UAZip0510 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Who is able to enter Tommy Evans Lounge? There are two things that make me raise an eyebrow: How did Tressel make it in and out of the JAR while also hanging out in Tommy Evans Lounge without anyone here physically seeing him? And how did he do the same without any media types seeing him an making note? it was an hour before the game. Still...it seems like we have some well-connected people in here, and nobody physically saw him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Sorry I havent been on campus or around much, but what is the TEL Tommy Evans Lounge I saw that but what is the lounge used for Furniture repairs and light machine shop work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Sorry I havent been on campus or around much, but what is the TEL Tommy Evans Lounge I saw that but what is the lounge used for Furniture repairs and light machine shop work. I stopped going to the TEL once they ceased performing automotive repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I saw that but what is the lounge used for Football recruits to sit around and nurse hangovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipRoo Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Gotta admit, I get goosebumps just knowing that Tressel is in serious discussions with UA. Imagine the atmosphere around school and the community if this comes to fruition. Game Days would be utterly INSANE. I'm sure that's what Proenza envisioned when he commissioned the new stadium...now we just need that one final piece to make it all happen and take UA to the next level. Tress is the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Gotta admit, I get goosebumps just knowing that Tressel is in serious discussions with UA. Imagine the atmosphere around school and the community if this comes to fruition. Game Days would be utterly INSANE. How many goosebumps will you have if we lose to two bcs teams next year and our ooc foe, in say the first three weeks of the season next year? Short term, Faust sold tickets for UofA. Short term, Tressel will sell tickets. Long term? How fast will people turn on Tressel if the team goes 3-9 next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipRoo Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Gotta admit, I get goosebumps just knowing that Tressel is in serious discussions with UA. Imagine the atmosphere around school and the community if this comes to fruition. Game Days would be utterly INSANE. How many goosebumps will you have if we lose to two bcs teams next year and our ooc foe, in say the first three weeks of the season next year? Short term, Faust sold tickets for UofA. Short term, Tressel will sell tickets. Long term? How fast will people turn on Tressel if the team goes 3-9 next year? Oh, okay, GP1. Guess we should just forget it then. Thanks for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyake Posted November 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I can live with it if he says 'no' but I'm extremely happy that the University is actually making an attempt to get him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZipster0305 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Gotta admit, I get goosebumps just knowing that Tressel is in serious discussions with UA. Imagine the atmosphere around school and the community if this comes to fruition. Game Days would be utterly INSANE. How many goosebumps will you have if we lose to two bcs teams next year and our ooc foe, in say the first three weeks of the season next year? Short term, Faust sold tickets for UofA. Short term, Tressel will sell tickets. Long term? How fast will people turn on Tressel if the team goes 3-9 next year? I would still support him. 3-9 is a definite improvement over 1-11 and 0-11. And I would expect an improvement in the number of wins in subsequent seasons as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Gotta admit, I get goosebumps just knowing that Tressel is in serious discussions with UA. Imagine the atmosphere around school and the community if this comes to fruition. Game Days would be utterly INSANE. How many goosebumps will you have if we lose to two bcs teams next year and our ooc foe, in say the first three weeks of the season next year? Short term, Faust sold tickets for UofA. Short term, Tressel will sell tickets. Long term? How fast will people turn on Tressel if the team goes 3-9 next year? I would still support him. 3-9 is a definite improvement over 1-11 and 0-11. And I would expect an improvement in the number of wins in subsequent seasons as well. The losses would be a short term problem. High school kids in Ohio will beat down the doors to play for Tressel no matter where he goes. Akron would probably get every 2nd level Ohio player that didnt verbal to OSU or maybe Michigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyake Posted November 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 like i said, it's Tressel's job if he wants it. Everyone should join this group http://www.facebook.com/groups/140991172667988/ or think of ways to send Tressel the message that Akron welcomes him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZip0510 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Gotta admit, I get goosebumps just knowing that Tressel is in serious discussions with UA. Imagine the atmosphere around school and the community if this comes to fruition. Game Days would be utterly INSANE. How many goosebumps will you have if we lose to two bcs teams next year and our ooc foe, in say the first three weeks of the season next year? Short term, Faust sold tickets for UofA. Short term, Tressel will sell tickets. Long term? How fast will people turn on Tressel if the team goes 3-9 next year? I would still support him. 3-9 is a definite improvement over 1-11 and 0-11. And I would expect an improvement in