Tressel bitching starts in Columbus

I have heard a couple of buckeye fans bitch about him this week. It's kind of annoying. You barely lost to USC and, as much as I hate to say it, he has solidified OSU as a powerful program. Sure, maybe he made some bad choices during some games and you lose every big game, but he's not a bad coach. Who are you going to get that's better anyways?

I just love that some of the mouth breathing Ohio State fans have turned their ire inward. They're dumb, because Tressel is clearly a fine coach, but hey, if they want to freak out, let them.

In fact, let's stoke the flames of unrest at every opportunity. The more internal problems OSU has, the better.

I am at Ohio State every week and have many friends there. They are screaming. They are pissed.

This from one guy: "Even I could tell that this gameplan was absolute shit, and you've heard me say for the last few Bollman is shit- can't run a Shit Boom Herron up the middle ten times. We're in for bad times ahead while Michigan is only getting better. Worm has finally turned."

Emphasis mine, but how nice is that to read? Still a ways to go, but...

Seriously. I was reading the OSU free scout boards (Hineygate) and literally 2/3 of the people want him to be fired or hire a new OC. Talk about wild.

This is hardly any different than how our fans reacted in the late Carr years. Very few OSU fans actually want Tressel fired. They just wish he'd change the way he calls plays or simply give up playcalling responsibilities. I don't blame them. Like Carr, Tressel is obviously good at most aspects of his job but doesn't seem to be that good of an offensive strategist, and his program seems to have plateaued as a consequence.

The (traditional) media enjoys mocking the intelligence of fans and reducing their concerns into straw-man arguments. (Maybe that's another reason why it's losing market share.) Michigan fans didn't force Carr out, nor were we wholeheartedly in love with his coaching philosophy, yet journalists continually pump one of those two storylines. Most of us were in between those extremes.

He's a great recruiter. He's a reasonably solid gameplanner, especially when he focuses all year on one team, unfortunately.

He is not, however, a good game coach. He makes Lloyd look like Les Miles sometimes.

but after reading Smart Football's complete teardown of Tressel

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Deconstructi...

I think OSU fans have a bone to pick with their sweatervested leader. Either Tressel had no idea what was going on schematically or Pryor didn't. Neither of those is a good thing.

I'm all for firing him. Then they might suck.

Listening to Rivals Radio on Sirius yesterday on the way home from work they had a few fans calling in to complain about the conservative nature of Tresselball. One fan even mentioned the "F" word. Hilarious. These people really have lost their grip with reality.

Tressel doesn't seem to be under any illusions as to who his constituency is:

"You felt like it's been a nine-year honeymoon?" he repeated on Tuesday. "You must not have liked your honeymoon."

AND...

"When I read some of them I feel terrible for them because there's no way they're happy," he said. "They've got to be some of the most unhappy people in the world, and I feel bad because we just made them less happy, and I hate to be a part of making someone less happy. I mean, they're already miserable."

Envisioning his season end this way:

Nov 7 @ Penn State (L)
Nov 14 Iowa (L)
Nov 21 @ Michigan (L)

if Doc Saturday is right, then Tressel remaining at OSU is to our GREAT ADVANTAGE. I can't see the things that Doc Sat does -- but if he's even half right, we are golden!

tOSU fans had t-shirts that said "In Tressel We Trust," what a bunch of copiers. Who does that? Wait, nevermind, everybody copies, steals, murders, etc.

I'm sure that when it comes down to it, the same fans calling for Tressel's head are the same ones who at our program wanted Rodriguez out after one year.

No logic in their statements and they just sound ignorant. They are your casual moronic sports fan who have no reason to say the things they are saying. But lest, this is why they are sports fans and the people in power (over sports) are professionals.

would be great if they actually fired him...It will be a happy day for me when I dont have to watch the nasty sweatervest roam those sidelines

that we did the same thing with RR wen he was proven at other schools. maybe not on MGoBlog but those Dumbass fans who dont know crap maybe its those same type of fans complaining at OSU. if it is Jimmy is safe if its more than that like the OSU geeks and alum(more than a few that was mentioned in the article) than hes in trouble especially if they dont go perfect in the Big 10 which they should hopefully not tho

I was at my bank Monday morning and listened to two buckeye fans talk about TP and how he doesn't look very good. AND THEN, one said to the other did you watch Michigan Norte Dame, that Forcier kid SCARES ME. On the radio driving home buccky radio honk stated that tOSU will lose to Michigan this year. It was a good day to be me.

I think it drives OSU fans crazy when they have no one except for themselves to blame for their loss. Usually they can rally behind blaming some outside factor that "wronged them". Now they are going against each other. It couldn't have been set up better for them either. They were playing at home, at night, with crazy, loud fans, against a true freshman QB, without their top returning receiver and most of their defensive starters gone. They aren't going to get another opportunity against a higher ranked opponent with so many things going against them for a long time, if ever. Granted, perhaps no one reloads quite like USC, but the Buckeyes like to claim the best recruiting classes while looking through their scarlet colored glasses.

I think 90% of Buckeye Nation will be on suicide watch if they lose to another true freshman QB this year, especially if its a Meeechigan QB!

Let's not forget:

This is the school that was dumb enough to be unhappy with Earle Bruce, who was 81-26-1 (0.750), finished 1st or 2nd in the conference in 6 of 9 years, went 5-4 in bowls, and was just one year removed from a final top ten ranking. His sin? Going 4-4 in 1987. He even won his last game against U-M (after being fired).

This is the school that was dumb enough to be unhappy with John Cooper, who was 111-43-4 (0.702), finished 1st or 2nd in the conference in 7 of 13 years, placed five teams in the final top ten, and coached two Heisman winners. Okay, so he was 3-8 in bowls (many of which were decided by only a TD). Am I leaving anything out?*

To quote Brad Pitt's character in Spy Game, "We have some f.cked up barometer for success, don't we?"

*sarcasm

OSU fans are putting Tressel in the same position that Carr was in - you won a national championship once, why can't you do it every year?

Tressel had locked out UM from recruiting in Ohio, beat us - what - 6 times in a row now (granted some games were close, but still he beat us)? So they haven't been able to win some bowl games, geez, they won't be happy unless they go 13-0 every year.

This reminds me of Nebraska pushing Frank Solich out for going 9-3... go head OSU, get rid of Tressel, at your own peril.

I don't know if this has been posted already, but:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Deconstructi...

Excellent article on the Ohio State offense this weekend (and to top it off, some nice analysis of the genius of Rich Rod for comparison) on the Dr. Saturday blog.