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buckeyefan_1;1543897; said:
I agree with every point you've made man, and honestly yes, a number of our fanbase is that spoiled into thinking that we should win every single game we play! I'm a huge Tressel fan and love that he represents our school! His record speaks for itself, I have friends who are friends of other schools and they try and heckle me but I give them Tress' stats and they have nothing to say because they know that they'd give their left nut to have a coach with that record. His decision making has worked before and it'll work again, but hey, when you're the Head Coach at a school like tOSU, you're gonna have some rabid (and sometimes unrealistic) fans. Tress is alright by me, and I'd love to see the faces of the same fans who want him fired when we're victorious in a BCS bowl this year and the next(hopefully the NC)! Go Bucks!
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otisu
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Finally, a thread worthy of my first post? :)
A program that year in and year out is considered in the National Championship picture with a coach that truly works to better each player as a person, and oh yeah is 7-1 in The Game. I couldn?t ask for more. Thanks for all you do for these kids, the OSU, and the state of Ohio!
A program that year in and year out is considered in the National Championship picture with a coach that truly works to better each player as a person, and oh yeah is 7-1 in The Game. I couldn?t ask for more. Thanks for all you do for these kids, the OSU, and the state of Ohio!
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martinss01
blissfully stupid
ultimately jim tressel is an employee of a company/organization just like the rest of us. the best way to judge the job someone is doing is by studying the product delivered.
coach tressel told us that we would be proud of our young people in the classroom, in the community, and most especially on the field in ann arbor scumland.
in the classroom?
http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/...academic-honors-buckeye-football-players.html
The Buckeyes topped the Big Ten for the fifth-consecutive year with a total of 257 recipients during the academic year. The number is the second-highest of student-athletes ever named to the team. Last year, Ohio State broke the league record with 263 honorees. The 2004-05 season also was a banner year for the Buckeyes, as they broke the then-conference record with 260 student-athletes.
School.....Honorees
Ohio State.....146
Penn State....119
Minnesota.....113
Michigan.......100
Wisconsin.......91
Indiana..........84
Michigan St....81
Purdue...........59
Iowa.............56
Illinois............55
Northwestern..40
Coach Jim Tressel also announced that the Buckeye football team cumulative grade-point average after completion of the summer term is 3.02. During the summer quarter, 17 Ohio State football players achieved a 4.0 average, while 30 more had a 3.0 gpa or higher.
The Buckeyes football program led the way with 26 honorees, followed by the men's soccer team with 13.
so... check.
in the community?
can any of you remember a 10 year span when they were so proud just after listening to a buckeye speak during an interview? the amount of things they do in the community...
big check here
on the field?
7-1
82.4%
4 straight big 10 titles
5 big 10 titles
3 nc appearances
1 nc win
last years senior class graduated with the most wins by a class in tOSU history
imo, only 1 name in the history of tOSU football compares favorably with the above. if this is the measure of failure, id like someone to name a single coach in the history of college football who has ever been successful.
coach tressel told us that we would be proud of our young people in the classroom, in the community, and most especially on the field in ann arbor scumland.
in the classroom?
http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/...academic-honors-buckeye-football-players.html
The Buckeyes topped the Big Ten for the fifth-consecutive year with a total of 257 recipients during the academic year. The number is the second-highest of student-athletes ever named to the team. Last year, Ohio State broke the league record with 263 honorees. The 2004-05 season also was a banner year for the Buckeyes, as they broke the then-conference record with 260 student-athletes.
School.....Honorees
Ohio State.....146
Penn State....119
Minnesota.....113
Michigan.......100
Wisconsin.......91
Indiana..........84
Michigan St....81
Purdue...........59
Iowa.............56
Illinois............55
Northwestern..40
Coach Jim Tressel also announced that the Buckeye football team cumulative grade-point average after completion of the summer term is 3.02. During the summer quarter, 17 Ohio State football players achieved a 4.0 average, while 30 more had a 3.0 gpa or higher.
The Buckeyes football program led the way with 26 honorees, followed by the men's soccer team with 13.
so... check.
in the community?
can any of you remember a 10 year span when they were so proud just after listening to a buckeye speak during an interview? the amount of things they do in the community...
big check here
on the field?
7-1
82.4%
4 straight big 10 titles
5 big 10 titles
3 nc appearances
1 nc win
last years senior class graduated with the most wins by a class in tOSU history
imo, only 1 name in the history of tOSU football compares favorably with the above. if this is the measure of failure, id like someone to name a single coach in the history of college football who has ever been successful.
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GulfCoastOSU
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Thank you for pointing out the academic stats. Didn't JT give the "it's not about the ball" speech before he ever coached a game at tOUS?
