[Husker] Tressel Out

[Mike Jaixen]

Considering all of the NCAA scrutiny, I think any elite candidate wants to know 
how big of a hole Ohio State is in before they jump in. There are going to be 
sanctions and scholarship restrictions.  If it's just 3 to 5, some people will 
just waive it off and jump in.  


If it's 10 a year for the next three years, like what happened to USC, I think 
many elite coaches will look away.  Imagine being the Ohio State head coach in 
2015, and only having 55 scholarship players on the roster.  If you've already 
got a pretty good job, why would you want to jump into that mess?  Sure, they'll 
have a really good recruiting class after that because so many positions on the 
team will be open, and they'll be fine in, say 2018-19... but why would someone 
give up a job at Oklahoma or Nebraska for THAT?

If I'm Ohio State, I'm biding my time and getting ready to swallow my medicine.  
Once the NCAA acts, you'll know what you've got and decide if you can target an 
elite coach (i.e. Urban Meyer) or need to bring in somebody to clean things up 
while paying the price for Tressel.  It's the difference between being able to 
name your next coach and having your pick, and likely having to look to the MAC 
or division 1-AA for a coach.  (Though 1-AA didn't turn out well for Ohio State 
the last time they tried it, though it was quite a ride for the first 10 
years...)

 Mike Jaixen
http://huskermike.blogspot.com
http://www.cornnation.com




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From: David Elfering <aroundomaha at gmail.com>
To: Husker List <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Mon, May 30, 2011 1:46:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Tressel Out

To me the thing worse than the possibility of Bo going to Ohio State
is the prospect of them not naming a coach and having to live with the
distraction of people TALKING about it through the next season.

I don't see how OSU can delay a head coaching decision. My bet is that
the position that they will wait until after the season that it is a
smokescreen.

David Elfering
aroundomaha at gmail.com

On May 30, 2011, at 9:44 AM, RJ Wessel <da_huskers at cox.net> wrote:

> Tough to understand what was going through his mind and not reporting these 
>seemingly minor violations in comparison to others.
>
> He knew he was playing with fire, he got burned.
>
> I am not happy to see him resign, but I also think it was overdue with all the 
>events that had gone on.
>
> Now to the future - it looks like the coaching bets are
>
> 1. Urban Meyer
> 2. Bo Pelini
> 3. Gary Patterson.
>
>
> I would had to lose Bo now, but I can also see how hard it would be not to go 
>back and coach your alma mater.
>
>
> ---- David Strong <gobigredlist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What an utterly amazing fall this is.  I'm not sure I've ever seen anything
>> like it.  Can anyone think of anything comparable to this?  I'm sure there
>> are cases like this, but as it applies to someone of Tressel's stature I
>> just can't think of one.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Dick Karre <dkarre at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> NPR just reported that Jim Tressel has resigned.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dick Karre
>>> dkarre at comcast.net
>>>
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