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Jim Tressel (National Champion, ex-President, Youngstown State University, CFB HOF)

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Mike80;2264944; said:
I would say something about what Dan Wetzel could go do to himself, but this is JT's thread and I shall not sully it with such language.
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Well, I'll go ahead, then. Dan Wetzel can pleasure himself with a Garden Weasel.

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JT

BRAVO!!! Many have drank the media coolaid and "assumed" Coach did it to cheat. Anyway, he and his beloved players have moved on, and so should we. Good to see him though.

WyoBuck;2263356; said:
I am happy that Tress showed up for this honor, and I am equally glad that he appeared to be received warmly. I know that there are those that are going to crucify this man forever and regard him and everything he stood for as counterfeit. I am not one of those people. I am thankful that he was the head coach here. I appreciate all that he accomplished and the character that he did instill in the team while he was here. Though I may not have made the same decisions, faced with the same situation that he was faced with, I could see myself looking at what he did as an option. I am willing to take his actions as doing what he felt to be the right thing to do by his guys. I can understand that sometimes what you perceive as the right decision may not be the popular decision or even the accepted "correct" decision. At the same time, I understand why he had to be let go. For those of you that can't let it go, I feel sorry for you. Truly, I do. And I don't mean that in a condescending way. It's just that, I still feel so proud to have had this man as the head coach at tOSU, irrespective of the success, but because I still feel that he is a genuinely good man, whose main priority was to develop the kids who he came in to contact with in to men. I hope someday that he is honered in a much greater way.
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WyoBuck;2263356; said:
I am happy that Tress showed up for this honor, and I am equally glad that he appeared to be received warmly. I know that there are those that are going to crucify this man forever and regard him and everything he stood for as counterfeit. I am not one of those people. I am thankful that he was the head coach here. I appreciate all that he accomplished and the character that he did instill in the team while he was here. Though I may not have made the same decisions, faced with the same situation that he was faced with, I could see myself looking at what he did as an option. I am willing to take his actions as doing what he felt to be the right thing to do by his guys. I can understand that sometimes what you perceive as the right decision may not be the popular decision or even the accepted "correct" decision. At the same time, I understand why he had to be let go. For those of you that can't let it go, I feel sorry for you. Truly, I do. And I don't mean that in a condescending way. It's just that, I still feel so proud to have had this man as the head coach at tOSU, irrespective of the success, but because I still feel that he is a genuinely good man, whose main priority was to develop the kids who he came in to contact with in to men. I hope someday that he is honered in a much greater way.
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^This...I've heard too many stories about the man JT is when the cameras are not on. Stories about his love of these kids...and stories about complete strangers that he's done awesome things for just because... Just my opinion of course, but I believe he is just a man who made a bad decision. But as we don't judge Woody solely for his poor decision on the sideline in the '78 Gator Bowl, we shouldn't do it to Tress either.

I'm glad he showed up...I will never forget the unbelievable undefeated season JT led the Buckeyes to. It was a year of Buckeye football I will never forget as long as I live. :osu:
 
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