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Troy Smith Saga has begun.....

Someone wasn't honest to Troy Smith. Shouldn't that be the point?

and how do YOU know this??? also...tressel has an open door policy...if troy has a problem....grab your balls and go talk about it....

i dont buy that troy smith is the ONLY guy that has gotten an unfair shot by tressel....

unbelievable....
 
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IF you look at how conservative Coach Tressel is you can see what he wants in a QB. Thats a POCKET passer !! Yes running QB's can make things happen but also many many more mistakes can transpire and there are very very few that are even close to a guy like Vick. Yes Troy Smith is an AMAZING athelte, but sometimes he throws while on the run and his lack of accuracy has been remarked on by coaches, as well as the media. Its a fact that you cannot throw as accurate on the run as opposed to a pocket passer who uses his feet mostly to run and scramble, all the while looking down field for a WR to get open. The ONE time I saw Troy stand back in the pocket, he threw a great,amazing, beautiful TD pass to Holmes. When I have seen Troy Smith run , he scrambled but only to tuck the ball and run , not to buy his WR's more time to get open . YES , he may have gotten some good yards but maybe not as much as if he saw that WR get open down field. That is NOT what the Coachs' want , and that is why he is NOT starting. Coach Tressel always stresses good decision making, and running and risking getting hurt and also NOT looking down field for an open receiver is NOT what Coach Tressel wants. There is nothing wrong with a QB(ala Krenzel) that can run to be conservative when nobody is open at all and he's in trouble, but happy feet is not what Coach Tressel wants. This is only speculation because only Coach Tressel knows exactly why Troy is not starting, but we all do know Coach Tressel has started the one player he thinks can bring them all the way and lead this team to victory and for me that enough. Troy should learn how to improve from this future legend , not only on the football feild but in life. I truely beleive if he was to go to his Coaches and ask why why and improve on these things i stated.... he'd be starting here or anywhere!! He's that good an athlete.
In Troy Smiths defense though, he is young. This may be the first time he has gotten a "lifes lesson" in this area of his life, and he is still young and his situation would suck for any one of us if we were put in that situation. Yea he vented a little recently but give him some slack, again he is young but more important he is a Buckeye and always will be (even if he decides to transfer to play the game he loves to play) !!!! GO BUCKEYES !!!


:osu2: Coach Tressel - Future Hall of Famer / Legend :osu2:
 
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Maybe I wasn't hearing the same thing out of Tressel's mouth before the first two games that everyone else was. I believe he said that the qb race was still open even though he had named Zwick the starter. But isn't it now clear that Zwick was the starter from day one? Isn't is now clear that Smith was (and for lack of a better word) "used" to help motivate Zwick?
 
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Dariuswagner said:
3yards, i've been pretty fair and well mannered i'd say. just because i'm not agreed with isn't grounds for a banning. if you let people use profanity time and time again it surely speaks negatively for the site. what i see here is an unwarranted high tech lynching.

thanks for the opportunity to post.


Dariuswagner, you've kept the profanity out of your posts and for that I'll give you credit. But you are still trolling and fanning the flames of this thread. I gave everyone a warning about the personal attacks, and we ALL deserve it. But there comes a point when the argument will go no further. The points have been made and further discussion will yield only negative results. We reached that point a long time ago. So let the issue die as it should.

The statement that you will never leave so that you can keep us "yes men" in check suggests to me that you are planning on trolling and flamming in the future. That is not acceptable. We are (for the most part) big boys on this site and can (will and do) get into heated exchanges. When it's over it's over. We go about our business and give each other a fair chance the next time around. Being contrary just for the sake of being a thorn in the side of "yes men" will not earn you that right. Many folks have worked out their differences or simply agreed to disagree. You simply needed to say that this is the way you felt and be done with it. Trying to change opinions or incite more negative reaction is fruitless.

A lynching would be if I banned you without any warning or reason. I'm giving you an avenue of staying a member of this board. Take it. It might be somewhat difficult after today's events, but things will work out if you want them to.

EDIT: Tearabill speling
 
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I believe he said that the qb race was still open even though he had named Zwick the starter.

I do not believe that is accurate.

I believe he said that Zwick is the Starter, but that Troy would play.

That happened.
 
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StadiumDorm said:
Maybe I wasn't hearing the same thing out of Tressel's mouth before the first two games that everyone else was. I believe he said that the qb race was still open even though he had named Zwick the starter. But isn't it now clear that Zwick was the starter from day one? Isn't is now clear that Smith was (and for lack of a better word) "used" to help motivate Zwick?
tress said zwick would start and smith would play and the job was still open. he didn't say it is closed now but it does seem to be. just because tressel doesn't declare TS as a backup doesn't imply any lies or dishonesty
 
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Did Tressel win a National Championship? Has he won two BCS bowls in a row? Is he 3-0 this year? The answer, undisputably, is yes. You clowns need to start trusting that the man knows what the hell he is doing. He says Zwick is the starter. He has said since before the first game that Zwick was the starter. He said Smith would see some time against UC. He did. Tressel said Smith would see less time against Marshall. He did. He has never lied to us, and I, for one, certainly believes that he has always been open and honest with Smith, as nobody can prove otherwise. You ignorant pansies need to go back to bucknuts with this shit.
 
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3yards, i'd appreciate if you'd keep posters from calling me a "fucking idiot", "moron", using racially derogatory terms like "fucking arabs"...that would be grand, and i thank you for it. i'm not stirring any pot, i'm just laughing at the mob mentality here that enjoys "piling on". i'm done with it. over and out.
 
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