OT: I'm having dinner with Jim Tressel - What should I ask him?
This coming May 14th my company is getting something known as the "Manny Award" here in Northern Ohio. I have been asked to accept the award for my firm and because of that I will be sitting at the podium for the dinner and award ceremony next to the Keynote speaker Jim Tressel. My question is if you had the opportunity to sit next to him for the evening what would you ask him?
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I might add I have had the opportunity to meet Tressel on two other occasions and found him to be extremely personable and friendly (and yes he knew I was a Michigan alum) so I don't want to say anything extremely offensive but I do want to take the opportunity to talk to him a bit about what went really went on at OSU during his tenure. Any suggestions on how to word it so I don't cause a scene but still get him to open up a bit? Any other topics you guys think I should broach while I've got him cornered for the night?
And yes, I plan to wear a yellow dress shirt, navy blue sport coat and my best Michigan tie for the night!
I've been having insomnia lately so ask him how he fucking sleeps at night.
I would ask him the following:
Do you like movies about gladiators?
Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
You ever been in a cockpit before?
You ever seen a grown man naked?
As I'm sure has been said there's no way that he will say anything about what happened while he was the coach. Legally I doubt he could and he's also not stupid enough to say anything that you could then sell to newspapers.
Just ask him something about coaching or what his plans are for Akron U and such.
I actually have an opportunity May 14th at an Akron Aeros game where he'll be greeting Akron U employees and signing autographs and such. I am really tempted to have a fake ID made where my name is Go Blue so I can have an autograph made up.
Ask Tressel if he can direct you to some raffle tickets. I like your odds.
Ask him if it was worth it to sell his soul to the devil while sipping Bartles & Jaymes.
... can I have fries with that, please?
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I think it might be more interesting if you didn't wear Michigan colors. He might confide more to you if he thinks you're a Buckeye.
I probably wouldn't ask him anything because I wouldn't have anything positive to ask him. The only thing I'm really curious about him is how deep is his knowledge of the violations and how bad were they really? Further, I want to know how he feels about this good guy, philanthropantic, ethical persona when behind the scenes he knowingly breaks the rules. How does he deal with that lack of congruencey between his words and his actions. But, since you can't really ask any of those questions I probably wouldn't ask him anything. I certainly wouldn't give him the satisfaction of asking him a question that would allow him to discuss his successes. And by the way, why is anyone paying him to be a keynote speaker after his well publicised questionalbe ethical decisions?
"And by the way, why is anyone paying him to be a keynote speaker after his well publicised questionalbe ethical decisions? "
For the exact same reason he got a standing ovation at the shoe this year during the Michigan game. He is considered a Demi-God down here because of his increadible record againt Michigan and they dont give a damn how he did it.
April 12th, 2013 at 10:41 AM ^
While I can understand why football fans still love him, I don't understand why business would celebrate him. To celebrate a man in a business setting that was basically fired for lying/cheating is quite a different story than celebrating him at the shoe. Is that the sort of values a business should celebrate? I find that highly questionable.
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April 11th, 2013 at 10:10 PM ^
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April 11th, 2013 at 11:00 PM ^
If it were me, I probably wouldn't talk to him much. I would be respectful and courteous and keep the football-related comments to a minimum, but I would find someone else at the table and engage them in conversation to avoid having to talk to Tressel.
April 11th, 2013 at 11:15 PM ^