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Originally Posted by AKAKBUCK
Except he also said that Justin and Todd had excelelnt weeks too... I don't know why it would "shut up" anyone anyway... Those people are just quoting coach Tressel.
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Not all of them. No offense, but it has come out recently that other players respect Smith's ability, and have said he has practiced well. Tress also said that he thinks Smith has simply just been pressing too much, and this week he was playing more relaxed, and
a lot faster. Sounds good.....to me, it sounds like maybe Smith is on his way to moving out of the doghouse. We'll see...as for the practice "quotes" of Jim Tressel, I feel that is as much speculation as the other side saying that Smith would do a better job. Tressel has NEVER said Smith isn't practicing well, he's simply said that playing time is earned in practice, inferring that Zwick practices better than Smith. Maybe, maybe not, but it's more telling to me that, according to Tressel, Smith and Zwick were neck and neck until the UC game. I still think this is a case of Smith being in Tressel's doghouse for the last month or so.
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Originally Posted by Oh8ch
You can also read that the other way because it implies that he did something this week that he hasn't been doing recently.
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Sounds like heresay to me.
See my above comments about what Tressel said. He never has said Smith hasn't been practicing well, but that he has been "pressing too much". I like the fact that Tressel mentions the pace, and implied that Smith is playing much quicker.