Colts Hire Former Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel As Game Day Consultant
by mgrex03 on Sep 2, 2011 3:32 PM EDT
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It looks like there might be a run on sweatervests in the Indianapolis Metro area, as Indianapolis Star's Phil B. Wilson informs us that former Ohio State Head Coach Jim Tressel has been hired by the Colts as a game-day consultant:
#Colts have hired former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel as game-day consultant, coach Jim Caldwell said today. Tressel will be in booth, be replay consultant among other things.
I don't quite understand what he brings to the table, but if he helps the Colts challenge a play or two correctly this coming year because he sees something, it'll be a good hire. I doubt he will have too much interaction with the players, but (I believe) there is only one former Buckeye on the team right now, and he's hanging on by a thread.
Tressel resigned from his head coaching duties at Ohio State back at the end of May after it was determined that several of his players, including QB Terrell Pryor, had sold memorabilia and received free tattoos, and it was alleged Tressel knew all about it and did not inform anybody about it.
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With Tressel's competency and Caldwell's integrity we may have something here...
by Joseph* on Sep 2, 2011 3:35 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
yea this just shows how incompetent Caldwell really is
hes such a freakin loser. We need at least 6 more assistants to pick up his slack!
by bigpony on Sep 2, 2011 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Where is the petition to put him in charge of timeouts?
by PeytonIsGOAT on Sep 2, 2011 6:32 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Can we have him take a look
at our run game, our run defense, and our special teams…..while we’re at it.
by Ayrshire on Sep 2, 2011 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Time-out coordinator doesn't have as nice a ring to it
Maybe he has been hired to call time-outs for Caldwell. Doesn’t seem like that bad of a thing. Plus you always complain that Caldwell doesn’t challenge when he should. Having another great football mind like Tressel can only be a good thing right?
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by Mark Olson on Sep 2, 2011 3:37 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
If he can help out Caldwells game day incompetance, great.
If for some reason they want a backup in case they get tired of Caldwell, even better. I don’t know a lot about the guy other than who he coached for and what he got caught up in. Most programs are dirty in college. I don’t think what he did was as big of a deal as it was made out to be.
by strandedincarolina on Sep 2, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Future Colts Head Coach
Obviously this was a move by Chris Polian to get Tressel into the mix. In 3 years, he will be the head coach. (sarcasm)
If you remove the word (sarcasm) from your post this could be a possibility.
I thought he may join the Browns in some capacity. Hard to gulp with my IU goggles on but he may help the Colts.
"We want the ball and we're gonna score" Future HOFer Matt Hasselbeck, Matt Williamson's 31st rated NFL QB
by PV Mike on Sep 2, 2011 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Recent history not positive
Nick Saban tried to make the jump and went down in flames. For a guy who has no prior NFL experience at any level, I do not want him in the mix to be Caldwell’s replacement.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
I mega-loathe the Ohio State Suckeyes. This is a sign that God hates me…
If at first you don't succeed, quit and watch TV.
In the name of the Colts, the Hoosiers, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Amen.
by The Learned Hand on Sep 2, 2011 3:46 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Maybe he’ll be suspended for 5 games like Pryor. What’s good for the goose…
"Fly Eagles fly..."
by 92-74-99-96 on Sep 3, 2011 10:27 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I support this action if only because the twitter blowup has been HILARIOUS. Maybe he will teach them to draft again.
WON’T SOMEONE PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR REPLAY BOOTH
by Eltoasto on Sep 2, 2011 3:49 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Interesting move
While I don’t like the Buckeyes, and by the same extension Tressel (I’m a Boilermaker after all.) this in my opinion could be a decent move depending on what he is actually doing.
I’m not quite sure what a game-day consultant is though, BBS maybe you can shed some light if you know?
Or you can ask the guy who wrote the article....
Mgrex03
LET THE HATERS HATE.
by INdymayneNVegas on Sep 2, 2011 4:47 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
No, thanks.
