Jim Tressel resigns

[m00nd0q]

supposedly the big article from SI will be posted later today or tomorrow that sheds more light on the situation

It's really gonna hit the fan when this article comes out, I don't think it's a coincidence that he resigns just before it does. There's gonna be some crazy stuff in it.

 

[Chardon]

Im going to go cry in the corner with b00bie. We better get Urban Meyer or we will look like Michigan.

 

[calleger]

Try for a moment to remove whatever school-colored glasses you might own and consider the following questions:

-- If Tim Tebow, Percy Harvin and Alex Smith had been found guilty of breaking NCAA rules, what would you think of former Utah and Florida coach Urban Meyer?

-- If Ricky Williams, Vince Young and Colt McCoy had all been penalized for running afoul of the NCAA, what would you think of Texas coach Mack Brown?

-- If college sports' governing body had forced LaRon Landry, Rolando McClain and Mark Ingram to miss games for their transgressions, what would you think of former LSU and current Alabama coach Nick Saban?

You probably didn't have to think too hard about the answer. If the three highest profile players of a big-time coach's career all got dinged by the NCAA, you would think that coach might be dirty. So why, after Maurice Clarett, Troy Smith and Terrelle Pryor all faced NCAA sanctions, did people still think Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was squeaky clean? Why, after Tressel admitted in March that he played ineligible players and lied to the NCAA about it, did people still rush to his defense, claiming him an otherwise perfect coach who made one little mistake?

Tressel did, however, make a poor choice of NCAA rules to break. An accomplished former coach once told me that the NCAA only considers two violations unforgivable: Getting caught buying a player and getting caught lying to the NCAA. Tressel is guilty of the second, and coaches who get caught lying to the NCAA rarely keep their jobs. Is Tressel the only coach who lied to the NCAA in the past year? Of course not. Nor was Alabama the only program to buy a player in the recruiting class of 2000. But guess what Tressel and the Alabama staff that bought Albert Means have in common? They got caught

What infuriates Ohio State fans most is that other head coaches have sailed along with no personal punishment or a mere wrist slap. Those fans fail to understand that those coaches wore the armor of plausible deniability. Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari has had Final Four appearances vacated at UMass and Memphis, yet the NCAA never convicted Calipari of any wrongdoing. However when Marcus Camby got that money or Derrick Rose got that SAT score, someone else did it. Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun got hit with a three-game suspension earlier this year for failing to monitor the men on his staff in a case involving an agent funneling money to former UConn recruit Nate Miles. Why didn't Calhoun get hammered the way Tressel might? All the NCAA could prove was that Calhoun's staffers did it. Those guys lost their jobs. Calhoun had plausible deniability.

It is much easier to hire a new coach than it is to dig out from the rubble of scholarship sanctions and postseason bans. If the NCAA believes this is a Jim Tressel problem, all Ohio State must do is cut ties and move on to more Big Ten titles. If the NCAA believes this is an Ohio State problem, the situation gets much, much messier.

By accepting Tressel's resignation Monday, it's clear Ohio State will try to spin a narrative that turns the new revelations into a Jim Tressel problem and stops the bleeding at the August hearing. So months after his employer revealed the lies that shattered a reputation that didn't quite fit the facts, Tressel proved just how much he loves Ohio State. Monday, Tressel made the ultimate declaration of loyalty to the school he served so well by making all of Ohio State's problems his own.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/05/30/Jim.Tressel.OSU/

 

[SauDogg]

Sucks to see Tressel go but this was the right thing to do. Things were just getting worse and worse for him and the football program.

 

[Tornicade]

it just tells me that a program that is built on intergrity and accountability. does things the right way. ultimately will be doomed by the actions of its players. Sure Tressel made a mistake and Lied. and ultimately led to his resignation. My perception of Tressel hasnt changed by these recent events. in fact they have been reinforced. My only issue was with the lying not what he was lying about.

Time to move on. Tressel at some point will be coaching again. the Buckeyes will serve out what penalties are handed down and move forward.

 

[Lee]

Are we really supposed to believe that Tressel did not tell his bosses about the infractions?

Um, yeah, thats been the whole problem from the begining. All the evidence shows that it was hidden from his bosses. That is why Tressell had to go. But, that is also why once Tressell is gone its not a complete institutional problem outside the boosters.

 

[JayDub]

I think leaving Fickell on as interim coach is a huge mistake. Anyone else? He has no head coaching experience. This season is basically a chance for a new head coach *cough* Urban Meyer, to come in with no expectations work with the player who will be around the next 3 years install his offense so this team can hit the ground running in 2012. Instead, the program and the team will remain in limbo because the word interim will always be attached. How bad will this look in recruiting. I mean no kid wants to go to a team with uncertainty of who'll they'll be playing for. It's an awful decision and it further proves Gene Smith's incompetence, imo.

 

[CPK]

I think it's a bit naive to believe Tressel never told anyone else in the OSU athletics department about what was happening. However, it is what you can prove and there isn't any evidence linking anyone but Tressel to what happened.

 

[Chardon]

I posted the above comment months ago. I wish they had done it back then for the reasons I pointed out. The NCAA is too far into it at this point and they no doubt resent the fact that the Buckeyes were putting up a fight. OSU is still going to get some very tough penalties...far tougher than if they had removed Tress months ago like I had said.

I feel bad for him, but I'm mad at him too. He sold his soul for Pryor...that ultimately cost him his job and will cost the University years of rebuilding.

For those that laughed when I said he would never coach another game for OSU - I told you so.

In your defense, Damage just made a thread yesterday saying that " Jim Tressel will NOT resign as head coach"

 

[col63onel]

I think leaving Fickell on as interim coach is a huge mistake. Anyone else? He has no head coaching experience. This season is basically a chance for a new head coach *cough* Urban Meyer, to come in with no expectations work with the player who will be around the next 3 years install his offense so this team can hit the ground running in 2012. Instead, the program and the team will remain in limbo because the word interim will always be attached. How bad will this look in recruiting. I mean no kid wants to go to a team with uncertainty of who'll they'll be playing for. It's an awful decision and it further proves Gene Smith's incompetence, imo.

Who exactly are you going to get now? No "big name" coach is going to take over a program 3 months before games begin. Not Urban Meyer, not John Gruden, not any current BCS coach.

They will have a formal search after the season, and thats really the earliest they could do it.

 

[AZ_]

They've already announced Luke Fickell will be taking over for this season on an interim basis.

 

[SauDogg]

I just saw on the news that Gee said they weren't going to search for a new head coach until after this season. Why wait?

 

[JayDub]

Who exactly are you going to get now? No "big name" coach is going to take over a program 3 months before games begin. Not Urban Meyer, not John Gruden, not any current BCS coach.

They will have a formal search after the season, and thats really the earliest they could do it.

Why couldn't Meyer come in and begin coaching now? He's living in Columbus. He'd have two months to put a staff together which takes about 2 weeks. Camp doesn't start until August. i don't think it's that daunting of task.

 

[Tornicade]

Fickell was already the Interim coach. He was hand picked by Tressel. only now its the whole season instead of half the season.

Fickell has been on staff for nine years. the players respects him.

Keeping Fickell for the year allows the program to maintain some level of stability as it searches for a new coach.
Whose to say Urban Meyer wants the Job or is even capable of doing it. last I checked he left for Health reasons.

and screw beano cook

 

[AZ_]

Because they're not going to rush into a decision, also because no current head coach is going to be interested two months before the workouts start.