the situation, I feel really bad that it came to this. I had and still have a lot of respect for Tressel. He was not only a great coach, but a great person. He did a lot for the university and the city. He accomplished so much. It's sad that it has to end with a resignation. It's sad that he's faced so much criticism (even if it is deserved, to an extent) for his mistake. He's undoubtedly a high-character person, we all know that. Nobody could have represented the school as well as he did, and we can only hope to find such a high-character replacement. One mistake doesn't erase all the good things he did. Ohio State will be fine, but this is just a very unfortunate way to end such an incredible 10 year career at Ohio State.
Thanks for everything, Coach.
As much as I disagree with how Coach handled the situation, I feel really bad that it came to this. I had and still have a lot of respect for Tressel. He was not only a great coach, but a great person. He did a lot for the university and the city. He accomplished so much. It's sad that it has to end with a resignation. It's sad that he's faced so much criticism (even if it is deserved, to an extent) for his mistake. He's undoubtedly a high-character person, we all know that. Nobody could have represented the school as well as he did, and we can only hope to find such a high-character replacement. One mistake doesn't erase all the good things he did. Ohio State will be fine, but this is just a very unfortunate way to end such an incredible 10 year career at Ohio State.
Thanks for everything, Coach.
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NM.
I don't have anything good to say so I'm going to not say anything.
I'm sick. I dont know how to react today without it being kneejerk and angry.
The Buckeye family lost tremendously today.
I don't have anything good to say so I'm going to not say anything.
I'm sick. I dont know how to react today without it being kneejerk and angry.
The Buckeye family lost tremendously today.
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Sad. Pissed. Sick.
Horrible day in Buckeye & NCAA history. Without JT, I probably wouldn't be the Buckeye fan I am today. A great coach, but an ever better man and one that will surely be missed. Thank you Jim for all that you have done for Ohio State & for the football program.
9-1. Eat it whores.
O-H!!!!
Horrible day in Buckeye & NCAA history. Without JT, I probably wouldn't be the Buckeye fan I am today. A great coach, but an ever better man and one that will surely be missed. Thank you Jim for all that you have done for Ohio State & for the football program.
9-1. Eat it whores.
O-H!!!!
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SloopyHangOn
WhoO WhoO WhoO!
I'm going to withhold my disgust until this SI article breaks.
My gut tells me that there's not going to be much here worth the price of admission, but at least then we have a more tangible base of information to make judgements from. Don't get me wrong, I still think Tressel is and has been (whether against his will or not) the figurehead and scapegoat in all of this... which is not to say he isn't guilty of anything, but to say that he sure is taking the heaviest burden here.
I just can't rationally be outraged with this until I really know the "why" behind it. Not speculative, but specific.
My gut tells me that there's not going to be much here worth the price of admission, but at least then we have a more tangible base of information to make judgements from. Don't get me wrong, I still think Tressel is and has been (whether against his will or not) the figurehead and scapegoat in all of this... which is not to say he isn't guilty of anything, but to say that he sure is taking the heaviest burden here.
I just can't rationally be outraged with this until I really know the "why" behind it. Not speculative, but specific.
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MaliBuckeye
1) Be A Man.
SloopyHangOn;1930108; said:
I'm with you in that I'm waiting to read the SI thing. I've been screening calls all day with "talk to me tomorrow" as my standard response.
My ideals/goals have not changed. As such, it's been a pretty tough couple of months.
So... we wait and see, and support Coach Fickell.
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rnclittlerock
Freshman
condolences from down south in Arkansas.
tressel always seemed like a class act amongst generally dishonest people in a generally dishonest business to me.
btw don't bother with bobby petrino, the buyout is too high
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tressel always seemed like a class act amongst generally dishonest people in a generally dishonest business to me.
btw don't bother with bobby petrino, the buyout is too high
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sandgk
Watson, Crick & A Twist
I remember with total clarity when I learned that John Cooper was gone as coach. I pulled off from the PA turnpike and the wife and I high-fived each other, certain that a better coach, a better man would roll into cowtown and raise up the Buckeyes to greater heights.
Well, a better man did roll in, and he did promise to take the Buckeyes to new heights - and the day he said so the wife and I repeated the high-five.
We did it again when tOSU beat Michigan for the first in many times under Tressel's leadership
We high-fived once more when tOSU was brought to the pinnacle of college football for the first time in 34 years.
I'll never forget where, or how I learned that Jim Tressel resigned. But today, there was no high-fiving. Not even from opposing team's fans in our heterogeneous holiday gathering mix.
Nope, today is not a high-five day, it is more like a day to try to get to grips with how badly this may turn out for the Buckeye going forward.
It is a day to hope that Fickell and the team he now coaches will overcome their certain adversities.
And, it is a day to remember all the great good that Tressel brought to the program - and consider what it means that his touch will no longer be the one guiding the tiller.
Or, as my wife put it, "it's tragic."
Well, a better man did roll in, and he did promise to take the Buckeyes to new heights - and the day he said so the wife and I repeated the high-five.
We did it again when tOSU beat Michigan for the first in many times under Tressel's leadership
We high-fived once more when tOSU was brought to the pinnacle of college football for the first time in 34 years.
I'll never forget where, or how I learned that Jim Tressel resigned. But today, there was no high-fiving. Not even from opposing team's fans in our heterogeneous holiday gathering mix.
Nope, today is not a high-five day, it is more like a day to try to get to grips with how badly this may turn out for the Buckeye going forward.
It is a day to hope that Fickell and the team he now coaches will overcome their certain adversities.
And, it is a day to remember all the great good that Tressel brought to the program - and consider what it means that his touch will no longer be the one guiding the tiller.
Or, as my wife put it, "it's tragic."
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