As for what he and his staff does for the games, I'm satisfied with that also. With the talent that we attract, winning the Big10 shouldn't be a longshot each year. However, it's obviously not automatic. He's won the conference pretty consistently, which is great. Anything beyond winning the Big10 is a bonus.
Are my standards too low? If you told me in 2000 that we could hire JT and get 5 conference titles and one NC over the next 8 years, or take your chances with someone else, I'd take JT. I know that's in the past, but I see no reason why we won't have 5 titles in the next 8 years also.
As for what he and his staff does for the games, I'm satisfied with that also. With the talent that we attract, winning the Big10 shouldn't be a longshot each year. However, it's obviously not automatic. He's won the conference pretty consistently, which is great. Anything beyond winning the Big10 is a bonus.
Are my standards too low? If you told me in 2000 that we could hire JT and get 5 conference titles and one NC over the next 8 years, or take your chances with someone else, I'd take JT. I know that's in the past, but I see no reason why we won't have 5 titles in the next 8 years also.
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CincyBuck88
Chad Henne is a b!tch
I don't post too often on OSU related topics, usually on the Indians and Browns threads.
But don't get me wrong, the reason I'm here is because this is the best OSU board and the Buckeyes take the cake for me as my favorite sports team. I was at the game last week cheering my ass off and I'll be doing the same thing this weekend.
Just wanted to say that I have Tressel's back. JT - ignore the assholes who send you hate mail, you have plenty of supporters, including myself... Go Bucks!
But don't get me wrong, the reason I'm here is because this is the best OSU board and the Buckeyes take the cake for me as my favorite sports team. I was at the game last week cheering my ass off and I'll be doing the same thing this weekend.
Just wanted to say that I have Tressel's back. JT - ignore the assholes who send you hate mail, you have plenty of supporters, including myself... Go Bucks!
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DEBuckeye
It ain't easy, bein' cheesy.
For people to be seriously calling for Coach Tressel to be fired is ridiculous. I will echo the sentiments of several others here and say that I love The Ohio State University. I am proud to be a part of its history and tradition, and I will bleed scarlet and gray until the day I die.
I had no idea who Jim Tressel was until he was hired as our coach, and now that I do know who he is I can't think of a better person to represent our university and lead our football team. I love to see the team win, obviously, but more than that I love to see them do it with class, with passion, with an understanding and reverence for our traditions, and with the pride that any student should have for being a part of Ohio State. Jim Tressel is the reason behind this.
OSU could have hired a big name with great statistics and huge fan appeal, but instead they had the foresight to hire Tressel- somewhat unknown (although with great stats), and unproven on the big stage. But they knew that he had more than superficial flash and sizzle; he, like most of us, loves Ohio State. He understands what it means to be a Buckeye. He knows the importance of our traditions and wants to see them carried forward as they have for so many years. And, as many of our more qualified posters have pointed out, he knows how to win. We've had more success in the last eight years than many schools have in decades.
I'm starting to ramble, so I'll wrap it up... Bottom line is that Coach Tressel is the best thing to happen to Ohio State football since Woody. He's built a winning program, and has done it the right way. I'll support that any day of the week, and twice on Saturday afternoon.
Thanks, Coach.
I had no idea who Jim Tressel was until he was hired as our coach, and now that I do know who he is I can't think of a better person to represent our university and lead our football team. I love to see the team win, obviously, but more than that I love to see them do it with class, with passion, with an understanding and reverence for our traditions, and with the pride that any student should have for being a part of Ohio State. Jim Tressel is the reason behind this.
OSU could have hired a big name with great statistics and huge fan appeal, but instead they had the foresight to hire Tressel- somewhat unknown (although with great stats), and unproven on the big stage. But they knew that he had more than superficial flash and sizzle; he, like most of us, loves Ohio State. He understands what it means to be a Buckeye. He knows the importance of our traditions and wants to see them carried forward as they have for so many years. And, as many of our more qualified posters have pointed out, he knows how to win. We've had more success in the last eight years than many schools have in decades.
I'm starting to ramble, so I'll wrap it up... Bottom line is that Coach Tressel is the best thing to happen to Ohio State football since Woody. He's built a winning program, and has done it the right way. I'll support that any day of the week, and twice on Saturday afternoon.
Thanks, Coach.
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Like so many others here, my post in this thread will be very different from my other posts on the board. Here at Buckeye Planet, it is all about the Ohio State football program from the fans' perspective. Within the confines of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center; it is all about the team, most especially the players. And that is why this post and this thread are so different; it's about them, it's not about us.
