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muffler dragon;2226138; said:
Absolutely correct.
Tressel does community outreach. Their polymer program is the most worthy thing about Akron.
Golf is big in sales and there are a ton of chemical sales guys literally selling the exact same thing based only on price and service who would love to make a small donation to Akron to golf and eat with Tressel and a client in the chemical industry.
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SO MANY SENTENCES
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I won't comment on what clogs my comma key on my keyboard on the Tressel thread,,,,,,,,, and in a tribute to Zombieland and Bill Murray not related to Tressel at all by the way.
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Buckskin86
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Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel takes 'teaching moments' to Cleveland television: Bill Livingston
Published: Friday, October 05, 2012
Bill Livingston, The Plain Dealer
Lisa DeJong, The Plain Dealer
Now a vice president at the University of Akron, former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has a weekly spot on Cleveland television to speak about the lessons he's learned through sports.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A large fan constituency here in Jim Tressel's hometown long ago excused the mistakes of the fallen Ohio State coach. But now that WKYC Channel 3 has hired him to deliver a weekly homily on the lessons of sports, how much will his new forum affect his tangled legacy?
In the first episode of "A Moment with Jim Tressel" , Tressel discussed the virtues of unselfishness. The sentiments he expressed contain truths that might seem corny or trite to those who have never competed or have never been around those who did. But they help create the chemistry that binds teams together.
Perhaps the series itself amounts to a kind of altruism and an attempt to make others better.
The irony is that Tressel's cover-up of the selfishness of several players in a memorabilia-for-tattoos scandal -- driven in part by his own egotistical dream of a second national championship -- led to his forced resignation.
Tressel certainly made serious mistakes. In the Ray Isaacs scandal at Youngstown State and the Maurice Clarett scandal at OSU, he emerged relatively unscathed. His plausible deniability was a product of not wanting to know what either player was doing.
The tattoo cover-up was different. An email trail clearly indicted him. So did a signed NCAA compliance form, in which he stated that he knew of no rules violations on his team.
Tressel's new TV job presumes a continuum between sports and life. At Ohio State, Tressel was always talking about "teaching moments" and "life lessons." Yet he himself, a devout man who did many public and private good deeds for no personal gain, was able to separate his career from what he professed to believe and who he professed to be.
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http://www.cleveland.com/livingston/index.ssf/2012/10/former_ohio_state_coach_jim_tr.html
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Buckskin86
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Jim Tressel, former Ohio State coach, talks about overcoming challenges at Strongsville Rotary Club meeting Nov. 2
Published: Friday, November 02, 2012
Cory Shaffer, Sun News
CORY SHAFFER, SUN NEWS
Jim Tressel, vice president of strategic engagement at University of Akron, jokes with Strongsville High School students Megan Largent, left, a senior, and Morgan James, a junior, at the Nov. 2 Strongsville Rotary Club meeting.
STRONGSVILLE- Over his 25 year career as a head football coach, Jim Tressel had two quotes hanging in his coaching staff's room - one from Albert Einstein, and one from his father.
"Einstein's quote was this: 'Concern for man and his fate must be the chief interests of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations,'" Tressel told the Strongsville Rotary Club at its Nov. 2 meeting.
"If you think about, we all have lots of diagrams and equations in our world," he said, from head football coaches to accountants. "And all of us have different technical endeavors. But the chief interest, is our concern for one another."
Tressel, in his first year transitioning from Ohio State University head football coach to the vice president of strategic engagement at University of Akron, said compassion, perseverance and an "attitude of gratitude" play a pivotal role in being an effective leader.
That's why when he was coaching, he said he and his staff focused not just on the X's and O's, but on being a mentor to young student-athletes.
"At the end of the day, whether we win or lose the game is not as important as how many lives we touch," Tressel said.
And during a 25 year career that included nine national championship games, Tressel said the proof was in the pudding.
"What I learned was by giving my coaches a little less technical time and a little more personal time, is that we won a lot more games," he said. "And we probably spent less time on X's and O's than a lot of other people in the country."
That anecdote played on a bigger theme of Tressel's speech, encompassing the continued philanthropic outreach of the Rotary Club through events like the Savor the Flavor, even during a sluggish economic recovery.
"If we still have the majority of our folks who want to serve others, we have a chance to succeed in this world," he said.
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http://www.cleveland.com/strongsville/index.ssf/2012/11/jim_tressel_former_ohio_state.html
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y0yoyoin;2249865; said:
Yep, maybe for both sides. Wounds are still fresh. He'll be honored in the Shoe, it's just gonna take some time.
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The guest list for the Ohio State?s 2002 national championship team reunion consists of three or four names, but it won?t stay that short for long.
The defensive captain of the 2002 Buckeyes, which secured its place in OSU football lore with a 31-24, double overtime win against Miami (Fla.) in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, isn?t ruling out appearances from former OSU coach Jim Tressel or tailback Maurice Clarett.
OSU?s 2002 national championship squad will reconvene at Ohio Stadium for the Buckeyes? Nov. 24 game against Michigan where they it will be recognized by the university and conduct other celebratory activities on its own.
Former OSU safety Mike Doss, the defensive MVP of the 2002 national championship game, told The Lantern Thursday that he has been planning the event on behalf of the entire team. Former quarterback Craig Krenzel, safety Donnie Nickey and cornerback Dustin Fox have been ?in constant communication to make everything go.?
Entire article: http://www.thelantern.com/campus/oh...on-doesn-t-rule-out-tressel-clarett-1.2907480
If Tressel attends he'll get one of the loudest ovations.
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The defensive captain of the 2002 Buckeyes, which secured its place in OSU football lore with a 31-24, double overtime win against Miami (Fla.) in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, isn?t ruling out appearances from former OSU coach Jim Tressel or tailback Maurice Clarett.
OSU?s 2002 national championship squad will reconvene at Ohio Stadium for the Buckeyes? Nov. 24 game against Michigan where they it will be recognized by the university and conduct other celebratory activities on its own.
Former OSU safety Mike Doss, the defensive MVP of the 2002 national championship game, told The Lantern Thursday that he has been planning the event on behalf of the entire team. Former quarterback Craig Krenzel, safety Donnie Nickey and cornerback Dustin Fox have been ?in constant communication to make everything go.?
Entire article: http://www.thelantern.com/campus/oh...on-doesn-t-rule-out-tressel-clarett-1.2907480
If Tressel attends he'll get one of the loudest ovations.
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