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buckandguinfan
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He just turned 61 in December. I agree, as a Tressel fan and alum I would like it, but like I said I don't know what it takes to be a good university president. He can certainly raise money, and I don't see him drawing anymore negative attention, kind of like Gee did with his gaffes and soundbites. That being said, I think he is a natural for a managing/administrating role, but does he have the skills for that particular position, like Gee has, that made Gee so successful?
For the record I am not trying to compare JT to Gee as a university president. Just using Gee as a frame of reference.
And, yes, Go Penguins!
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I for one am tired of any reference to "Tat-Gate". Tressel made an error in judgment, but I doubt he did so with bad intent. His leadership, organizational, and motivational skills are above question. He has already been the athletic director at YSU...stepping up a notch to university president is far from a stretch...
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A university president is like any other executive position. They don't "do" shit, they manage managers, they are not involved in the day to day tactical execution of a damn thing. Their main responsibilities are PR and fundraising. If the CEO is weak in the particulars of running say a University, then you go hire him a kick ass ops person to be the COO.
Who better than Tress to be the figure head and chief fundraiser of a university at which he had so much success in coaching?
Who better than Tress to be the figure head and chief fundraiser of a university at which he had so much success in coaching?
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
The problem is that they are in charge of assembling and managing a team of academic managers from the Provost down to a VP of research to the individual faculty members elevated to College Deans and Department Chairs. JT has no frame of reference for doing this from a practical standpoint, and those shortcomings will be magnified by the fact that his selection is going to both alienate existing faculty members and drive away potential hires. That he was able to manage a football program or an athletic department doesn't mean that he can manage the academic side any more than a historian or physicist could manage the athletic department.
And seriously, has anyone actually read the resume. Here's his administrative experience in his current position which one assumes makes him qualified to be a university President.
He initiated New Roo Weekend. He somehow managed to (successfully, no less) get through teaching a principles of coaching seminar.
What this really comes down to is that Louis Proenza is leaving behind a ticking financial time bomb at Akron. Members of their board want Tressel's celebrity factor and schmoozing skills for when the legislature is inevitably called upon to bail out his predecessor's fiscal mess.
And for those who are secretly hoping that if he doesn't burn the place down, he could conceivably be a candidate at Ohio State, don't hold your breath. It will never happen. Even without the scandal, Ohio State is NEVER going to hire a former football coach without a Ph.D as President. He's not going to get an interview, and the board would play a game of wastebasket H.O.R.S.E. with his resume if he ever sent one in.
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Thus the righthand person that actually knows how to do that. A Co-HC in all but name.
I just think with the right support around him there is no better PR front man/money raiser for a small university in the State of Ohio than Tress.
Plus, it's Akron for fucks sake. What do they have to lose?
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http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/10823688/jim-tressel-three-finalists-lead-akron
Tressel among 3 finalists for Akron presidency
AKRON, Ohio -- Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel is among three finalists in the University of Akron's search for a new president.
Tressel has been an administrator there for two years. He took the job after being forced out at Ohio State following a scandal in which his players sold memorabilia for cash and tattoos.
A campus email Tuesday from Akron trustees says the finalists include provosts from two other schools -- Scott Scarborough of the University of Toledo and Ronald Nykiel of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Trustees say each finalist will spend one day next week interviewing with advisory groups. The school's current president, Luis Proenza, is leaving his position in June.
Tressel also applied to be president at Youngstown State University, where he previously coached.
Tressel among 3 finalists for Akron presidency
AKRON, Ohio -- Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel is among three finalists in the University of Akron's search for a new president.
Tressel has been an administrator there for two years. He took the job after being forced out at Ohio State following a scandal in which his players sold memorabilia for cash and tattoos.
A campus email Tuesday from Akron trustees says the finalists include provosts from two other schools -- Scott Scarborough of the University of Toledo and Ronald Nykiel of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Trustees say each finalist will spend one day next week interviewing with advisory groups. The school's current president, Luis Proenza, is leaving his position in June.
Tressel also applied to be president at Youngstown State University, where he previously coached.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Jim Tressel is a finalist for Youngstown State University president
Jim Tressel, executive vice president at the University of Akron, is one of three finalists for president at Youngstown State University.
The other finalists are Mary Cullinan , president of Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon and Gary Miller, chancellor of the University of North Carolina- Wilmington.
Entire article: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/04/jim_tressel_one_of_three_final.html
Jim Tressel, executive vice president at the University of Akron, is one of three finalists for president at Youngstown State University.
The other finalists are Mary Cullinan , president of Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon and Gary Miller, chancellor of the University of North Carolina- Wilmington.
Entire article: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/04/jim_tressel_one_of_three_final.html
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No way in hell Tressel doesn't get the position...Jim Tressel is a finalist for Youngstown State University president
Jim Tressel, executive vice president at the University of Akron, is one of three finalists for president at Youngstown State University.
The other finalists are Mary Cullinan , president of Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon and Gary Miller, chancellor of the University of North Carolina- Wilmington.
Entire article: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/04/jim_tressel_one_of_three_final.html
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BIATCHabutuka
out of chaos comes playoffs
so it is JT versus 2 admin types.
YSU owes this to JT. anybody else is a nobody compared to JT. nobody will be a win to that community / fan base / administrators / students other than JT.
while here i will throw this out there.
JT would have beat sparty in the conference championship game.
YSU owes this to JT. anybody else is a nobody compared to JT. nobody will be a win to that community / fan base / administrators / students other than JT.
while here i will throw this out there.
JT would have beat sparty in the conference championship game.
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muffler dragon
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I don't find Cullinan surprising, but I do find Miller's interest surprising.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Jim Tressel is a finalist for Youngstown State University president
Jim Tressel, executive vice president at the University of Akron, is one of three finalists for president at Youngstown State University.
The other finalists are Mary Cullinan , president of Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon and Gary Miller, chancellor of the University of North Carolina- Wilmington.
Entire article: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/04/jim_tressel_one_of_three_final.html
I kind of wonder which one he prefers. I think he is a lock for the YSU job too. Needless to say, he fits that job like an expensive pair of gloves. Thomas Wolfe once wrote a book titled: "You can't go home again"; but Jim Tressel can, to YSU.
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I don't. The whole state has gone so far downhill ever since you got there that even Youngstown seems like an improvement.
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