K-Roo Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Gerry still roots for Notre Dame This pic looks like was taken at Pitt Stadium.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Ah memories. I was living in Nebraska at the time Akron hired this loser. People who knew I was a Zip tore me a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 One of the best documentaries on Faust is the one done by ESPN. You can find it in two parts on You Tube. It's very fair, and points out the disadvantages that he had going to Notre Dame right from high school. You know when someone writes an article in which they create the phrase "third losingest", they are intending to be as critical as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 That would be Fr. Joyce, Notre Dame's legendary executive vice president, offering the Notre Dame job. They called Faust's hiring in 1981 "The Bold Experiment." Was this the inagural episode of "When AD's Strike"? Amazing that show has run for over 30 years and still has legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 He still roots for them and attends multiple games a year?! Why are we wasting our money on him!? /TresselLogic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zips Win! Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 A few comments: Dude was the worst college football coach ever with more than 2 years at the helm. We all know who the worst is with two years or less. Faust is a prime example of a face we do not want associated with UA. Similiar to you know who.... He is ND through and through yet is allowed on campus. You wanna talk about bad luck, he trumps Zips Win! by a landslide... As for the article, Faust wants to start a fight with a fan, yet they were willing to toss the fan...typical. The last time I checked he coached nine years, not eight...And I guess Fausty the snowman couldn't get a free ticket, so he isn't going to the NC game. Enough already!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZZips Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 He still roots for them and attends multiple games a year?! Why are we wasting our money on him!? /TresselLogic You have lost me with this comment. Identify the "we" who are wasting money. Did you give some money to Faust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 You have lost me with this comment. Identify the "we" who are wasting money. Did you give some money to Faust? You totally missed the point of my comment. My comment was made in jest to people who complain every time Tressel isnt doing something related to UA. As for your question, "we" means the University, and being that I am a member of the University, yes, some of my tuition goes to Mr. Faust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Was this the inagural episode of "When AD's Strike"? Amazing that show has run for over 30 years and still has legs. It may have been. The interesting thing is the motivation. My guess is the priest who made this decision really believed it would help ND. When ADs strike today, they do it to advance their careers regardless of whether or not the school benefits. Athletic Departments are run by horrible people trying to get rich on the backs of an exploited labor force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctmjbowes@sbcglobal.net Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Faust had as good a record at Akron as any of the coaches in the D-1 era. I know we all like to deride the guy, and I wonder, if the interviewer had asked, what he would have to say about his years at Akron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZZips Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 You totally missed the point of my comment. My comment was made in jest to people who complain every time Tressel isnt doing something related to UA. As for your question, "we" means the University, and being that I am a member of the University, yes, some of my tuition goes to Mr. Faust. I am still confused. Maybe too much eggnog yesterday. It is my understanding that Gerry is a retired state employee. I agree with your comments on Tressel. Far too much negativity about someone who is asked often to help out in many ways in NE Ohio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 I am still confused. Maybe too much eggnog yesterday. It is my understanding that Gerry is a retired state employee. I agree with your comments on Tressel. Far too much negativity about someone who is asked often to help out in many ways in NE Ohio. My mistake. I hear he is in the football office all the time, so was not assuming he was retired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Dude was the worst college football coach ever with more than 2 years at the helm. These kinds of comments always amaze me. He has been the most successful coach in the 25 year history of D1-A football at Akron. And he did it with worse facilities and financial resources than his predecessors, a scholarship deficit vs. his competitors that lasted for years, and had to start the program with basically an entire roster of 1-AA players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 I agree with your comments on Tressel. Far too much negativity about someone who is asked often to help out in many ways in NE Ohio. Help with what? The Indians? Is that what we are paying him $200k a year to do? He behaves more like a guy setting himself up to run for public office more than a guy working for the University. He would easily win central Ohio in a statewide race. What is the next largest market? Oh, ne Ohio. Where could he find an employer willing to be Conned by this guy?...oh, Proenza et al. Tressel has a loose association with honesty and integrity. Don't think the motivation for working at Akron isn't a front for something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 These kinds of comments always amaze me. He has been the most successful coach in the 25 year history of D1-A football at Akron. And he did it with worse facilities and financial resources than his predecessors, a scholarship deficit vs. his competitors that lasted for years, and had to start the program with basically an entire roster of 1-AA players. He also had the highest season winning percentage of any season since we moved to D1A. Never the less, he was still pretty terrible. I don't think he was the worst ever, but there are 14 years of evidence for anyone who thinks he was. Most guys that bad never get more than seven years to prove how bad they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Help with what? The Indians? Is that what we are paying him $200k a year to do? He behaves more like a guy setting himself up to run for public office more than a guy working for the University. He would easily win central Ohio in a statewide race. What is the next largest market? Oh, ne Ohio. Where could he find an employer willing to be Conned by this guy?...oh, Proenza et al. Tressel has a loose association with honesty and integrity. Don't think the motivation