Tony Dungy Doesn't Know Who Jim Irsay Will Hire, Hearing Jim Tressel Will Be Colts Coach

I don’t like him either. I don’t know how “tressel-ball” will work with our system here with a QB like luck. Also, Irsay tweeted over the weekend that “he’s never been to Sarasota” in response to people saying he had visited Tressel. I think this was Irsay’s way of saying that he may not be going in that direction.

Kelvin Sampson didn’t play in th eIndu market because he didn’t win. How else could you justify supported the boorish behavior of Bobby Knight, while he won?!?! The minute he stopped winning, IU suddenly realized they couldn’t tolerate hus behavior. Bottom line is of Tressel wins, no one is going to care about anything else.

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and Dungy didn’t do a very good job in my opinion getting Caldwell ready to be a head coach,, too many good ex-coaches and current co-ordinators out here to choose Tressel,, let him be an assistant or a co-ord first

Fired Polian and fired Caldwell. Hiring Grigs was a big decision but no way to know if that is a good move yet. But my point is that he seems to have made good decisions so far, even though they were difficult. So I am going to trust that he will continue to make good decisions by not hiring Tressell and instead hiring Zimmer. Trestman for OC would be that much better.

You’re going to tell me because he messed up ONE TIME, that he is a disgrace and a moron. He coached so many great teams and is (in the words of many of his players) a man of integrity and actually cares about his players. Before Tressel was the HC at OSU, he was the head coach at Youngstown St… he took that school from nothing to actually being a contender in it’s conference… He’s a personnel genius and with the right coordinators I have no doubt that he could lead the Colts to a ring (or several). BBS, I used to respect this blog a lot because you gave a lot of great information and (for the most part) kept a fairly unbiased presentation of the information. Lately, SB has become a place for you to throw a running tantrum about the Colts organization. We have had practically a DECADE of great years in Indy… yeah, it sucks to lose for a season or two… but that’s the way the NFL works… I’m not a professional analyst or exec in the sports world, but I’m pretty sure that the people who do get paid to make the hiring firing decisions know quite a bit more than you give them credit for. Take a breath and see what happens… Don’t bash a hire until you’ve at least seen what he could do in the NFL… Plus, let’s be honest, seeing the sweater vest in blue would bring back images of Dungy to my mind and that makes me happy.

Hate Tressel if you wish but he is a great coach. What he did wasn’t disgraceful. The PSU scandal was disgraceful. What Tressel did was stupid. Because he could have told the truth and the tattoo five only miss 3 games and OSU still wins 10-11 games.

Carrol left USC before the hammer came and Kelly is contemplating doing the same at Oregon. Grow up guys this is the big leagues!

Bill Bellicheck lied and cheated…I’m pretty sure no one would mind having him for a coach. The OSU scandal was mostly conjecture and ESPN hype.

You fans particularly in the Midwest hate JT because he owned your fav team (Purdue, Michigan, ND or whoever).

Do you realize that Tressel won 80% of his games and NEVER had a pro prospect at QB. This is why he called such a conservative game. When he had T Smith, they were a top 5 scoring offense and the playbook opened up.

Give a guy like Tress Luck and the offense will be great. Give him Manning and Manning will call all of the plays anyway. Tressel is great with the media, great with players, and has won big everywhere he coached…

Zimmer is a better hire IMO. But Tressel is not a disaster if they go in that direction!

if he can’t turn us back to winners then let the hate begin.

I too am in favor of Tressel as our new HC. My pipe dream would be to bring back a retired coach ala Gruden. Cowher, but it doesn’t look like that is a possibility. The short list of candidates is extremely underwhelming when names like Carmichael and Zimmer are the “top” names. FFS.

Tressel will need to be surrounded by good coordinators and assistants but he can and will be successful. One thing for certain, he is a good leader. I also believe he could really help shore up our defensive and special teams struggles.

The world of college football is a disgrace. It’s slimy, corrupt and terribly hypocritical. What Tressel did was protect his kids from an NCAA investigation that was the epitome of all that’s wrong with the NCAA . Did he break rules? Sure. Did he do something morally wrong? Not in my opinion. College football players are exploited like nobody else and the NCAA does nothing to protect them. He was a good coach at OSU. I hate OSU and I’m not crazy about college coaches coming to the NFL despite Harbaugh’s success but I have nothing against Tressel personally.

