Sup?A Thayer Evans penned New York Times piece on wunderrecruit tackle Seantrell Henderson profiled what some consider the genesis of the conundrum now facing the Buckeyes' decision makers:
As the Hendersons started to receive letters of intent Monday, the Ohio State running backs coach Dick Tressel, who is known as Doc, sent an e-mail message to Henderson’s father referring to a performance by the rappers Lil Wayne, Eminem and Drake during Sunday’s Grammy Awards. When Tressel, the older brother of Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel, visited the Hendersons in December, Seantrel made his father freestyle rap for him. “That was a Grammy performance made me think of u!” Tressel wrote.
Since sending the superficially shameless ploy to appeal to Henderson's hip-hop sensibilities, Doc Tressel's been said by observers close to the program to withdraw from his recruiting responsibilities, and instead has been spending virtually all of his time consuming all of the Crunk, G-Funk, Ghettotech, Grime, New jack, and Gangsta 'ish he'd missed during the past 3 decades.
"I've heard the bass line from 'BedRock' by Young Money featuring Lloyd over 25 times in the last 8 hours alone emanating from underneath his office door." one puzzled assistant trainer told 11W.
Tressel's obsession with all things "popping", "locking", and "dropping" would be viewed as but a phase to many familiar with the 6th year running back tutor and master recruiter, but numerous recruits, including Fork Union Military Academy tailback Carlos Hyde and Fort Wayne Hardin product Rod Smith have said to have received countless text messages completely unlike the previous 11 months' correspondences:
"I mean, I thought that was a cool dude. But now? Got me scratching my head, know what I'm saying'? I just didn't gee the same stable 'I ain't goin' nowhere' vibe from him like I did from Lane Kiffin or Bobby Petrino," said a recruit who asked to remain nameless and ultimately signed with a rival program.
Many other recruits weren't so lucky. Another ESPN 150 recruit said he was bombarded over the last week with what appeared to be Blackberry taken photos of the 62-year old coach in various so-called "fly gear".
"I like Pelle Pelle Raised Leather Men's Jackets as much as the next guy, but on coach? That was just too much," the recruit said when reached for comment.
Ultimately some analysts believe the Buckeyes will be forced to make a change at the position after Tressel spent much of Tuesday transcribing the lyrics to various freestyles over the "Exhibit C" beat and using the athletic department internet to update his new blog, "Soul Tress".
One for recruiting and one for "recruitin'", if you know what I mean."A lifetime of denying ones true self can drive many to depression or worse. If the worst crime this man's committed is the embracing of a cultural response to the historic oppression by a system designed to keep the balance of power in favor of the status quo, well then, lock me up and throw away the key too. Lupe Fiasco's "I'm Beamin'" is the truth."
Comments
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What the hell did I just read?
He needs to charge his phone.
I truly wish I could get those couple of minutes of my life back dude.....this is ridiculous
G-UNIT!!!!!
I hear masturbation is a good use of time.
These articles always hook me for the first few paragraphs. I go from huh? to wtf? to lol. good times.
Luke, You did it again...made half of us laugh, the other half say WTF????
I haven't made it to lol yet. I'm still concerned that there is some truth to this......
i love the work you guys do... i think you're the best ohio st blog out there... but this stuff is just plain bad. like can't even follow wtf-is-being-said and what's-supposed-to-be-funny bad.
luke's writing is not really my thing, but dude, you are not sure if this is serious?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
I'm with Buckeyeski. You owe me big time.
And so forth Boyeeeez!
Got peeps all skurred up in here
Hmm. And I always thought Jim was the cool Tressel. This changes everything.
LMAO! You ain't alone, brother. I am sitting here cursing myself for avoiding work for a few minutes to come out here and read this. WTF?!?!
I think I agree here...Im all for the idea to lighten it up, along the lines of sportspickle, deadspin etc., but this just isnt that funny...
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh. not funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
random song from Drake(not a fan)...but about 50 seconds in he shows love to those OHIO STATE BUCKEYES!
Actually sounds like it's a turn off to some!
Like whaaaaaaat?!?!?! Haha!
From Thayer Evans penned New York Times piece"
"Henderson’s father described the talk as 'pretty long-winded.' Afterward, Tressel mentioned to the Hendersons that he was always told he talked a lot.
'He’s so informative and so to the point and so much about business, that it was a little boring,' Sean Henderson said."
THE NEW RECRUITING MOTTO:
Keep it short and stupid with lots of BS.
Luke..... not sure if I like this because it is crazy or hate it because it is crazy
Luke, if you've got this much time on your hands, grab a fuckin' book or something. Jesus Christ, what a tool.
Haha, what did I just watch?
I had no idea the over 50 crowd used the word "tool". Nicely done, sir.
Look, if you guys don't like the topics, that's one thing, but no need for ad hominem attacks on the writer. Feel free to assault the jokes/facts/assertions all day long, but personal attacks are pretty lame.
Ken just JoePa's himself....
Agreed. I don't know what the big deal is..
JoePa'd*
Reperations!!!!
yeah....
WHAT?!!!
ok....
LOL! Out of hizound!
Well played sbb. It's a good thing that I didn't LaneKiffin myself.
That article was awesome. Screw the haters...
Thank you. Good point about the ad hominem comment. If Luke is offended, I apologize. The article is still a piss-poor waste of time.
Swing and a miss.
re 11w not cranky. yeah, that only applies to you guys. the commenters, a little cranky.
Eh, it's the internet and I get part of that comes with the turf. Two things surprised me though: personal attacks because someone wrote something you didn't like and the fact that some people actually believed the story.
I think that (people believing it) has happened before with one of Luke's pieces. The solution is to make something so ridiculous even the truly daft won't actually believe it's the truth. Work in aliens and Rich Rod catching butthole cancer or something and you'll kill two birds with one stone.
I think the "laugh" crowd is somewhat less than half.
yeah....I would say I enjoy reading 11W nonstop, but I definitely cringe when this stuff pops up. I basically get 2 paragraphs in, see who wrote it, and then lose interest. My opinion would be different if it were actually funny, but it just seems a little contrived perhaps?
Did Orson Swindle invade the land of 11W!?
http://www.everydayshouldbesat...
I like Luke, and most of his stuff. The offseason stuff is hard to get into though......
lol, yeah with Jordan Hicks. Not sure why anyone believed it though!
that Times article is all kinds of awesome.
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“As far as he’s been informed — he was very, very choosy with his words — there shouldn’t be anything going wrong because there was no knowledge of anything going on by the staff,” Sean Henderson said. The Hendersons asked Kiffin to be clear about what impact the N.C.A.A. might have on the Trojans’ football program, Sean Henderson said. Just before Seantrel chose U.S.C. on Wednesday, Kiffin reiterated not to listen to others who said the Trojans might face sanctions.
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so The Kiffin went from being unaware of the world around him to predicting the behavior of the NCAA. that is some learning curve The Kiffin is on.
also, the hendersons were worried about miami's fast pace, but not LA's? who are these people?
actually, this story is not awesome. its the opposite. i need fewer of these stories. its starting to ruin college football for me.
Now Henderson isn't signing until USC faces the NCAA? Why even announce yesterday? Why not wait until they make sure Death Row Records isn't filing chapter 11 so his dad can decide which label he should sign with? Who the hell advises this kid?
The world makes less sense every day.
that's "stoopid"
IMHO from a longtime reader, 11W has really downgraded in the last year.
What in the world. I can read crap in michigan,I mean if you this depressd and just cant find a real story to write about just hang yourself and get it over dont punish the rest of us
Bigkatt45, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this blog is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
the texting part could have been true, not what was sent in the text nor the thuglife part
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