for working at Akron isn't a front for something else. got to love the conspiracy theorists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckzip Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 got to love the conspiracy theorists. Yep. And the uninformed with agendas. If you want to know what kind of man Tressel is, talk to those that know him and have played for him at different schools. I would guess 90% think he is a great man. Many just focus on the ESPiN smear job and the 10% that have an ax to grind. Obviously Proenza knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 These kinds of comments always amaze me. He has been the most successful coach in the 25 year history of D1-A football at Akron. And he did it with worse facilities and financial resources than his predecessors, a scholarship deficit vs. his competitors that lasted for years, and had to start the program with basically an entire roster of 1-AA players. When G.F. took over, the Rubber Bowl was essentially unchanged since the early 1970s. I also understand that he only accepted the position at Akron after the University pledged to substantially increase its financial commitment to football. Therefore, I assert that he did it with the same facilities and more financial resources than his predecessors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 When G.F. took over, the Rubber Bowl was essentially unchanged since the early 1970s. I also understand that he only accepted the position at Akron after the University pledged to substantially increase its financial commitment to football. Therefore, I assert that he did it with the same facilities and more financial resources than his predecessors. Sorry. I meant the coaches who followed him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Help with what? The Indians? Is that what we are paying him $200k a year to do? He behaves more like a guy setting himself up to run for public office more than a guy working for the University. He would easily win central Ohio in a statewide race. What is the next largest market? Oh, ne Ohio. Where could he find an employer willing to be Conned by this guy?...oh, Proenza et al. Tressel has a loose association with honesty and integrity. Don't think the motivation for working at Akron isn't a front for something else. Outstanding Post. Let me add, have you seen the one news station in Cleveland that lets him do a segment every once in a while ?? Did you see the one where he talked about going back to Cowlumbus right before that embarrassing debacle where they carried him around on the field?? Lets face it. We are associating ourselves with probably the biggest current example of cheating in college athletics. So, I thought our timing was the biggest mistake. But now I simply question just what he is doing for the money we are paying him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Obviously Proenza knows. Isn't he the same guy who hired wistrcill? Can we really trust him at this point? My understanding is he is distant with the people who work with him. Nobody really knew the guy or knows the guy. Many wanted to believe the really knew him, but most didn't. It's how the con man gets over. They dupe the willing. There have always been rumors about Tressel possibly wanting some sort of public life in politics. Taking a public job at Akron isn't a bad way to stay in front of the public for a couple of years. I think the guy could easily win a statewide election in Ohio. It's similar to Hillary Clinton taking Secretary of State while she bides her time to run for president again. He has to stay in the spotlight though. Giving speeches while drawing a check isn't a bad way to do it. It's extremely smart in many ways. A guy with his loose association with honesty and integrity would fit in we'll in politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Outstanding Post. Let me add, have you seen the one news station in Cleveland that lets him do a segment every once in a while ?? Let me first add a +1,000,000 on your comment that my post was outstanding. With that said, no, like tens of thousands I stopped watching local news years ago andi don't live in NE Ohio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Isn't he the same guy who hired wistrcill? Can we really trust him at this point? My understanding is he is distant with the people who work with him. Nobody really knew the guy or knows the guy. Many wanted to believe the really knew him, but most didn't. It's how the con man gets over. They dupe the willing. There have always been rumors about Tressel possibly wanting some sort of public life in politics. Taking a public job at Akron isn't a bad way to stay in front of the public for a couple of years. I think the guy could easily win a statewide election in Ohio. It's similar to Hillary Clinton taking Secretary of State while she bides her time to run for president again. He has to stay in the spotlight though. Giving speeches while drawing a check isn't a bad way to do it. It's extremely smart in many ways. A guy with his loose association with honesty and integrity would fit in we'll in politics. Proenza has done nothing but improve UA. Im not sure how athletics has anything to do with Tressel, but isnt Wistrcill the same guy who hired TB, the baseball coach who is supposedly decent, and signed Caleb Porter and KD long-term? Distant from people? I have to disagree, We get it, you are jealous of the second biggest name in Ohio. Just because he COULD win an election in Ohio, it doesnt mean its his agenda. I mean if it was his goal, he could have gotten a position better than Akron for publicity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 And isnt Wistrcill the same guy who hired TB, the baseball coach who is supposedly decent, and signed Caleb Porter and KD long-term? Distant from people? I have to disagree, We get it, you dont like the guy. TW sure did hire Bowden after he botched the Winters offer. Basically, hiring TW was his only option. I don't give people credit for hiring "decent" coaches. Porter left as soon as a better opportunity arose. We'll see in the next few months if signing KD long term was a good idea. TW is a complete failure. There is nothing wrong with someone being distant. There is something wrong with the people who think they know someone from a chance meeting at a rubber chicken lunch or from what they hear from those at the rubber chicken lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Giving speeches while drawing a check isn't a bad way to do it. It's extremely smart in many ways. A guy with his loose association with honesty and integrity would fit in we'll in politics. :lol: Are you saying that you haven't heard of "A Moment With Jim Tressel", or whatever that one news station calls that show? I'm sure someone here has a clip. I'm liking your posts here, but please check your ego at the door. I don't always agree with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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