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

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BuckBackHome;2048746; said:
Uh oh, there is a vacancy at Akron U now. Their coach was fired after two years and a 2-22 record. He was given the word while driving to his mother's funeral (stay classy Akron). Tressel could move back closer to where he grew up, go against Coach H at Kent once a year and once again don the sweater vest, although he would have to wear blue and yellow. :wink2:
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Fickell could be a pretty solid candidate for the job too.
 
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Tress, you're my boy! You're my boy, Tress!

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Seriously, miss Tress. I've pretty much grown up with him as tOSU's coach. Still hard to watch the team without him.
 
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Well old boy, I guess that's it.

I still am one of the most ardent Tressel loyalists you'll find. I even had pangs of guilt for being excited at the opportunity of Urban's hire. Thought that no one could ever firmly replace SweaterVest in my mind as OSU's coach.

9-1. National Champs. Leader of Men. 6 straight. In Tressel We Trust.

I guess that era truly is passed now with this changeover. Will never forget the good and bad times I had on campus rooting for your teams.

God bless coach.

PS: The new guy is pretty fucking cool though.
 
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BuckBackHome;2048746; said:
Uh oh, there is a vacancy at Akron U now. Their coach was fired after two years and a 2-22 record. He was given the word while driving to his mother's funeral (stay classy Akron). Tressel could move back closer to where he grew up, go against Coach H at Kent once a year and once again don the sweater vest, although he would have to wear blue and yellow. :wink2:
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I'll be very surprised if JT doesn't receive a 2 or 3 'show cause' order from the NCAA, meaning that he's essentially not able to be hired by a Division 1 program for a couple of years.
 
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Haven't really felt the need to say much in here until today. Strange. But I guess it has finally completely sunk in that this is it. It's over, it's really over. There is just a bit of sorrow in all this excitement for me. So...

Damnit Tressel! I've been there with you for literally half my life, since the early '90s and your days at YSU. 20 years. Where did it all go? No parade. No farewell season. No goodbyes. Fuck. This isn't how this movie was supposed to end...Don't you worry though. You'll be forgiven. Many of us surely have forgiven already. It's only a game after all. Hopefully someday when enough time has passed and the critics and cynics have tired of their gloating, you'll feel able to tell us what you were thinking. But until then, goddamnit!

That being said, I wish nothing but the best for you. I hope you can take some satisfaction in watching what you have built at TOSU, as we move forward to even better and brighter days. I won't lie, this new coach of ours has me very excited, but that is not an indictment on you or your time at TOSU. I will forever appreciate the good times. And there were a lot of them. That January night in 2003 spent with my closest friend, when we fell down high fiving and hugging each other when that Dorsey pass hit the turf, will live with me forever. Blaring Across The Field as loud as our ears could take after every score, I've never felt that kind of joy in my sporting life before or since. The exorcizing of the ghosts of the 1990s' seemingly annual disappointments. The renewed sense of honor and tradition. The returning to academic respectability. The domination of M*ch*g*n. The crushing of Notre Dame. Those are the things I will remember, and I am forever grateful. Thank you...
 
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Tressel won't coach at Akron
By Todd Porter

Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel arrives for a hearing in Indianapolis, Ind., Friday. Tressel is in the city to testify about his role in NCAA violations which have shaken the foundation of Ohio State's powerhouse football program and cost him his job.

Internet rumors have been wild the last couple of days about Akron hiring Jim Tressel.

I know, it sounds good if you're Akron. Instant credibility in a football program that has almost none. He would recruit well, and probably steal a few of the big ones away from the big fish.

It isn't going to happen.There have been some people saying Tressel was spotted at InfoCision Stadium today. Laughable. Tressel was in his suburban Columbus home until after lunch today. And would Akron officials really have a meeting with a high-profile candidate at its stadium?

A source close to Tressel and who spoke with the former Buckeye head coach said Tressel probably will not coach again and is not going to take the Akron job. Two, when NCAA Committee on Infractions comes out with its report in December, Tressel will probably have a "show cause" charge for a couple of years. That means any school that wants to hire him must appeal to the Committee on Infractions and justify the hiring.

Then there was this little diddy floated over the weekend about the next Penn State coach. Former Nittany Lion Jim Caldwell would leave the Colts to take over the Penn State program and Indianapolis would hire Tressel was its head coach. That seems to be as long a stretch as Akron. It requires two moves to happen.

I'm told Tressel will not coach in the NFL. It is a cut-throat business. However, Tressel would consider some type of front-office job.

Don't expect Tressel to land in Akron. Look for former Zip Paul Winters to get the first crack at that job, and keep an eye on Matt Campbell, University of Toledo assistant, as well.
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http://www.cantonrep.com/community/blog/corner/x1954211231/Tressel-wont-coach-at-Akron
 
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jlb1705;2048521; said:
My forgiveness, nor that of most anyone else on this board has anything to do with the interests of the football program.

The fact that the program itself has to keep him at arm's length for the time being doesn't mean I have to keep resenting him for the mistakes he made.
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I was responding to a suggestion that the school honor him for his contributions to the university. Hence, my references to the best interests of the program.

No one, most certainly me, was telling you that you needed to "keep resenting" him for anything. Hell, I don't resent him. I do, however, put the best interests of the program ahead of any appreciation I have for his contributions to it during his tenure.

Given that the NCAA sanctions haven't even been announced yet it is too soon for the university to be publicly honoring him for anything.
 
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