It's not the state, its the program!!!
C'mon, I told you last week dawg, tressel is dirty and he will dirty up a program.
Maybe Cooper couldn't beat Michigan, but at least he wasn't slime.
I did say that in my opinion, he brings more good than bad. That being said, he has areas he has to improve. I mentioned media relations in a previous post. Where did this drip today come from? The Cleveland Plain Dealer, which has been very outspoken about Tressel.
He does have to get a hold of this program. I thought he handled the Irizarry situation poorly. He should have been booted off the team after assaulting his girlfriend and two other individuals. He was suspended, but Irizarry became more of a problem. Many of the problems as a result of Irizarry were not told in the media. I can tell you that a couple of individuals were deeply affected by what he did. Another example is Lydell Ross. He never did anything criminal, but he was just stupid. I can tell you that the incident at Pure Platinum was not a surprise to many people around the OSU campus. With Clarett, many people out there knew he had been a problem in the past. Three high schools in four years. Numerous other problems in Youngstown. He should have been more careful with him. He should have slammed the hammer on him at Northwestern in 2002. I think that incident was a big reason why Tim Spencer left the program. If Tressel would have put the hammer to Clarett at Northwestern in 2002, a lot of the stuff we have seen happen, would not have happened.
Tressel needs to watch the people he is around. He needs to be more leary of others. Certainly he knew Mickey Monus at Youngstown. Even though he denied it, there is no doubt he knew Bobby Dellimuti (Lying about that hurt his relations with the media, IMHO). He has said he knew Robert Baker. He has got to watch who is associates with.
Do I believe that Jim Tressel is having boosters pay the players? No.
Do I believe that Jim Tressel is setting up players to get special deals on cars? No.
If there is evidence found later that proves that that happened and other problems, Tressel needs to go.
Cooper was much dirtier than Tressel will ever be.