The time that the players spend at Ohio State will shape their lives, but it is nevertheless a small portion of their lives. Their time at the WHAC is important to us, but the rest of their lives is important to Coach Tressel - as it should be. Anyone who's read his book knows, as do most others, that he cares about the development of his players as young men. He cares deeply about how their time at Ohio State will impact their lives, and everything he does is about optimizing that impact. Their time at the WHAC affects how we feel on Saturdays in the fall, but their actions for the rest of their lives affect Coach Tressel every day of his. For JT, it's about them, it's not about us.
Yes, Jim Tressel cares about the fans. He has a large enough perspective to know that he must run the program to meet the needs of the University, the alumni, the state of Ohio, and high school football in the state of Ohio. But his main concern is the players. If something is good for all of the aforementioned parties but bad for the players, it won't be done - not on JT's watch. Because it's about them, it's not about us.
And if the greater good of the young men on his team is the real standard of value, then JT is truly a winner. His players leave The Ohio State University with a framework for living their lives in the best possible way, and with memories of experiences that were used to ingrain those lessons. Most of the players keep their Winner's Manuals, the real ones - not the book, and they refer to them frequently. Every lesson in them, every piece of the Block O of Life was experienced during their time here, annealed in the furnace of the struggle - the striving for greatness that is the Ohio State football program.
The value of that framework and those lessons learned is seen in the lives of the men that have had the privilege to play football for Jim Tressel. They speak quietly in reverent terms about the man and about their time here. But their actions speak much louder. As has been detailed elsewhere; in his book, in the newspapers and other media and even on the message boards; alumni of Jim Tressel's Block O of Life do the university and the state of Ohio proud on a daily basis.
I have often thought that it would be the experience of a lifetime to employ my public-speaking skill to fire up the Buckeyes before a big game. But I know that the right to do so is something that is reserved for those who have worn the Scarlet & Grey, as it should be. These and many other experiences are things that Jim Tressel reserves for the men who walk the hallowed halls of the WHAC - the parts of it where the rest of us are not allowed. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Those halls and meeting rooms and the experiences that are shared there; and the locker room, the real one - not the one where the media is allowed in, and the experiences that are shared there: these things are reserved for a privileged few. Keeping these things sacred and reserved builds value into that privilege of being a Buckeye. Honoring the privilege goes hand-in-hand with the constant lesson that the privilege must be honored. There is no better man to teach that lesson than James Patrick Tressel, and I would want no other to be entrusted with that responsibility.
Jim Tressel is the best man on earth to coach the Ohio State Buckeyes, because he gets it. It's about them, it's not about us.
The time that the players spend at Ohio State will shape their lives, but it is nevertheless a small portion of their lives. Their time at the WHAC is important to us, but the rest of their lives is important to Coach Tressel - as it should be. Anyone who's read his book knows, as do most others, that he cares about the development of his players as young men. He cares deeply about how their time at Ohio State will impact their lives, and everything he does is about optimizing that impact. Their time at the WHAC affects how we feel on Saturdays in the fall, but their actions for the rest of their lives affect Coach Tressel every day of his. For JT, it's about them, it's not about us.
Yes, Jim Tressel cares about the fans. He has a large enough perspective to know that he must run the program to meet the needs of the University, the alumni, the state of Ohio, and high school football in the state of Ohio. But his main concern is the players. If something is good for all of the aforementioned parties but bad for the players, it won't be done - not on JT's watch. Because it's about them, it's not about us.
And if the greater good of the young men on his team is the real standard of value, then JT is truly a winner. His players leave The Ohio State University with a framework for living their lives in the best possible way, and with memories of experiences that were used to ingrain those lessons. Most of the players keep their Winner's Manuals, the real ones - not the book, and they refer to them frequently. Every lesson in them, every piece of the Block O of Life was experienced during their time here, annealed in the furnace of the struggle - the striving for greatness that is the Ohio State football program.
The value of that framework and those lessons learned is seen in the lives of the men that have had the privilege to play football for Jim Tressel. They speak quietly in reverent terms about the man and about their time here. But their actions speak much louder. As has been detailed elsewhere; in his book, in the newspapers and other media and even on the message boards; alumni of Jim Tressel's Block O of Life do the university and the state of Ohio proud on a daily basis.