the number of wins in subsequent seasons as well. The losses would be a short term problem. High school kids in Ohio will beat down the doors to play for Tressel no matter where he goes. Akron would probably get every 2nd level Ohio player that didnt verbal to OSU or maybe Michigan. +1000000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zips4ever2008 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I don't know if I believe Tressel was at TEL the other night. Wasn't he up in Michigan giving the Buckeyes a talk in the lockerroom? I also find it hard to believe that no one spotted him and no word spread about him being there. There are a couple big important people that sit by us in basketball that go to TEL and I would think they would know if Tressel was there. All these rumors are just crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZip0510 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Gotta admit, I get goosebumps just knowing that Tressel is in serious discussions with UA. Imagine the atmosphere around school and the community if this comes to fruition. Game Days would be utterly INSANE. How many goosebumps will you have if we lose to two bcs teams next year and our ooc foe, in say the first three weeks of the season next year? Short term, Faust sold tickets for UofA. Short term, Tressel will sell tickets. Long term? How fast will people turn on Tressel if the team goes 3-9 next year? Gerry Faust isn't even in the same league as Jim Tressel as a coach. Faust Notre Dame: 30-26-1 Akron: 73-79-4 Career: 103-105-5 Tressel Youngstown State: 135-57-2 Ohio State: 229-79-2 Career: 364-136-4; 4 NCAA 1-AA National Championships, 1 NCAA 1-A National Championship Tressel isn't just a big name...he's one of the best coaches and recruiters in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes102 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I don't know if I believe Tressel was at TEL the other night. Wasn't he up in Michigan giving the Buckeyes a talk in the lockerroom? I also find it hard to believe that no one spotted him and no word spread about him being there. There are a couple big important people that sit by us in basketball that go to TEL and I would think they would know if Tressel was there. All these rumors are just crazy. He was in Columbus friday, giving the team a pep talk before heading up to Michigan...not while IN Michigan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bUAkronG Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 One thing I haven't seen mentioned is, would Tressel even be allowed to coach D-1 next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zips Win! Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 High school kids in Ohio will beat down the doors to play for Tressel no matter where he goes. Akron would probably get every 2nd level Ohio player that didnt verbal to OSU or maybe Michigan. Completely false. When the recruits are told they are going to Akron and not tosu, after one year it will be back to business (recruiting) as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Gotta admit, I get goosebumps just knowing that Tressel is in serious discussions with UA. Imagine the atmosphere around school and the community if this comes to fruition. Game Days would be utterly INSANE. How many goosebumps will you have if we lose to two bcs teams next year and our ooc foe, in say the first three weeks of the season next year? Short term, Faust sold tickets for UofA. Short term, Tressel will sell tickets. Long term? How fast will people turn on Tressel if the team goes 3-9 next year? Gerry Faust isn't even in the same league as Jim Tressel as a coach. Faust Notre Dame: 30-26-1 Akron: 73-79-4 Career: 103-105-5 Tressel Youngstown State: 135-57-2 Ohio State: 229-79-2 Career: 364-136-4; 4 NCAA 1-AA National Championships, 1 NCAA 1-A National Championship Tressel isn't just a big name...he's one of the best coaches and recruiters in the country. It was a comment about the fans of NE Ohio, not coaching ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akzipper Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Gotta admit, I get goosebumps just knowing that Tressel is in serious discussions with UA. Imagine the atmosphere around school and the community if this comes to fruition. Game Days would be utterly INSANE. How many goosebumps will you have if we lose to two bcs teams next year and our ooc foe, in say the first three weeks of the season next year? Short term, Faust sold tickets for UofA. Short term, Tressel will sell tickets. Long term? How fast will people turn on Tressel if the team goes 3-9 next year? 3-9 is an improvement over last year isn't it? Heck even Fickell could do that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 High school kids in Ohio will beat down the doors to play for Tressel no matter where he goes. Akron would probably get every 2nd level Ohio player that didnt verbal to OSU or maybe Michigan. Completely false. When the recruits are told they are going to Akron and not tosu, after one year it will be back to business (recruiting) as usual. I agree with Zips Win! People have short memories...especially young people. Lots of no name coaches have done well in the MAC and have done a great job of recruiting. Toledo Tom was a great MAC coach and spent almost his entire career at Toledo. He did just fine without the OSU name behind him. Solich is doing just fine without the OSU name behind him. Hoepner (sp?) did great at Miami without the OSU name behind him. English is doing fine at EMU without the OSU name behind. Cubit has done fine at WMU without the OSU name behind him. The previous coach at Miamioh won the MAC in two years and didn't have the OSU name behind him. This illusion that Tressel will come to Akron and win off of his past is fantasy. If Tressel came to Akron, his ability to win or lose will depend on how well he does at Akron, not how well he did at OSU. If OSU gets back to being a top level Big Ten team next year, everyone around Ohio will be saying, "Jim who?