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

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There will be day for Tressel and his team and all Buckeye Fans to question their intelligence. Right now take it and work harder for when that day comes it will be that much more special. One does not go to 3 NC games in 6 years (hmm no coach Pete or Stoops have been to that many) by chance and when his record becomes 2-2 everyone will want to jump on. Just keep the names and look forward to the day to kick them off. Go Bucks
 
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A good email about JT from Lasalle's HC.

Link: 1530HOMER - The Sports Animal!

Alan,

I listen to your show every morning coming into school and you said this morning that you wanted to hear from Jim Tressel supporters and that is why I am e-amiling you this morning.

First of all I am a die hard OhioState fan. I have met Jim Tressel on multiple occasions while he was recruiting at LaSalle and of all of the head college football coaches that I have met in my 21 years as a head high school football coach he is by far the most impressive.

I heard you challenge him as a game coach and that he got out coached by Les Miles and I think that you are wrong. Jim won 4 National titles at YoungstownState and 1 at OhioState. A few years ago Jim went head to head against Les Miles and the buckeyes won easily by 30 or so points. OhioState had more talent than OklahomaState that year just like LSU had more talent than OSU this year. It still comes down to having players and I sincerely believe that the true measure of a coach is how they do when they don't always have the best talent. I maintain that this was a rebuilding year for OSU and for the buckeyes to get to the national championship game at all speaks volumes about coach Tressel.

As a true OSU fan I have to admit that Jim is a little conservative on offense. I wish that they would air it out more but that is not his style. I believe that Boeckman the OSU QB had trigger problems and that hurt the buckeyes as much as the mental mistakes. I saw receivers open and he couldn't pull the trigger. Maybe they didn't want him taking chances but sometimes you have to roll the dice and take chances. Michigan did that against Florida and that is one of the reason that they won.


Is the SEC better than the Big Ten? Yes, the SEC puts more players in the NFL than any other league in America. Like I said before it is all about the players. The competition in the SEC is brutal. Can the top teams in the big Ten compete with the SEC? I say yes. The big ten over the last 23 head to head games with the SEC is 11-12. Not bad? The bottom teams in the big ten are terrible. The bottom teams in the SEC are still pretty good. UK's win against LSU is a prime example of that.


In the GCL we experience that same thing in all of the sports. The GCL teams always do well in tournaments because we are battled tested from playing in our league.

I have to get going but I wanted to end with this story about Jim Tressel. Two years ago he was visiting LaSalle for the firts time and he stayed for 2 hours. He visited with our administrators and guidance staff and coaches. While we were waiting for a player to come out of class he said to me that when he gets fired from this job (that says a lot to me) he wants to teach Math at a CatholicHigh School and be the JV QB coach. He is not looking to go the NFL. He is a teacher first and he cares about his players. Troy Smith was saved because of coach Tressel. His family and home life was as bad as it gets and Jim Tressell helped save him with direction and guidance. In fact, one of the OSU assistant coaches shared with me that Jim never gives up on kids and they somtetimes wish that he would cut some loose but he believes that he can change individual lives and to be honest that is what we are here for.

Thanks for listeng to me and I am riding in at 7:15 to about 7:30 every morning.



Tom Grippa
Head Football Coach
LaSalleHigh School
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Wayne Woodrow (Woody) Hayes is the gold standard for coaching success and longevity at Ohio State.

Woody Hayes in 28 seasons at Ohio State --
Big Ten Championships - 13, a rate just under 0.5 championships per year of service.

1954 • 1955 • 1957 • 1961 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977

National Championships - 3 consensus titles. A rate just under once every nine years. Positioned to try for the title on many other occasions.

1954 • 1957 • 1968

Jim Tressel has been at the helm now for seven seasons during which time ..
Big Ten Championships - 4, a rate over 0.5 championships per year of service, a current streak of 3 first place finishes in conference.
2002 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007

National Titles - one uncontested National Title, a rate, by definition of one title every seven years.
2002

More impressive yet, he has the Buckeyes vying for the national title one out of every two years of his service as head coach - that number and rate will go up again, and it will not take seven years for that to happen.

Yet, because of the most recent result, there are some calling him to account?
 
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Jim Tressel is, on balance, the best college football coach in my entire life experience. Those who think otherwise are dolts.:tongue2:

J/K. I just wish many fans could step away from current disappointment to better appreciate the entire body of work of this superb coach and fine human being.
 
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From what I've heard, the local media is hammering Tressel very, very hard. I'm kind of confused. Do they really blame the loss on Jim? Or, do they just want ratings?

