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JT appointing himself head of compliance was his downfall. He didn't quite get to the bottom of it with his "investigation" did he ?. Turn it over to compliance like you are supposed to and none of this happens, none of this. Great guy, great coach, blah blah blah. Major screw up appointing himself head of compliance. Had Coach control freak let the compliance people investigate, 5 clowns get suspended a few meaningless games at the beginning of 2010 and it is forgotten by seasons end. Amazing more of you aren't outraged by the damage his actions are causing.

very true. it was more the media vultures than anything.

speaking of the Pukitzer and judging, remember this: the Acadeny Awards picked "How Green Was My Valley" (?) over "Citizen Kane", "My Fair Lady" over "Dr. Strangelove" and many other sad choices.

How about - -"The dog ate my homework"?

Why pay attention to Weston? He told me everything I need To know about him with the Fox mention. If he thinks that Fox is biased, he's had either too much Kool-Aid or he's an idiot. Either way, who cares what he thinks? Can you really have an exchange of ideas with a moron?

Mr. B, Wake up. You are not the only Buckeye fan who loved Tressel and thinks he was basically a great guy and coach but you have blinders on. Who cares if Pryor and Posey lied. Didn't Tressel say he didn't tell anyone ( he did in fact but not the people he should have) because he was afraid for them? You are distorting the facts to protect your image you have of him on a pedestal. He screwed up big time and continued to lie until he was forced to reveal the truth. Don't twist the facts.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understood him to have signed a statement that he knew of no potential violations. If he confronted the players with the substance of the e-mail (alleging that they had sold memorabilia), and they denied it, he certainly had the right to rely on their denials (assuming he had no other information that undercut the players' credibility) in signing the document. Whom would you believe with all other things being equal, guys that you work with every day or the hearsay statement of a low-life convicted felon who was under investigation by the FBI? If he took the players' word, he had no knowledge of potential violations at the time he signed the document. Hardly a lie at all.

The representation made implicitly requires the coach to exercise judgment on what constitutes a potential violation, or otherwise the coach would be compelled to report every rumor or incredible piece of information that came into his possession. I am confident that the language would not require such an absurd result.

Now let me ask you a question--why are you so willing to accept the judgment of some sanctimonious, self-interested and ill-willed members of the media and be so quick to call JT a liar without at least hearing what he or his lawyer would say about his intentions and understanding when he signed the document?

Mr Dohrmann has the courage to identify himself, unlike a certain critic who hides behind a pseudonym and a cartoon caricature.

I agree with this sentiment on some level.

I believe Tressel's failure to come forward with the information after the Feds got a hold of OSU in December, (and hence his 3 reasons for not disclosing earlier were lifted "confidentiality, player safety, hindering the fed investigation are all moot once the feds contacted OSU"), along with his misleading answer given when asked directly by OSU during the investigation in December, and the fact we now know that Tressel contacted Cicero on Christmas Eve to clarify that these allegations in December were the same ones he was warned about in April which Cicero confirmed and hence he knew what he had in his possession and still didn't disclose it, all make this a fireable offense.

What made it worse was that Gee and Smith tried like crazy to minimize this and have made the PR aspect of this a circus. Everything from going for an initial 2 game suspension and "at the end of the day" and "I hope he doesn't fire me" comments to asking for his resignation within just 2 months has turned OSU into a punching bag and a national joke.

Tressel got what he deserved,,(try lying and hiding malfeasance of your employees from your boss and their governing body and see if you keep your job)

But the way Gee and Smith have handled this from a PR perspective has been just as bad and should cost them both their jobs as well.

Think about the behavior and performance of these 3 folks and ask yourself, are you getting $6.3 million dollars worth of performance?? to my mind this could have been handled better by a HS pricipal and a Middle school football coach better than how these 3 chose to handle this.

Had Gee and Smith stepped up in January and asked for Tressel's resignation then, this would have been so much cleaner.

Don't forget, that the ncaa in most cases of 10.1 violations hands out "Show Cause" orders on the coach involved, which effectively fired them anyway..I fully expect Tressel will still get a multi year show cause order, even though he has been let go/retired.

I'm in on the class action suit. The Media is not the judge, jury, and the lynching crew. There is a reason that a non bias organization (theoretically) is supposed to investigate before pronouncing a verdict.

Loved the peace on Tressel Mr. B.!! I have NOT seen a witch hunt and cowardice execution like this since Salem!! Thanks E!SP!N for everything!