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I posted this in another thread, but realized afterward it really belongs here. For the record, I'm not set on any one individual. As much as I despised Tressel in the past, both at YSU and OSU, I'll admit if there is any chance of hiring him here, UA needs to give it a shot even if it is primarily for financial reasons. Assuming the potential coaching ban is not an issue, I still have a mild concern over whether he can operate the same program as he did at YSU without the threat of NCAA violations occuring here. And if he runs a 100% clean operation, will he necessarily be successful? Aside from these particulars, there is always the possibility that the one time successful "big time coach" simply doesn't get it done at the lower level program (for example Dick Crum at K.E.N.T., and more recently Bill Curry at Georgia St and Larry Coker at UTSA). Still, it's probably a risk worth taking, but there are certainly no guarantees regardless of who gets the job. Oh and one more thing. We can't schedule Slippery Rock and Clarion to open every season like Tressel did back in his YSU heyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Is it meaningful to Tressel to salvage his reputation. Yes. Can he accept taking the hit to his lifetime win % that the first 2 seasons at UA would level? Probably. Does he want to coach again? Probably. Does he need big-time money? Probably not. Is Hudson a nice place to live? Yes. I could see him coming to UA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I still have a mild concern over whether he can operate the same program as he did at YSU without the threat of NCAA violations occuring here. And if he runs a 100% clean operation, will he necessarily be successful?We can't schedule Slippery Rock and Clarion to open every season like Tressel did back in his YSU heyday. Great post JZ84. I'd just like to focus on this little bit. We have learned in the past year that Tressel was a fake and fraud as it relates to his campaign to be the most honorable person in America. He can't afford to come to Akron and be exposed as a fake and fraud as a coach. He'll never take the chance. Tressel won a boatload of games at OSU with three MAC schools per year and a cake Big Ten schedule. He routinely got his butt kicked against OOC BCS teams. There is no scheduling to hide behind at Akron. He can't take the risk of being exposed. One thing Tressel isn't is a risk taker and Akron is a huge risk for him. I've never said that Tressel couldn't win at Akron. There just isn't any evidence to show he can win without breaking NCAA rules. I don't want to risk him not being able to win without breaking rules at Akron. If he doesn't break rules and loses, we are screwed. If he breaks rules, wins and gets caught, we are screwed. If he doesn't break rules and wins, which there is no proof of, we win. We have a 2 in 3 chance of losing with this guy. No thanks. People need to think with their heads and not with their hearts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZip0510 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Gotta admit, I get goosebumps just knowing that Tressel is in serious discussions with UA. Imagine the atmosphere around school and the community if this comes to fruition. Game Days would be utterly INSANE. How many goosebumps will you have if we lose to two bcs teams next year and our ooc foe, in say the first three weeks of the season next year? Short term, Faust sold tickets for UofA. Short term, Tressel will sell tickets. Long term? How fast will people turn on Tressel if the team goes 3-9 next year? Gerry Faust isn't even in the same league as Jim Tressel as a coach. Faust Notre Dame: 30-26-1 Akron: 73-79-4 Career: 103-105-5 Tressel Youngstown State: 135-57-2 Ohio State: 229-79-2 Career: 364-136-4; 4 NCAA 1-AA National Championships, 1 NCAA 1-A National Championship Tressel isn't just a big name...he's one of the best coaches and recruiters in the country. It was a comment about the fans of NE Ohio, not coaching ability. The fans in NE Ohio support a winner. Jim Tressel is an established winner. Gerry Faust was not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZip0510 Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 High school kids in Ohio will beat down the doors to play for Tressel no matter where he goes. Akron would probably get every 2nd level Ohio player that didnt verbal to OSU or maybe Michigan. Completely false. When the recruits are told they are going to Akron and not tosu, after one year it will be back to business (recruiting) as usual. I agree with Zips Win! People have short memories...especially young people. Lots of no name coaches have done well in the MAC and have done a great job of recruiting. Toledo Tom was a great MAC coach and spent almost his entire career at Toledo. He did just fine without the OSU name behind him. Solich is doing just fine without the OSU name behind him. Hoepner (sp?) did great at Miami without the OSU name behind him. English is doing fine at EMU without the OSU name behind. Cubit has done fine at WMU without the OSU name behind him. The previous coach at Miamioh won the MAC in two years and didn't have the OSU name behind him. This illusion that Tressel will come to Akron and win off of his past is fantasy. If Tressel came to Akron, his ability to win or lose will depend on how well he does at Akron, not how well he did at OSU. If OSU gets back to being a top level Big Ten team next year, everyone around Ohio will be saying, "Jim who?". Again, nobody is saying he will win on his name alone. He is a great coach. Great coaching = winning. Winning = better recruits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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