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

[NJ-Buckeye]

ya got "Strategic" in your title... you'd better be focused on revenue generation..

I have decided to laugh hard at all my stupid jokes from here forward

:susp: .. Kant Read.. Kant Write.. Kant State

 

[buckeyegrad]

:susp: .. Kant Read.. Kant Write.. Kant State

Leave me out of this!

 

[Buckskin86]

Q: Was there a point after you left Ohio State where you thought you?d never be able to work at a university again?

A: Not really, no. I guess I?d never considered that and I really didn?t know, I thought when I left Ohio State, ?Now I have an opportunity to see what else is out in this world.? My dad coached all those years. From birth I was involved in that world. Yet I was around the academic world and the educational world more than any other. I didn?t have a skill or a trade. I wasn?t a business-oriented person. I read a lot and I thought a lot. Typically you end up coming back to what your passion is and my passion is working with young people and watching them grow and helping them grow. The way you do it is you develop relationships and encourage them.

Whether it?s at St. Anthony Elementary School where I started as a phys ed teacher while I was going to college or student teaching at Midpark or teaching classes at Akron while I was a grad student, the fun part was working with kids and watching them succeed and hearing back from them and how they used those lessons from our class or our team concept their whole life. Those are the championships. That?s what I?ve always thrived on.

Q: Do you feel like you?re still under a black cloud or people are less trusting of you now?

A: I don?t know. I don?t give that a whole bunch of thought, just like I never gave any thought if they thought I was under some wonderful gold cloud like I was some wonderful person because we won some games. Coach [Earle)] Bruce used to remind us that ?Nothing?s as good as it seems and nothing?s as bad.? I?ve never given much thought to the clouds people might assign to me. I?ve always given a lot of thought to ?OK, here?s what we?ve worked on doing, here?s what we?ve done and here?s what we?ve got to do better and here?s where we can improve and here?s a lesson we?ve learned.? I guess I?ve never concerned myself too much about which cloud because clouds come in and out fast.

Q: Do you have any specific regrets about the scandal? I would assume there are some things you wish you?d done differently.

A: You always have that feeling as you go through and results occur. The biggest, I don?t know if the word is regret or disappointment or whatever, it?s never comfortable, you?re always constantly stung with the disappointment that something ended up not being a positive thing and I was a part of it. That?s disappoints the people, we had a group of kids and coaches who were together and now we?re not together. We had disappointment and negative publicity, sanctions ? of course you regret, you wish it weren?t so. But it was.What?s most important is you move on and you try to learn from your lessons. You don?t erase what wasn?t so wonderful. You don?t erase all the things that were wonderful. You just move on and try to be the best you can be as you go forward.

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http://www.ohio.com/news/top-storie...ssel-reflections-regrets-and-renewal-1.263055

 

[Buckskin86]

Rumors are circulating in coaching circles that Akron?s hiring of former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel as vice president of strategic engagement was in preparation for a later move to athletic director.

Tressel is saddled with a five-year show-cause penalty by the NCAA that effectively prevents him from coaching and would likely also deter the school from naming him to athletic director in the near future.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2012/02/10/rumblings-2-10-art-gb2g022c-1.html

 

[Buckeye1]

JT

Great read...those who judged him based on what they think is the "motive" why he didn't tell...shame on you. I was called "ignorant" before by standing with JT that winning was never a reason he didn't tell...and I will always stand by that.

Yes, he broke an NCAA rule, which he knew. but the kids life is always more important to him. Some day, some "true" facts will come out, but JT is a much better man then I am. He never let other's comments bother him at all because he knows who he is and what/why he does it.

Meyer will certain bring more excitement to our football program, and we are glad to move on to next season.

http://www.ohio.com/news/top-storie...ssel-reflections-regrets-and-renewal-1.263055

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Yes, he broke an NCAA rule, which he knew. but the kids life is always more important to him. Some day, some "true" facts will come out, but JT is a much better man then I am. He never let other's comments bother him at all because he knows who he is and what/why he does it.

Someday, Orenthal will catch the real killers too.

 

[BB73]

Someday, Orenthal will catch the real killers too.

Surely you're not comparing somebody not forwarding 2 emails (and signing a compliance form, and not mentioning the emails to anybody when questioned in Dec. 2010) to somebody that killed 2 people, are you?

Because isn't that in the same ballpark as the Penn State fans comparing JT's transgressions to Paterno's?

And yeah, I know just how much you'll appreciate being compared to those folks.

 

[SCBuck13]

My dad was at the Blue Man Group Concert last night, and apparently Tressel was as well. Part of there act is to scale the crowd and pick someone to come on stage with them. While going through the crowd they came across Coach Tress and his wife. When they were shown on the video screen, the whole audience stood up and gave a standing ovation. Just thought it was nice that people still show a great amount of respect for Coach Tressel, even the Blue Men

 

[matcar]

Surely you're not comparing somebody not forwarding 2 emails (and signing a compliance form, and not mentioning the emails to anybody when questioned in Dec. 2010) to somebody that killed 2 people, are you?

