I hope its just some unsubtantiated rumor, I think I read somewhere where one or two institutions were trying to use this rumor to sway potential recruits.

If this is true it should be looked into, as I'm sur there's some sort of rule against this type of tampering at that level

darbypitcher22;614345 wrote:If this is true it should be looked into, as I'm sur there's some sort of rule against this type of tampering at that level

Negative recruiting happens everywhere on all kinds of levels.

karen lotz;614352 wrote:Negative recruiting happens everywhere on all kinds of levels.

Not from OSU it doesn't. The Buckeye program is squeaky clean, there is never any controversy involved with the Bucks.

hmmm... tiernan's right.

Several players have been asked this in the past and Penn State is the only one I have heard of using negative recruiting multiple times. But it is only one coach that does it. I think coaches will say compare us to anyone in this area and we are the best. Rather than say this school is bad because they suck at this etc. There are better ways of recruiting that and most kids will see right through it.

I cant believe that anybody took this serious at any point.

OneBuckeye;615951 wrote:Several players have been asked this in the past and Penn State is the only one I have heard of using negative recruiting multiple times. But it is only one coach that does it. I think coaches will say compare us to anyone in this area and we are the best. Rather than say this school is bad because they suck at this etc. There are better ways of recruiting that and most kids will see right through it.

I call BS on this. Everyone negative recruits against Penn State. I personally know several guys who were recruited by OSU using negative tactics ranging from Paterno won't last your 4 years to the State College police harrass football players and the Columbus PD leaves us alone.

Based on the topic, Tressel isn't going anywhere unless he decides to try his hand in the NFL.

Red Saul;615959 wrote:I cant believe that anybody took this serious at any point.

Les Miles to Michigan...

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/25/rotfl-report-says-tressel-to-step-down-as-osu-coach/

Guy who wrote that article is a dumbass.

^^^^

I think that's what we all figured

WebFire;616153 wrote:Les Miles to Michigan...

Jon Gruden to Notre Dame...

darbypitcher22;614345 wrote:I hope its just some unsubtantiated rumor, I think I read somewhere where one or two institutions were trying to use this rumor to sway potential recruits.

If this is true it should be looked into, as I'm sur there's some sort of rule against this type of tampering at that level

You can negative recruit in NCAA Football '11. I'm pretty sure if you can do it in the game, it'd be understood to be pretty commonplace in the world of college football.

jordo212000;613358 wrote:This is Ohio State we're talking about, not OU. You just don't hire somebody with no sort of resume to go off of. The Ohio State job pretty much has a pre-req of being successful elsewhere as a head coach.

I'm pretty sure that Frank Solich had a decent resume when OU hired him, being the head coach at, you know, Nebraska. As a matter of fact, going off that logic, Tressel was a far riskier hire given the fact that he had never coached on this level of college football before he was hired. Obviously he had experience, and his reputation was known in Columbus and allowed him to be a candidate. I know what you're saying, I just thought I'd put that out there

Solich isn't that great of an example. He was fired from Nebraska. Don't make it seem like he used Nebraska as a stepping stone to OU. He would have taken any job that was offered to him and OU just happened to be a good fit since we all know how he likes to party.

karen lotz;617330 wrote:Solich isn't that great of an example. He was fired from Nebraska. Don't make it seem like he used Nebraska as a stepping stone to OU. He would have taken any job that was offered to him and OU just happened to be a good fit since we all know how he likes to party.

clever :rolleyes:

karen lotz;617330 wrote:Solich isn't that great of an example. He was fired from Nebraska. Don't make it seem like he used Nebraska as a stepping stone to OU. He would have taken any job that was offered to him and OU just happened to be a good fit since we all know how he likes to party.

That's true, and I'm not disputing that. I'm well aware the circumstances that surrounded his firing in Lincoln, and of course going from a Big12 school to a midmajor isn't going to be a "stepping stone". All I'm saying is that Solich had experience not only winning 3 national championships as an assistant, but also led a the program to the NC game as a head coach, and coached in 6 bowl games total, AND had recruited at the FBS level before. Obviously Tress had success at YSU, but it is a different level of football. It's a whole different animal taking over a program like Ohio State or Nebraska for that matter, than coaching at Youngstown State. You don't get athletes like Terelle Pryor or Braxton Miller, Beanie Wells etc interested in your school at YSU. You have to know how to land those guys, and then be productive with them after you get them (see: John Cooper). If you're an AD and you want someone who knows the ropes not only coaching at that level, but recruiting at that level, a guy like Frank Solich doesn't come around very often if you're OU. Tom Osborne is a GOD in Nebraska, and it's not too often a guy who learned and was mentored by a legendary coach falls right into your lap in Athens, Ohio.

And you know as well as I do that outside of about 6-8 programs in the country, Solich would not have been fired like he was at Nebraska. And they've paid the price for the better part of this decade.

isn't Solich an OU alum?

Red_Skin_Pride;617369 wrote:And you know as well as I do that outside of about 6-8 programs in the country, Solich would not have been fired like he was at Nebraska. And they've paid the price for the better part of this decade.

Lol, I agree and always thought Nebraska got what they deserved with that.