Jim Tressel (official thread)

[BuckeyeMafia]

Originally Posted by Sportsbuck28

Coach Daniels had a helluva lot to do with it as well.

I'd say it was both Daniels and Tress too. I'm sure JT did his part though.

[vioravis]

Another great comment from Coach Tressel.

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The coach was then asked if there was, truly, a gentlemen's agreement between Big Ten coaches not to poach one another's recruits. (On signing day, new Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez was criticized by Purdue's Joe Tiller for signing one of the Boilers' previous verbals away.)

Tressel's response: "I guess only between gentlemen."

That retort drew a round of applause from the crowd near the end of the two-hour luncheon event.

[Steve19]

From everything I have seen about him in the press and public interviews, JT places incredible importance on his religious values. From everything I have seen about RR in the press and public interviews, his actions appear to be guided more by situational contingencies.

That comment shows us a lot about JT's state of mind about the coaching change at TSUN and perhaps reveals a lot about what has been going on behind the scenes between he and RR. I mean, have you ever heard JT slag off another coach like that , especially in the Big Ten?

JT is too professional to let this get personal between him and RR, but anyone who had any doubt about JT's impression of RR now has some guidance!

[Jake]

"I guess only between gentlemen." - Jim Tressel

That was beautiful.

[Dryden]

Let the snowball roll ... at least one national writer picked up on the CPD article:

ESPN.com - Blogs - Bruce Feldman Blog

Jim Tressel might've taken a jab at new Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez, wonders Doug Lesmerises, after the Ohio State coach fielded the following question at a spring football preview luncheon to benefit Alzheimer's research:

"Is there a gentleman's agreement between Big Ten coaches that once a player verbally commits to a school, the other coaches are supposedly hands off?"

This was Tressel's answer, Lesmerises reports in his blog, after about a one-second pause. "I guess only between the gentlemen."

The quip comes on the heels of Purdue coach Joe Tiller calling Rodriguez "a guy in a wizard hat selling snake oil" after Purdue recruit Ray Roundtree switched his oral commitment from the Boilermakers to Michigan. I doubt this is Tressel trying to be snarky. That kind of thing has never been part of his m.o. and I doubt he's starting now.

[gators312414]

What a great coach. Top 5 coach in todays game in my mind. If we didn't have Meyer he might be at or near the top of my wish list.

[BB73]

The Columbus Dispatch : Home

Notebook: Tressel's book on winners not just about sports

Fans and opposing coaches might gain more insight into the ways and means of Ohio State coach Jim Tressel starting in mid-July.


That's when his book, The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life, written with Chris Fabry, will be released by Tyndale House Publishers, it was announced yesterday.

It promises to be more about Tressel's philosophy, and about what he has learned from others, than a tell-all about his career.

"Throughout my coaching career, I have enjoyed studying from the great coaches throughout the country in order to create my plan for success on and off the field," Tressel said in a statement released by the publisher. "Of course, the players and coaches that I have had the good fortune to work with have shaped my approach the most."

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