Tressel most likely can’t coach NFL players like he does college guys. Bob Knight wouldn’t have been a good NBA coach and Lou Holtz definitely wasn’t a good NFL coach. There is a different mindset and strategy between the two levels. Some are good at one, and some are so blinded by their own greatness they think gathering up their old college QBs will make them a winner. Right Steve Spurrier?
but at least
he is another smart mind for the staff and the staff needs a few more of those to make up for the head coach
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Sep 2, 2011 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't understand this move at all
game day consultant ? I mean…. will he sit next to Jim Bob Cooter and chat a little bit ?
Now we just need-
a “Timeout Consultant” and we will be good to go.
Guess who my favorite team is...
by Indcolt18 on Sep 2, 2011 4:09 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
gameday consultant is
just code word for “timeout consultant”.
by BLOODontheTRACKS on Sep 2, 2011 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Uh oh........
If I’m Jim Caldwell, I’ve got bubble-guts….. Make no mistake about it, this was done at a higher level, in an effort to get the head coach “coached up”. Initially the marriage will be a cordial one, but once Tressel starts to get comfy-cozy and “suggest” certain things to Caldwell, with the “papal blessing” of Irsay and the Polian’s three, things might start to unravel. I hope I’m wrong in what I see up ahead, but from where I sit this has the makings of a media circus. At some point in time, someone’s going to wonder: “How the ’el did we wind up here?”
I’ll be glad to tell ya’.
It started with the coaching hiccup and bloating in the second half of SBXLIV with the onside kick, passed through the upper intestine of the undefeated season when we pulled our starters and demoralized the team, and eased into the colon with the front office’s announcement of Collins’ signing after Caldwell had just concluded a press conference. There’s a buildup a-brewin’ boys, and I don’t think the ship’s built to withstand the pressure.
We all know this ship was built for speed, not turbulence……..Hang on, surely there’s more to come.
by KappakidToo on Sep 2, 2011 4:12 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
To steal a famous Blues Brothers quote:
“We are here on a mission from God”
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by PV Mike on Sep 2, 2011 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I think it would
be a good idea for the front office to shake things up a bit. Now that both men are in camp. Take a good honest look at Caldwell’s college coaching record and compare it with Tressel’s. Then, try to make the right ‘hire’ this time.
by Ayrshire on Sep 2, 2011 5:01 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
A little more info to go on.
Tressel at Ohio State: 106 wins, 22 losses.
Caldwell at Wake Forest: 26 wins, 63 losses.
yes
cause what he did was soooo evil……most nfl coaches would shoot their grandmother for a playoff birth.
by BLOODontheTRACKS on Sep 2, 2011 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I heard Bellichick did
Either that or the video guy’s dog.
Visit Drafttek.com
by BoilerMacR on Sep 2, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You sir, do not know what you are talking about
The biggest weasle happens to have the rep as being the best coach i the NFL. HIs initials are BB.
by MadStork on Sep 2, 2011 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Number of titles won by Belichek since Spygate broke?
Zero.
by eltharion_doa on Sep 3, 2011 4:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Number of Super Bowls played in since Spygate broke: 1 for both teams.
Games won since Spygate broke – NE: 18 + 11 + 10 + 14 = 53, Indy: 13 + 12 + 16 + 10 = 51
Playoff games won since Spygate broke: NE – 2, Indy – 2
Super Bowls since Spygate where the team in question had a lead in the last minute: 1 for NE, zero for Indy.
So cry about it all you want, they’ve been just as, if not more, successful post-Spygate as Indy.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
by ISN on Sep 3, 2011 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Embraced your feelings for the Colts yet? I know you can do it.
Nothing like waking up to a hot cup of coffee and a post by the trolling kangaroo.
"We want the ball and we're gonna score" Future HOFer Matt Hasselbeck, Matt Williamson's 31st rated NFL QB
Is it your life's calling to follow me around?
I couldn’t care less about the Colts signing or cutting the 50th-53rd players. But when they hire a guy who can call a timeout at the optimum time, that’s a big deal for other teams following their rivals’ moves.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
You don't, because you don't know what you're talking about with your own team.
Others do.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
Here's a freebie - go back to the Spygate argument. I'll wait.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
Was what Tressel did unethical (by NCAA sandards)?
Sure, ya, maybe. Was it despicable, criminal, or cheating? Hardly.
Dallas Clark: Some tight ends catch. Some block. Clark just owns.
