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Apr 25, 2011 10:58 PM
What SEC school offers him a big pay day?
Apr 25, 2011 10:58pm
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Apr 25, 2011 10:59 PM
Vanderbilt they get most of our leftovers.
Apr 25, 2011 10:59pm
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Apr 25, 2011 11:11 PM
Ill put my money on him retiring
Apr 25, 2011 11:11pm
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Apr 25, 2011 11:24 PM
I agree with LJ. If Tressel leaves he won't go anywhere else. Besides his love for TOSU, this would follow him everywhere. Better to make a clean break and retire.
Apr 25, 2011 11:24pm
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Apr 26, 2011 12:03 AM
He ain't going anywhere, he has a job for life
Apr 26, 2011 12:03am
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Apr 26, 2011 12:20 AM
Are you implying someone will put a hit out for him?
Apr 26, 2011 12:20am
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Apr 26, 2011 7:14 AM
Retirement may be forced on him if he gets the show-cause put on him.
Apr 26, 2011 7:14am
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Apr 26, 2011 8:27 AM
LJ;750295 wrote:Ill put my money on him retiring

yup
Apr 26, 2011 8:27am
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Apr 26, 2011 8:33 AM
Tressel will not coach anywhere after OSU.

It's simply not going to happen.
Apr 26, 2011 8:33am
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Apr 26, 2011 10:36 AM
I bet an NFL team would give him a call, similar to Pete Carroll.
Apr 26, 2011 10:36am
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Apr 26, 2011 12:58 PM
If someone from "the U" saw him sporting the cammo...
Apr 26, 2011 12:58pm
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Apr 26, 2011 1:16 PM
...and for the record, IMO, he won't be let go--he may resign, but The OSU won't fire him
Apr 26, 2011 1:16pm
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Apr 26, 2011 1:19 PM
Questions for those betting on retirement - if he resigns as a result of all of this, that would essentially be ending his career in disgrace, right? Do you really think that's how he will want his career to end? Wouldn't an image conscious guy like him want to come back and prove himself once again at some point?
Apr 26, 2011 1:19pm
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Apr 26, 2011 1:21 PM
I think he's conscious about how he views his own image as opposed to how others view it...at least I hope that's the case.
Apr 26, 2011 1:21pm
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Apr 26, 2011 1:27 PM
enigmaax;750630 wrote:Questions for those betting on retirement - if he resigns as a result of all of this, that would essentially be ending his career in disgrace, right? Do you really think that's how he will want his career to end? Wouldn't an image conscious guy like him want to come back and prove himself once again at some point?

No he is too old. I had him retiring after 2012 before all this crap happened anyway. John Cooper and Earle Bruce got fired. They are still at the WHAC and around OSU all the time. I think he knows if he resigns/fired he will always be respected internally for what he has done. I think he will get out of the way once/if his position as head coach become a penalty to the program, and resign himself to being in the background.
Apr 26, 2011 1:27pm
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Apr 26, 2011 1:35 PM
OneBuckeye;750642 wrote:No he is too old. I had him retiring after 2012 before all this crap happened anyway. John Cooper and Earle Bruce got fired. They are still at the WHAC and around OSU all the time. I think he knows if he resigns/fired he will always be respected internally for what he has done. I think he will get out of the way once/if his position as head coach become a penalty to the program, and resign himself to being in the background.

So in your opinion, this will not impact that internal respect? Cooper and Bruce were fired over losses, basically. This is completely different, especially if it leads to additional sanctions against the school. In a worst case scenario (say the NCAA comes down hard and it impacts the program for the next few-to-several years), how long to you feel it will take OSU (in general - the institution, administration, fans, program, etc.) to forgive, welcome him back, etc. Will he ever be held in the same regard as he was at the height of his success/popularity or will this always haunt him?
Apr 26, 2011 1:35pm
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Apr 26, 2011 1:46 PM
enigmaax;750644 wrote:So in your opinion, this will not impact that internal respect? Cooper and Bruce were fired over losses, basically. This is completely different, especially if it leads to additional sanctions against the school. In a worst case scenario (say the NCAA comes down hard and it impacts the program for the next few-to-several years), how long to you feel it will take OSU (in general - the institution, administration, fans, program, etc.) to forgive, welcome him back, etc. Will he ever be held in the same regard as he was at the height of his success/popularity or will this always haunt him?