I have often thought that it would be the experience of a lifetime to employ my public-speaking skill to fire up the Buckeyes before a big game. But I know that the right to do so is something that is reserved for those who have worn the Scarlet & Grey, as it should be. These and many other experiences are things that Jim Tressel reserves for the men who walk the hallowed halls of the WHAC - the parts of it where the rest of us are not allowed. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Those halls and meeting rooms and the experiences that are shared there; and the locker room, the real one - not the one where the media is allowed in, and the experiences that are shared there: these things are reserved for a privileged few. Keeping these things sacred and reserved builds value into that privilege of being a Buckeye. Honoring the privilege goes hand-in-hand with the constant lesson that the privilege must be honored. There is no better man to teach that lesson than James Patrick Tressel, and I would want no other to be entrusted with that responsibility.
Jim Tressel is the best man on earth to coach the Ohio State Buckeyes, because he gets it. It's about them, it's not about us.
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Zurp
I have misplaced my pants.
I have nothing to say that hasn't already been said. But to not post here might be wrongly taken as not supporting him. I will support Jim Tressel, even when I don't support his on-field playcalling (which happens maybe 0.1% of the time), because he has shown that he can lead his players to show some class - both on and off the field.
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OK, so I put in the inspirational type post early, but I felt the need to add this now (hopefully he's had this sent to him already so the language in this rant won't matter).
To those who say Tressel has proven he "Can't win the big game" I have a single question: WHEN DID MICHIGAN STOP BEING A BIG GAME ASSTARDS?
I mean seriously, if I hear that one more time, I might explode...Michigan is no longer a big game??? Anyone? Assbaskets? I can't believe we've managed to get to a point where people who claim to be Ohio State fans take wins over Michigan for granted. And it's not like it was that FUCKING LONG AGO that the same dimwits were trashing Cooper because he won other "big games" but couldn't beat Michigan. Seemingly ever. And now, no matter whether we are both good (2006), we're not so good (2004), or they suck donkey nipples (2008), we can believe that we will win. 15 years ago and all through the 90's, it didn't matter how good either team was, we were more than likely looking at a loss. People had acid reflux for 364 days when we lost those games, and now...well, hey, they don't matter, they are gimmies, right? What a bunch of mastadon dung.
And the really sad thing is that if, by some incredible horror, we happen to lose that game on the road this year (hypothetically only, of course), these same brain-dead assbeakers will be screeching that "JESUS HE CAN'T EVEN BEAT MICHIGAN" as if A) it's a foregone conclusion to win the biggest rivalry in college sports, and B) 7 out of the last 8 don't matter anymore. Some of the criticism he gets is warranted, but some of it is so ridiculous it's laughable.
I don't want to trash another Buckeye coach while supporting this one, but if people want to go back to the days of laying 70 points on Rice only to score 9 and lose to Michigan and players with 0.0 GPAs missing Bowl games and Mr. Ohio football players killing us while members of Mid-tier SEC teams because recruiting Ohio wasn't a priority, well DLTDHYITAOTWO
To those who say Tressel has proven he "Can't win the big game" I have a single question: WHEN DID MICHIGAN STOP BEING A BIG GAME ASSTARDS?
I mean seriously, if I hear that one more time, I might explode...Michigan is no longer a big game??? Anyone? Assbaskets? I can't believe we've managed to get to a point where people who claim to be Ohio State fans take wins over Michigan for granted. And it's not like it was that FUCKING LONG AGO that the same dimwits were trashing Cooper because he won other "big games" but couldn't beat Michigan. Seemingly ever. And now, no matter whether we are both good (2006), we're not so good (2004), or they suck donkey nipples (2008), we can believe that we will win. 15 years ago and all through the 90's, it didn't matter how good either team was, we were more than likely looking at a loss. People had acid reflux for 364 days when we lost those games, and now...well, hey, they don't matter, they are gimmies, right? What a bunch of mastadon dung.
And the really sad thing is that if, by some incredible horror, we happen to lose that game on the road this year (hypothetically only, of course), these same brain-dead assbeakers will be screeching that "JESUS HE CAN'T EVEN BEAT MICHIGAN" as if A) it's a foregone conclusion to win the biggest rivalry in college sports, and B) 7 out of the last 8 don't matter anymore. Some of the criticism he gets is warranted, but some of it is so ridiculous it's laughable.
I don't want to trash another Buckeye coach while supporting this one, but if people want to go back to the days of laying 70 points on Rice only to score 9 and lose to Michigan and players with 0.0 GPAs missing Bowl games and Mr. Ohio football players killing us while members of Mid-tier SEC teams because recruiting Ohio wasn't a priority, well DLTDHYITAOTWO
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osucollegebuck
Nathan Williams #43
We're lucky to have such a great coach with a good head on his shoulders. I think a lot of people who bash him dislike his Christianity and use a loss to flame on coach Tressel by calling him 'too nice' or 'too soft'. I always get heartburn when people compare him to Pete Carroll or some other coach lacking any moral code.
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