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Originally Posted by WoodyWorshiper
This is some great stuff. I've heard of countless stories where Coach Hayes would go to a players home and recruit the parents rather than the player. Not just a great Coach, but a great salesman of TOSU.
Who the hell else could walk into a kid's house that everybody in the country wanted, tell the kid to leave the room and never ONCE mention football to the parents, and still get the kid to sign on the dotted line?
Coach Tressel may have similarities to Coach Hayes, but there will NEVER be another. As it was pointed out earlier, "HE" broke the mold. Peace.
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One of my favorite anecdotes about Coach Hayes was told by Archie. After dining with Coach, at the Jai Lai(sp?) I think, his mother asked him how it went.
Archie: "I don't think he wants me to play for him."
Mom: "What makes you say that?"
Archie: "Because he never once mentioned football. All he wanted to talk about is what I was going to major in and stuff like that."
To Woody, even the world's only 2-time Heisman Trophy Winner was still a student first.