Everything measuredWith Big Ten media days in the rearview mirror, the weekend was spent catching up on what everyone fortunate enough to make the event had to say.
There was a little bit of an update on Donald Washington's situation. Tressel is sticking to his mischievous teen metaphor, saying Washington was "working hard to get his car keys back" after it was pointed out that sophomore Chimdi Chekwa is listed as a starter ahead of Washington in the media guide. The thinking is that D-Wash will have to sit out for the opener for the what-shall-remain-unnamed trouble he got into in the spring.
What do you do when your team has dropped two consecutive MNCs and you're worried about the group's psyche? You bring in guys that give off pheromones that exude clutch. Through his Y-town connections (former 49ers owner Ed DeBartolo Jr), the Vest arranged for Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, Joe Montana and Roger Craig to speak to the Buckeyes this summer. Even though that 49er group won five Super Bowls and is synonymous with greatness, they also dropped four NFC Championship games and that lesson wasn't lost on the players.
Jason Lloyd of the Lorain Morning Journal scored an interview with Tressel and although the Senator deftly avoided a Eugene Clifford question, we do find out that he sent AD Gene Smith an email after the Tennessee series was announced that said "Shoot me if I'm on the sideline against the Vols." It's funny because when that game was announced, I'd have put money on the fact that it would have been Tressel still here over Phil Fulmer still being in Knoxville, but with Fulmer's contract extension (teflon Phil?) and Tressel's statement, I'm starting to wonder. I have honestly never contemplated life after Tresssel and now that I am doing that, it's scaring me a little. Even at Ohio State, most coaches aren't Tressels.
Brian Cook of MGoBlog managed to gain entrance to the Chicago event by producing 375 pages of printed UFRs. I think his first taste left him a little bit frustrated but he was able to ask an Illini about J Leman's American flag tie. That and he's the 948th person to come out of Jim Tressel press conference thinking the guy is boring. That's fine with us. You'll hear none of that "I'm a man! I'm 40!" coming out of Cbus.
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Starting DT Doug Worthington was arrested and charged with driving under the influence earlier this weekend.
Too bad for Worthington, at least it sounds like he didn't compound the problem by acting a fool. He will miss at least the first two games, but I don't think it is punishable beyond that.
I'm obviously not condoning his actions, but it is the last weekend before camp starts and not during the season.
"...the Vest arranged for Jim Rice, Ronnie Lott, Joe Montana and Roger Craig to speak to the Buckeyes this summer..."
While I respect the career achievements of former Red Sox slugger Jim Rice, wouldn't it have made more sense to bring in Jerry Rice?
Good catch GB89. Should be fixed now.
can someone explain the UT comments to me? Is there bad blood?
There is no life after Tressel. He said he'd come back at the end of days to bring us to Heaven, and here he is. So we've still got that goin' for us....which is nice.
BC, no bad blood. I believe the UT comments from Tressel are because he doesn't think he'll still be coaching in 2018/2019 when the Bucks & Vols play.
I don't want to think about life after Tressel. I can't imagine anybody else walking the sidelines with the headset on.
I can see dantonio or speilman
Luke Fickell... Columbus native, OSU grad, will have been here over 10 years at that point.
However, this is the last time it will cross my mind until the Vest says he is done, have to appreciate him while he is here.
Stanley Jackson. You heard it here first.
Spielman??? He has no experience as a head coach or an assistant. I hope Tressel stays until he has nothing left to add to the OSU program.... after that I would like to see OSU stay with the mold of a Tressel-like guy (Ohio roots, substance over style, respect from the community, and a proven track record)...... we all learned from the Cooper era that going after the latest hotshot does not always work out. Michigan is going to find that out as well.
Spielman wa the head coach of the Columbus Destroyers for a season and has since decided he did not want to go back into coaching (per comments he has made in the past on his radio show.)
It will be Dantonio or someone who has not shown up on the "hot names" list yet.
But I'd love to see us get Eddie George in there coaching our backs after the older Tressel hangs it up.......although I have no complaints with him at this point either.
Stanley Jackson won't be old enough or have enough experience (but I always thought he would make a good coach somewhere).
Spielman has already swung and missed for the job. And while I love the hell out of him, he's too reactionary to be a head coach. I think I remember him talking about punching Henton's eyeballs out after the hooker incident.
Fickell is an interesting choice. I'd never heard that before, but it makes some sense.
"I don’t want to think about life after Tressel. I can’t imagine anybody else walking the sidelines with the headset on."
I hear Alabama fans saying the same thing about Bear Bryant everyday.
Tressel is 55 and I will not even begin to think about the next OSU coach until JT is 62. Think happy thoughts and don't grieve what will be. Live in the moment, soak up all that Coach Tressel offers, and know that his best is yet to come.
If Jim Tressel pulls a Joe Paterno, that'd be fine be me.
"I don't know, many 3 or 4 more years." 30 years later, guess who's still on the sideline. Well unless he punches an opposing player (in Woody's defense, the dude was wearing a helmet).
I'd be willing to bet that Tressel's NOT on the sideline for the Buckeyes-Vols games. Everybody jokes/whines about how he can say less in more words than a roomful of lawyers, "Senator", etc...have any of you considered that he might ACTUALLY WANT to be Governor/Senator some day? And that he's already in his late 50's? And what the implications of the success of his book might be - hell, maybe even his reasons for writing/compiling it?
That'll be a tough day for me as an Ohio voter.
Whoops - he's 55. Still not so young that 10+ years more of coaching would probably be too many for a coach that wants to do something else.
i'd vote for the dude in a second if he wants to get into politics (although i think someone asked him about that once and the answer was a pretty emphatic "HELL NAW"), but i bet his aspirations don't go much farther than finding some time to enjoy with his family. he'll probably go for another 6 or 7 years and call it quits
5-7 years & then he retires. (sad truth)
Jimmy T would make a hell of a politician. I'd vote for him even if he was running as a Baathist. Thing is, coaching is all his family knows and loves.
He will coach the Buckeyes as long as he feels it is the best thing for the team. I believe we have at least 10 more years of Coach Tressel.