Because isn't that in the same ballpark as the Penn State fans comparing JT's transgressions to Paterno's?

And yeah, I know just how much you'll appreciate being compared to those folks.

I don't think he was comparing the two...just the conspiracy theories. Look, we all loved JT, but on this particular issue, JT doesn't hold high moral ground. It was a mistake he made and we as fans surely can accept that fact and that JT was human.

It doesn't make me like JT any less knowing that.

 

[Onebuckfan]

I don't think he was comparing the two...just the conspiracy theories. Look, we all loved JT, but on this particular issue, JT doesn't hold high moral ground. It was a mistake he made and we as fans surely can accept that fact and that JT was human.

It doesn't make me like JT any less knowing that.

THIS I love JT but he was wrong and it can't be spun any other way.

 

[BB73]

I don't think he was comparing the two...just the conspiracy theories. Look, we all loved JT, but on this particular issue, JT doesn't hold high moral ground. It was a mistake he made and we as fans surely can accept that fact and that JT was human.

It doesn't make me like JT any less knowing that.

I know. I just wanted to make that comparison to see if ORD's head would explode.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Nobody is comparing JT to Orenthal or Paterno. What I'm comparing is the utter blind devotion of the disciples who, despite the mountain of evidence, continue to cling to their hero's innocence and await the (some)day that all the exculpatory evidence finally comes to light leading the rest of the nation to eat crow.

Comparing JT's transgressions to those of Paterno is like comparing Bunker Hill to Babi Yar. Ain't no mother fucking ballpark about it. That being said, the blind devotion of guys like what's his shit above is quite similar to the blind devotion of the pedtards. It's just that what's his ass is a minority whereas these beliefs are blind faith among 90% of the pedtard community.

My end opinion about JT is that he is basically a decent guy who fucked up in a big way and one that justifiably cost him his job. As I've posted recently, I'm happy with his position at Akron, and I think he'll thrive in the position. He never committed a hanging offense....just a firing one and deserves another chance.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

I know. I just wanted to make that comparison to see if ORD's head would explode.

And if the hockey team has not made my head explode the last six weeks, you've really, really got to step up your game.

 

[Buckskin86]

Tressel?s pay at UA a fraction of what he made at Ohio State
By David Knox and Carol Biliczky
Beacon Journal staff writers
Published: February 14, 2012

Jim Tressel will make $200,000 as the newest vice president at the University of Akron.

Most people would think that?s a lot ? it?s more than four times what a typical Ohio household takes in a year. But for Tressel, it?s quite a come-down from the economic heights he commanded as Ohio State?s head football coach.

His salary at UA is likely even less than the state pension he began collecting last summer, at age 58, shortly after he was forced to resign after being accused by the NCAA of covering up a tattoo-for-memorabilia scam by his players.

And that pension ? starting at $204,575 a year, assuming Tressel opted for the traditional ?single-life benefit? plan offered by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System ? is the most allowed by federal law, but only a small fraction of the $21.7 million he made during his decade-long career at OSU.

That total represented ?every penny? Tressel made in Columbus, according to OSU spokesman Jim Lynch.

His salary represented only a small part of his compensation. More than three-quarters came from endorsements and personal appearance contracts and bonuses, according to OSU records.

Tressel joined at OSU in 2001 with a base salary of $190,700. That rose quickly, in step with his success on the gridiron.

By 2010, his last full year in Columbus, he was earning $624,750 in salary and vacation pay. On top of that were payments and reimbursements for vehicles, game tickets, country clubs, charter flights, cell phones and other perks.

That year, for example, OSU paid $23,016 for vehicles leased for Tressel and his wife, Ellen. He also received $17,920 worth of football tickets and was reimbursed $10,732 in country club dues and fees.

The really big money came in his share of contracts promoting OSU football and commercial endorsements. In 2010, Tressel was paid $1.8 million for being on television, radio and for personal appearance, and $1 million as his share of the school?s contract with sporting goods giant Nike.

All told, Tressel made $3.5 million in 2010.

cont...

http://www.ohio.com/news/local-news...action-of-what-he-made-at-ohio-state-1.264798

 

[OmahaBeef]

Apparently Tressel spoke at some kind of OSU Engineering thing today, and this was the story I got from a friend who was there:

"He came out for the speech, sat and breathed heavily for two minutes -- and puked on the floor. Then he said that the OSU vs Michigan game made him throw up."

I guess after that, he went on to deliver a good 45 minute speech.

I was told it was food poisoning.