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发帖数: 764 | 1 Jim Tressel is a big deal.
Big salary. Big reputation. Big winning percentage (.828 at Ohio State,
second-best in Big Ten history for coaches with 10 or more years in the
league, trailing only Fielding H. Yost).
He is not, however, bigger than Ohio State. Which is why the school should
terminate its star football coach before it responds in the coming months to
the NCAA notice of allegations that was made public Monday.
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Greg Bartram/US PresswireJim Tressel and Ohio State will face the NCAA's
committee on infractions Aug. 12.
In that document, the NCAA charged Tressel with "potential major violations"
related to his handling of what could go down as the most costly body art
in college football history. The free tattoos and sold football memorabilia
of five Buckeyes launched an investigation that could wind up bringing down
The Vest.
And The Vest should go down.
Ohio State is stripped to its soul, and now we're going to see what the
school is made of. Does it cherish its reputation more than its football
prowess, or not?
To put it politely, The Ohio State University has a rather high opinion of
itself. Buckeye Nation has always believed it stood for more than the
average football factory. Its fans have long disdained the scofflaw status
of the Southeastern Conference, even as SEC teams have taken turns beating
the Buckeyes in big games over the years.
Now we'll find out what matters most.
The only bigger coach than Tressel in Ohio State history was Woody Hayes,
winner of AP national championships in 1954 and '68 and the all-time leader
in Big Ten conference victories with 152. Yet when Hayes shamed the
university by punching Clemson's Charlie Bauman in the 1978 Gator Bowl,
igniting a bench-clearing brawl, the school fired him the next day.
If Ohio State could fire its greatest football icon, it can fire Tressel.
Of course, Hayes' assault of Bauman was nationally televised; there was no
mistaking or misunderstanding what occurred. It could not be taken out of
context, glossed over or ascribed to any plot to take down the coach. A
legend punched his way out of a job on live TV, leaving his employer no
choice as far as how to act.
Rittenberg: More Heat for Tressel
Rittenberg The NCAA's notice of allegations sent to Ohio State looks worse
for Jim Tressel than it does for the program, ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
writes. Blog
• PDFs: NCAA cover letter to Ohio State
| Notice of allegations
The Tressel transgressions carry no such visual payload, but that doesn't
make them tolerable. The fact is, a coach who portrays and markets himself
as something more than a coach -- a High-Character Leader of Men -- lied
about what he knew, when he knew it and who he told about it.
In a clear attempt at damage control, as opposed to getting to the bottom of
things, Tressel didn't consult with athletic director Gene Smith or the
school's compliance department when he found out about Tattoogate. Instead,
Tressel took the information to a guy named Ted Sarniak, a businessman from
Terrelle Pryor's hometown who has a relationship (of some sort) with the
quarterback. He also consulted with the lawyer who tipped him off to the
federal investigation (former Buckeye walk-on Christopher Cicero), and with
a member of the FBI.
When Ohio State announced its suspensions of the involved players in
December, Tressel willingly played the part of a bewildered coach who was
caught off guard by the whole thing. As emails were released in the ensuing
months, it became obvious that wasn't the case.
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At that time, Tressel said he kept the emails from Cicero to himself to
avoid compromising the federal investigation of the tattoo parlor's owner.
Except that wasn't quite true, either, since he forwarded them to Sarniak.
Which means Tressel did nothing that could have helped settle this little
scandal in an above-board manner. Given a choice in how to handle it, he
went under the table and then lied about it.
As the story got worse, Ohio State has grudgingly given ground -- trying to
save face and save Tressel at the same time.
Players were suspended, but not the coach. Then the coach was suspended for
two games in 2011. Then, when that looked like a soft response, Tressel
asked for the suspension to be raised to five games -- commensurate with
what the players got from the NCAA.
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AP Photo/Terry GilliamOhio State AD Gene Smith and coach Jim Tressel have
some tough decisions to make.
But with allegations on paper, that still doesn't seem like enough.
If recent history tells us anything, it's that the NCAA doesn't look kindly
upon dissemblers. Ask former Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant, whose
college football career ended by misleading the NCAA. Former Tennessee
basketball coach Bruce Pearl will find out the same thing eventually, when
the NCAA could hit him with a show-cause order that prevents him from
college coaching for some period of time.