It's amazing. Cowherd actually stood up for Tressel on Tuesday morning, defending the coach, stating that he did the best he could with the talent he had to use. National media is standing by Tressel, while local media isn't?
 
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daveeb;1063750; said:
From what I've heard, the local media is hammering Tressel very, very hard. I'm kind of confused. Do they really blame the loss on Jim? Or, do they just want ratings?

It's amazing. Cowherd actually stood up for Tressel on Tuesday morning, defending the coach, stating that he did the best he could with the talent he had to use. National media is standing by Tressel, while local media isn't?
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daveeb;1063750; said:
From what I've heard, the local media is hammering Tressel very, very hard. I'm kind of confused. Do they really blame the loss on Jim? Or, do they just want ratings?

It's amazing. Cowherd actually stood up for Tressel on Tuesday morning, defending the coach, stating that he did the best he could with the talent he had to use. National media is standing by Tressel, while local media isn't?
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The local media is mostly just frustrated and looking for someone to place the blame on.. JT is the head coach, so he is the logical choice.

Doesn't matter anyway. All that matters is that the fanbase, administration, and players stand behind him, like they do now.
 
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Hmmm, let's see JT and the Bucks have lost five games in the last three years. Those losses would be to Texas (eventual national champion), Penn State (BCS qualifier), Florida (eventual national champion), Illinois (BCS qualifier), and LSU (eventual national champion). If people want to criticize individual game decisions, so be it. That comes with with the territory. But to question the direction of the program is simply laughable. And, to let the media guide you in that direction, is worse. People who get paid to create judgements of others shouldn't be valued, unless they have shown expertise in the field. Unfortunately, for the viewing and reading public, most of the guys commenting on college football haven't done much to earn that respect.
 
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808 Buck;1064476; said:
to question the direction of the program is simply laughable. And, to let the media guide you in that direction, is worse.
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Anyone who questions Tressel is a moron, in my opinion. The man is a living legend. You can dog the media as much as you want, but from what I've seen with my own eyes, the media has presented Tressel as the #1 coach in the 2000s, along with Pete Carroll (but I still think the media presents Tressel at a higher level of respect than they do Carroll). If Tressel was coaching an SEC powerhouse, that would be scary. Fortunately for us, he isn't. But you have to respect him for that. The guy is an Ohio man fighting his heart out to kept Ohio St. relevant outside the Big Ten, and he's doing a hell of a job at it. Seriously, in my opinion, anybody who dogs Tressel has no respect in my eyes.
 
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It's ok to criticize the guy for the coaching decisions during the past two national title bids. Nobody can say different,but at the same time he has done more then I could have ever imagined someone doing at OSU this fast...He has done an amazing job.
 
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Hmmm, let's see JT and the Bucks have lost five games in the last three years. Those losses would be to Texas (eventual national champion), Penn State (BCS qualifier), Florida (eventual national champion), Illinois (BCS qualifier), and LSU (eventual national champion).
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I never really noticed that, but that is freaking impressive...there's no other program in the country that can say something like that...now let's just take it one step further and become the eventual national champions next year
 
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Canton

Sunday Special: Tressel takes it like a coach
Sunday, January 13, 2008
BY Todd Porter
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER

In the days after Ohio State?s burial in the bayou, fans sent e-mails asking the same question.

Just after how in the world did that happen ? we?ll get to that ? was the question asking how Buckeye Head Coach Jim Tressel was handling the loss. To explain this, fans need to understand that Tressel does not hold losses ? or wins ? in the same perspective as most. He can?t afford to. Otherwise, Ohio State wouldn?t be a top 10 program, and Tressel wouldn?t be the coach of it.

Think of it this way: If you had a great day at work, how long could you afford to live in that moment? Conversely, if you had the worst day at work, how long could afford to wallow in it? You had better move on, or you?re not going to have a job very long.

Tressel isn?t handling the loss like a man. He isn?t handling it like a fan.

He is, however, handling it like a coach. That?s what he is paid well to do. It is clear OSU needs better players to keep up with the SEC. Recruiting is the lifeblood of a program.

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808 Buck;1064476; said:
Hmmm, let's see JT and the Bucks have lost five games in the last three years. Those losses would be to Texas (eventual national champion), Penn State (BCS qualifier), Florida (eventual national champion), Illinois (BCS qualifier), and LSU (eventual national champion). ...
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Of that list of teams, Illinois is the only one of them that finished below #3 in the national rankings.

Yeah, we stink. We need to recruit better players and get better coaches because the best of the best can actually beat us. We went up against one of the best defensive lines I've ever seen and didn't totally man-handle them. Boo-freakin-hoo, I think I'll go slit my wrists.
 
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