Ohio has 11 to 13 million people with 1 big time football school, OSU. In Ohio you have to get the big time high school coaches on your team, he did. How does any of that translate to the pro game? Just throwing out the question.

I always wondered where the self rigthous live, I guess behind the desk of Brad Wells. Tressel would be a great hire and is a man of integrity who simply made a mistake. And if it turns you off Mr Wells that’s even better maybe you could go away and they could replace you with a better sports writer.

And for the record…Crean is a cheater and liar just like Sampson. Google “Crean Recruiting Violation” and see what comes up. He and his Harbaugh wife were absolutely cruel to ghetto center Eli Holman when he transfered to Detroit too. Assholes.

That we don’t have a 3 year campaign on this site about firing him similar to Polian. That could be the last straw for me…

Look how polarizing Tressel is already.
And he hasnt even been hired yet!

care about NCAA violations regarding players trading memorbila for tat’s? I highly doubt it.

Based upon the comments here, the only one that seems disgusted by the Tressel hire is Brad.

And name Tressel head coach
With Tressels conservative style and Clydes outdated offense…
Wow that combination would really suck.

To Goof The Whole Thing Up!

I think Tressel would be a good HC as long as he realizes that the Colts offense is to remain like it has been for the last 10-12 years or so with Manning and Luck…the D needs tweaking or changed or at least a better D coord…..and special teams do big time need changing as well……..but he could be that leader that the new GM and Irsay talk about….soon we will all know….personally I wish Dungy would come back and fix it all…..

that anything Dungy says is ‘not’ going to happen.

where a liar fits into doing things the “right way”

Period. If JT is the best coach they can get than so be it! I’d take him over some coordinator (except Zim) any day….

Five times JT has won his league…he wins 80% of the time…

Caldwell was the highest of character guys. How did that work out? NFL isn’t a league for sainthood…

I want to win and soon

Even with their Defense being markedly improved under Zimmer, Cincy is part of arguably the least “explosive” division in the NFL. Also, check out their schedule, I think their defensive numbers were a product of terrible offenses.

Back to Dungy, he acknowledged he has talked to NFL teams about head coaching vacancies. He also wants to do an interview with Bill Belichick prior to the Super Bowl, and went so far as to say he’s ‘good friends’ with the Patriots head coach.

I really do not care Dungy is not coming back here if he returns to coaching. Also What does a Belichick interview with a sports caster have to do with our head coaching vacancy? This once again makes you look petty trying too discredit someone. I really do not care who are next head coach is along as his staff and him are competent. Tressel ball may not be a bad idea considering it looks like the Colts are going with Luck and from what I have seen from 3 QB’s that Jim Harbaugh has coached is each and every one of Jim Harbaugh QB’s has coached has been an elite game-manager.

Why, because he didn’t want to rat anyone out? Who cares? Those players shouldn’t have sell their rings and jerseys to be making quick cash in the first place, when the NCAA is making millions off of them.

Ok so explain to me the issues with Tressel? I admit to being totally ignorant on Big Ten Football and only know that there were serious allegations about the Ohio St. football program,but the guy seem like a winner, producing results in a big time conference for a long period of time. I would think that’s what you would want in a rebuilding program with the team going younger. Iam anxious to here more about what you all think.

…in a league that names a dog-torturing thug and felon the “Comeback Player of the Year”; idolizes the killer from Baltimore and puts up with the likes of Su and that fat idiot Haynesworth, you tell us there is no room for forgiving a coach? Give us all a small break. We all know what Coach Tressel’s biggest obstacle really is …

He lied to protect the program, players involved, and then fell on his sword when he was outed and took full responsibility for his actions. I think 95% of the hatred for tressel stems from the fact that he’s and OSU guy, and the other 5% are naive enough to assume that coaches from coast to coast, conference to conference, and college to college aren’t guilty of indiscretions at least as deplorable as trading memorabilia for ink jobs.