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Who's the Greatest Buckeye Head Coach? (Please vote for ONE)

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Who's the Greatest Buckeye Head Coach? (Vote for 1)

  • Paul Brown

    Votes: 1 0.7%

  • Woody Hayes

    Votes: 96 70.1%

  • Jim Tressel

    Votes: 40 29.2%
  • Total voters
    137
  • Poll closed .
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This is actually a really tough one, Woody and PB are some of the best football minds ever and JT is well on his way to being throned next to both in the long run. I picked Woody, just because he basically took the scUM rivalry to the next level and really made tOSU what it is today, though I am shocked no one picked PB yet.
 
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Hypothetical, rhetorical question:
Hop in a time-machine (where DO I keep that thing?) and go tell the January 2, 2000 version of yourself that by 2007 OSU's next coach would have OSU fans agreeing almost uniformly (including us old-timers) that the new coach would eventually surpass Woody in tOSU lore.​
How would you have reacted? Is there ANY chance you would have believed this, even coming from yourself?​
Jim Tressel has a Big Ten winning streak that Woody never matched, not that anyone else who ever coached in the conference ever did. The current run of domination over TSUN is something that Woody managed once: But our run in the early 70s and the current one are the only times in history when any team has been dominant over TSUN when they were competitive with everyone else. It has been 25 months since Michigan lost a Big Ten game to anyone other than Jim Tressel. Next Tuesday, it will have been 36 months since Jim Tressel lost to anyone who finished the year outside of the Top 3. Forgive me if I'm assuming a win over a talented Illinois team, but with guys like JT or WWH as the coach, you tend to do that as a fan.​
Clearly these accomplishments don't yet outweigh Woody's time here. But you don't have to be a statistician to see the trend here. Those of us familiar with the qualities of a leader have seen the signs since very early on: this man is building a dynasty.​
Other posts in other threads have correctly opined that NOW may very well be the best time ever to be a Buckeye. I repeat that here, in the Greatest Coach's Thread, because it is thanks to the man who will eventually hold that title that this facet of our lives is so fantastic right now.​
 
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DaddyBigBucks;988774; said:
Hypothetical, rhetorical question:
Hop in a time-machine (where DO I keep that thing?) and go tell the January 2, 2000 version of yourself that by 2007 OSU's next coach would have OSU fans agreeing almost uniformly (including us old-timers) that the new coach would eventually surpass Woody in tOSU lore.​
How would you have reacted? Is there ANY chance you would have believed this, even coming from yourself?​
Jim Tressel has a Big Ten winning streak that Woody never matched, not that anyone else who ever coached in the conference ever did. The current run of domination over TSUN is something that Woody managed once: But our run in the early 70s and the current one are the only times in history when any team has been dominant over TSUN when they were competitive with everyone else. It has been 25 months since Michigan lost a Big Ten game to anyone other than Jim Tressel. Next Tuesday, it will have been 36 months since Jim Tressel lost to anyone who finished the year outside of the Top 3. Forgive me if I'm assuming a win over a talented Illinois team, but with guys like JT or WWH as the coach, you tend to do that as a fan.​
Clearly these accomplishments don't yet outweigh Woody's time here. But you don't have to be a statistician to see the trend here. Those of us familiar with the qualities of a leader have seen the signs since very early on: this man is building a dynasty.​
Other posts in other threads have correctly opined that NOW may very well be the best time ever to be a Buckeye. I repeat that here, in the Greatest Coach's Thread, because it is thanks to the man who will eventually hold that title that this facet of our lives is so fantastic right now.​
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:cheers: exactly why I voted JT

This truly is a great time to be a Buckeye.
 
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DaddyBigBucks;988774; said:
Hypothetical, rhetorical question:
Hop in a time-machine (where DO I keep that thing?) and go tell the January 2, 2000 version of yourself that by 2007 OSU's next coach would have OSU fans agreeing almost uniformly (including us old-timers) that the new coach would eventually surpass Woody in tOSU lore.​
How would you have reacted? Is there ANY chance you would have believed this, even coming from yourself?​
Jim Tressel has a Big Ten winning streak that Woody never matched, not that anyone else who ever coached in the conference ever did. The current run of domination over TSUN is something that Woody managed once: But our run in the early 70s and the current one are the only times in history when any team has been dominant over TSUN when they were competitive with everyone else. It has been 25 months since Michigan lost a Big Ten game to anyone other than Jim Tressel. Next Tuesday, it will have been 36 months since Jim Tressel lost to anyone who finished the year outside of the Top 3. Forgive me if I'm assuming a win over a talented Illinois team, but with guys like JT or WWH as the coach, you tend to do that as a fan.​
Clearly these accomplishments don't yet outweigh Woody's time here. But you don't have to be a statistician to see the trend here. Those of us familiar with the qualities of a leader have seen the signs since very early on: this man is building a dynasty.​
Other posts in other threads have correctly opined that NOW may very well be the best time ever to be a Buckeye. I repeat that here, in the Greatest Coach's Thread, because it is thanks to the man who will eventually hold that title that this facet of our lives is so fantastic right now.​
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Stellar post... I owe you rep. Beautiful read... GPA nomination. Thank you!
 
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