I think the worst case is a couple of scholarships are taken away. I think the chance of a bowl ban in close to 0. The big punishment will just be to Tressel himself. Woody was fired for shaming the university in a different way but it was just as public as Tressel's fallout. He remained around the university and look at how he is regarded today. Now I am not saying people will look at Tressel the same way, but it won't take long for people to welcome him back. I expect less then a year, things heal quickly when you have won a lot of BCS games, a NC and Countless big 10 titles.
Apr 26, 2011 1:46pm
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Apr 26, 2011 1:49 PM
I think that no one in the SEC would touch him. Why would they? Everone knows he can't beat SEC teams :)

I would put money that Miami would love to hire him... Just to help clean the program up.
Apr 26, 2011 1:49pm
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Apr 26, 2011 1:57 PM
OneBuckeye;750649 wrote:I think the worst case is a couple of scholarships are taken away. I think the chance of a bowl ban in close to 0. The big punishment will just be to Tressel himself. Woody was fired for shaming the university in a different way but it was just as public as Tressel's fallout. He remained around the university and look at how he is regarded today. Now I am not saying people will look at Tressel the same way, but it won't take long for people to welcome him back. I expect less then a year, things heal quickly when you have won a lot of BCS games, a NC and Countless big 10 titles.

Do you think he would/will end up in some official capacity with the school? If so, would that happen immediately, sooner, later?
Apr 26, 2011 1:57pm
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Apr 26, 2011 2:00 PM
enigmaax;750663 wrote:Do you think he would/will end up in some official capacity with the school? If so, would that happen immediately, sooner, later?

No, just an unassuming football consultant or some type of professor title to put him on the payroll. I would have said Assistant Athletic Director before all this crap happend but now there is 0 chance. I think it would take a year or two, but he would probably never have a publicly known official title. Not sure how that works to be honest.
Apr 26, 2011 2:00pm
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Apr 26, 2011 2:53 PM
Thread Bomber;750653 wrote:I think that no one in the SEC would touch him. Why would they? Everone knows he can't beat SEC teams :)

Arkansas may be interested!!!!
Apr 26, 2011 2:53pm
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Apr 26, 2011 2:58 PM
sman;750703 wrote: Arkansas may be interested!!!!

Arkansas can beat itself. Oh wait, their choker-ass QB is gone.
Apr 26, 2011 2:58pm
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Apr 26, 2011 4:18 PM
gerb131;750288 wrote:Vanderbilt they get most of our leftovers.

wasnt Gordon Gee a vanderbilt leftover
Apr 26, 2011 4:18pm
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Apr 26, 2011 4:36 PM
KnightRyder;750782 wrote:wasnt Gordon Gee a vanderbilt leftover

Gee has been president at OSU, Vandy, WVU, Brown and Colorado.

If he resigns/retires, because OSU will not fire him (good record vs. Mich), he will not coach football again He will speak, write books and years down the road will help local media types analyze the Buckeyes.
Apr 26, 2011 4:36pm
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Apr 26, 2011 9:03 PM
enigmaax;750630 wrote:Questions for those betting on retirement - if he resigns as a result of all of this, that would essentially be ending his career in disgrace, right? Do you really think that's how he will want his career to end? Wouldn't an image conscious guy like him want to come back and prove himself once again at some point?

I'm pretty sure he's more than happy with his station in life and how he's conducted himself. Despite what the media reports and how he's being portrayed, I think he still believes he did what he did for the right reasons regardless of ramifications. So, no, he'll feel no need for "redemption".
Apr 26, 2011 9:03pm