I'm smelling a Painter for Pryor trade with Oakland
"We want the ball and we're gonna score" Future HOFer Matt Hasselbeck, Matt Williamson's 31st rated NFL QB
I dunno guys -
Does everyone in this blog think everything the Colts do is wrong? I mean seriously – what is the last positive article that was posted on a Colts decision? They release Brown, they are dimwits, they keep Brown, they are even bigger dimwits. They need a veteran QB to backup Manning, so we scream for them to do that. They get Collins, who at least is only recently retired, and we say “fools!” We say Caldwell stinks, they bring in an assistant with a great win/loss record, we think it’s ridiculous.
A little balance is in order, no?
by buymymonkey on Sep 2, 2011 7:52 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I dunno either...
I think Brown has talent, to be sure. I don’t think he’s had the best of lines to run behind though – not even close, to be honest. Those of you who are anti-Brown and high on Delone Carter (as I am as well), consider this; as shifty and as elusive as Carter’s been previously; showing great power between the tackles, recognize that he was just as ineffective as anyone in the Colts’ backfield last night. If you don’t have a hole to run through, it becomes extremely hard to look exceptional. You take Brown and put him behind a huge line, he’ll shine brightly. He’s not very shifty, but he’s elusive enough to embarass you in the open field, like Jamaal Charles. Tell you what? Release him tomorrow and watch someone snatch him up in a moment’s notice.
Contrary to Curtis Painter, who could be released tomorrow and grow stale and moldy from the lack of attention.
Jerry Hughes? The crystal ball is a little more cloudy on this one. Could he be a serviceable player in the right situation? Probably. I just think he was a wrong fit as DE. He should have been tried as an OLB
This has all the indications of a temporary stop
It’s a good way for Tressel to get his foot in the door for some coordinator job of the NCAA decides to slap him with a show cause penalty.
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Haterz!
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by Z.Pain on Sep 2, 2011 8:22 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 2 recs
Do you think Tressel listened to Knights of Cydonia after getting hired?
"We want the ball and we're gonna score" Future HOFer Matt Hasselbeck, Matt Williamson's 31st rated NFL QB
I just saw the discussion my quote somehow started
and I have one huge favor to ask; Let’s PLEASE get back to talking football…no one is changing anyone’s mind on a blog regarding politics…
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The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive"
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Nepotism
Good old nepotism at work; Caldwell hired his buddy for a job he’s far too overqualified for. But nonetheless, the idea behind it is pretty solid. Caldwell said something about having member of the coaching just watching replays upstairs in the booth lets other coaches/co-ordinators upstairs stay focused on calling plays and examining aerial photos etc. It’s a great idea in theory anyway. This position however, most of us could do; but having someone overqualied is better than the alternative i suppose! But i digress. I wonder how man other teams have a similar job in their organization? My suspicion is not many. Most teams just make coaches/co-ordinators
In the booth multi-task and do this job as well.
by ColtKing on Sep 2, 2011 10:14 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
He brings a sweater vest
He will definately have to change the color. It is a stepping stone into the NFL. In the mean time the Colts will have a very capable set of Eyes in The Sky, to make play adjustments, etc. Cool.
"If they want me to be a crazy, emotional, frenzied fan in section 603, then they can't expect me to be reasonable about the business of football"
good, we need a
capable set of eyes somewhere. There’s certainly not a capable set on the field, from a coaching standpoint.
way too many rules
and a bunch of other programs have done the same thing they did!!!!
by OBGYNOSUPREME on Sep 3, 2011 6:45 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
More like a Cartel due to the monopoly they have on college players
..but I’m mincing words.
The NCAA is BIG GOVT BUREAUCRACY run amook!
They are a public institution that makes billions in profit…I’d love to see thw NCAA taken over by a private company…there would be NO MORE BCS and players would prolly get paid something
Go Blue!
Revenue - Expenses = Profit
by dezznutz1001 on Sep 3, 2011 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Break out your aluminium hats, people!
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
And for today
really hope Taj makes the team,, he is fast and his hands are no worse than Garcon’s and he is great on special teams and we need more speed,, you cannot teach speed, and would like to see Evans amke it also
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