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

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Buckskin86;1938902; said:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...of-tressels-exit-nearly-finished.html?sid=101

What might work against Tressel? ...concerns include his sensitivity to criticism and his fatherly coaching style. None of them indicated that Tressel's problems at Ohio State would eliminate him as a candidate.
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"Sensitivity to criticism"? Coach Tressel didn't seem to have problems with criticism, at least no more so than 98% of the other coaches out there at either his level (D1) or even NFL coaches.

And this confuses me: Aren't the coach's difficulties at tOSU stemming from (IMO) his fatherly coaching style?
 
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MightbeaBuck;1939346; said:
"Sensitivity to criticism"? Coach Tressel didn't seem to have problems with criticism, at least no more so than 98% of the other coaches out there at either his level (D1) or even NFL coaches.

And this confuses me: Aren't the coach's difficulties at tOSU stemming from (IMO) his fatherly coaching style?
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Agreed. Neither phrase makes much sense. I'll admit to not following Tressel as closely as you Buckeyes fans, but even as a semi-casual follower of OSU football, I've never heard anything remotely like Tressel being "overly sensitive."

And the fatherly thing - how is this a detraction? Even talking about the NFL, this isn't something I would think would go down as a knock against a coach.

Clearly we're still in the "piling on" phase.
 
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Tressel skips NCAA rules seminar

Jim Tressel remains somewhat underground. In the wake of his resignation from Ohio State, Jim Tressel opted not to attend the rules compliance seminar in Tampa, Fla., last week. The seminar was to be part of his school-imposed punishment for committing a major NCAA rules violation. Gene Marsh, an attorney from Birmingham, Ala., whom Tressel hired to help him during OSU's appearance before the NCAA Committee on Infractions on Aug. 12, said he understood why Tressel did not attend the seminar. Marsh, a lecturer at the event, said Tressel likely would have drawn a great deal of attention from the media and others because of his recent resignation and Terrelle Pryor's decision last week to forgo his senior season, and he could have become a daily distraction.​


Entire article: The Columbus Dispatch​

 
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Black clouds will eventually pass on Jim Tressel's Ohio State legacy: Bill Livingston
Published: Saturday, June 18, 2011
By Bill Livingston, The Plain Dealer

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Jim Tressel stood before a microphone at Kinnick Stadium last November, in no mood to hear about winning ugly.

After fielding several questions about Ohio State's sputtering offense in a narrow victory over Iowa, the Buckeyes' coach said, "Before you put quill to paper, think about how tough that Iowa defense was that we faced."

Taking umbrage at Tressel's little jibes was a cottage industry for a few reporters, but some of us felt that one was pretty funny. "And me without my parchment," one guy said.

Hypocrisy is most reporters' favorite flaw in public officials, though, and so Tressel's lies in the cover-up of the memorabilia scandal came back to haunt him. Particularly damning was one remark he made in the first news conference devoted to it last December. Before the cover-up was exposed, Tressel said his players had ignored the "moral sensor" everyone has that should have told them right from wrong.

Cited even more frequently was the pretentious title of one of his books, "Life Promises for Success: Promises from God on Achieving Your Best."

A truer picture of Tressel is that of a man who for a decade fully inhabited the narrative of this state's pride, who embodied the aspirations of fans in this city, and who did more than anyone else to fulfill them.

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http://www.cleveland.com/livingston/index.ssf/2011/06/black_clouds_will_eventually_p.html
 
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There has been a lynch mob mentality to condemn Coach Tressel but those in Ohio know the man walks the walk even if he has proven less the a saint.
What has happened is a damn shame to a good man who helped thousands of kids become better people.
:oh:
 
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I have learned a lot about Jim Tressel this year.

Tressel will receive his base pay as well as health benefits through June 30, which amounts to $52,250. Additionally, he will receive a lump sum payment for unused vacation time within 15 days of the agreement going into effect.

Furthermore, the agreement exempts Tressel from paying the $250,000 fine that was imposed by the school on March 8. Tressel's attorney, Rex Elliot, told the Columbus Dispatch that Tressel argued he had paid enough.
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Meanwhile, the school has only begun to pay. :ohwell:

Terms have changed; Tressel retires not resigns
 
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billmac91;1950832; said:
The flipside is Tressel will "play along" with the narrative that Gene Smith is now using. Just a month ago Smith was telling everyone that JT asked to step down....today we hear that Gene told JT to resign.

Which was it?
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JT was told to step down or be fired. You don't fly home on Sunday night before Memorial Day because you get a sudden urge to quit your job. He was being let go ahead of the SI story that was coming out on Tuesday.

What this latest spin - and more importantly severance pay, removal of the fine, and JT's attorney - tells us is that the parties have settled out of court. Gee didn't just wake up yesterday and decide to give JT some money 5 weeks after he resigned. The fact that the amount is so small relative to JT's contract tells you his attorney didn't think he was in a favorable position.

In the end, it's just another case of an employee with a contract being asked to move on and given a severance rather than having a court battle embarrassing to both parties as their dirty laundry is revealed to the public. Prior to this year, I never imagined Jim Tressel leaving our University in this manner. Never. :ohwell:
 
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Onebuckfan;1950882; said:
This settlement is due to one thing the Jim O'brien matter..tOSU wants to prevent litigation bound by law not NCAA luanacy..
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I only hope that Ohio State wasn't so stupid and trusting as to give JT a contract with the glaring loopholes that O'Brien exploited. If they did, then this all makes sense. The university was in a catch 22 in that they couldn't leave JT in place and come off as snubbing their nose at the ncaa (and that list of heavy donating alumni who were pressuring Gee and the board to get this done). OTOH, they firing JT would open themselves up to a multi-million dollar lawsuit.

A forced resignation and minimal payout seems to have been the smart play.
 
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