ptown_trojans_1;727523 wrote:My opinion on him changed. He has def. taken a hit in my book. Now, I don;t think OSU should fire him, but instead suspend him for all of next year.
He messed up and really tarnished the university. He should have to pay for more than 5 games in my view.
OSU is now lumped in with USC, Miami and FSU as dirty programs and that's not right at all.
Sorry, to say OSU is lumped in with USC, Miami and others is jsut flat out ignorant. If you choose to do that, so be it. What TRessel did, was obviously wrong. But this situation is bigger than what it should be, because of the person Tressel portrays himself to be..this squeeky clean, clean cut guy who never makes a mistake. Thats why he is, and rightfully so, being drug threw the mud more than other coaches have been. But what those others places did, namely USC...in reality, makes this look like a crum on a map. We are still talking about players selling a few items, for a few bucks for freaking tatoos. IT wasn't player and family living a multi million dollar home in LA, driving luxury cars, and an assistant coach involved, along with a basketball player being recruited with money! The haters will obviously continue to try to make this a bigger deal than what it is. But in reality, when you look at the actualy story...yes, rules were broken. But any moron knows how stupid those rules are (selling your OWN items) for nothing but a freaking tatoo. Tressel obviously has added to it by what he chose to do. A mistake obviously. But I would be MUCH more disturbed by many other issues to be honest. I was more disturbed with Clarrett, Smith and other players off the field issues , or if there were major recruiting violations. But again, I'll wait to see how this all plays out in the eyes of the NCAA.
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