Because he was a popular winner, Tennessee thought long and hard about
keeping Pearl even after he was charged in September by the NCAA. The school
was widely derided for that stance before ultimately coming around in March
and firing him.
To many fans outside the SEC, the Volunteers' insistence in standing by
Pearl for many months was seen as another example of the league's win-at-all
-costs mentality. Ultimately, though, it did not last. Tennessee did what it
had to do.
The Ohio State University finds itself in a similar situation now -- but the
coach is an even bigger name, with a bigger salary and a bigger rep.
It's a tough position to be in. But Ohio State was faced with firing a
football icon before, and did what it had to do. It should do so again --
not just as a message to the NCAA, but as a message to everyone about what
the school is made of. | G****e
发帖数: 11198 | | g*********d
发帖数: 8125 | 3 说实话，如果他因为TP纹身走人，算是便宜的了。
NCAA挖的深一点，他最喜欢用booster给球员钱。查到了，估计能是osu vacate胜利最
多的一个教练。然后胜率估计就最烂了。
可惜osu家大业大，代表我们中西部人傻钱多，所以ncaa不会重下杀手，所以估计他能
逃过这一次。
【在 G****e 的大作中提到】
: 出来混的，早晚都得还。
| G****e
发帖数: 11198 | 4 TP会跑去OSU估计跟给钱有一定的关系，至于怎么给的，就不知道了。可惜，Big10一般
不互相挖屁股，
一起赚钱。要不然啊，OSU还真会被搞臭。
【在 g*********d 的大作中提到】
: 说实话，如果他因为TP纹身走人，算是便宜的了。
: NCAA挖的深一点，他最喜欢用booster给球员钱。查到了，估计能是osu vacate胜利最
: 多的一个教练。然后胜率估计就最烂了。
: 可惜osu家大业大，代表我们中西部人傻钱多，所以ncaa不会重下杀手，所以估计他能
: 逃过这一次。
| Y******e
发帖数: 20256 | | r***l
发帖数: 9084 | | n*******1
发帖数: 2254 | 7 鼠狼当道啊，哈哈
【在 r***l 的大作中提到】
: 靠，楼上全是黄鼠狼
| o****3
发帖数: 5100 | 8 钱眼不开啊
【在 n*******1 的大作中提到】
: 鼠狼当道啊，哈哈
| f**l
发帖数: 4396 | 9 你太强了，fbi没请你去当探员？NCAA挖得深一点，你们um就是干净的？
【在 g*********d 的大作中提到】
: 说实话，如果他因为TP纹身走人，算是便宜的了。
: NCAA挖的深一点，他最喜欢用booster给球员钱。查到了，估计能是osu vacate胜利最
: 多的一个教练。然后胜率估计就最烂了。
: 可惜osu家大业大，代表我们中西部人傻钱多，所以ncaa不会重下杀手，所以估计他能
: 逃过这一次。
| r****n
发帖数: 709 | | f**l
发帖数: 4396 | 11 这么聪明，怎么TP来osu那年没见你上来报料？每年一堆五星球员都去了哪些学校，大
家看不见？要是靠塞钱就行，我们至于来个TP跟过年似的？我们人傻钱多，还缺这个钱
？用点脑子好不好
【在 G****e 的大作中提到】
: TP会跑去OSU估计跟给钱有一定的关系，至于怎么给的，就不知道了。可惜，Big10一般
: 不互相挖屁股，
: 一起赚钱。要不然啊，OSU还真会被搞臭。
| l********e
发帖数: 2499 | 12 这事儿我们m fan还是静观其变吧。钱的事儿JT不好说，算他是清白。
反正明知队员违规，还信誓旦旦拍胸脯签字，这个是板上钉钉的，这也需要点儿脸皮。
In September 2010, Tressel even signed a mandatory and rather routine Ohio
State compliance form which clearly and simply asks if he the coach has
knowledge of any NCAA violations. By signing and dating it, he said that he
did not.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6424573 | Y******e
发帖数: 20256 | 13 小叶子怒了。
【在 f**l 的大作中提到】
: 这么聪明，怎么TP来osu那年没见你上来报料？每年一堆五星球员都去了哪些学校，大
: 家看不见？要是靠塞钱就行，我们至于来个TP跟过年似的？我们人傻钱多，还缺这个钱
: ？用点脑子好不好
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