Would You Be Upset If The Colts Hired Jim Tressel As Their Head Coach?

by Brad Wells on Jan 23, 2012 7:58 PM EST in Site News

Jim Tressel may or may not be the next head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. The general consensus of most local media is hiring Tressel would be a tough sell. Personally, I think Tressel is a fraud, but that's my opinion. Others who work here at Stampede Blue (ahem, Mr. Stew Blake) think highly of Tressel. Both of us believe he will NOT be the Colts' head coach.

But, what if he is? Would it piss you off? Vote and chit-chat below.

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As a Colts fan, would you be upset if Jim Tressel is hired as the next head coach in Indianapolis?

Yes

1268 votes

No

953 votes

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Would be a great hire

But Irsay won’t hire him if the fanbase is gonna hate him that much…

Too bad to, because they will likely end up with another crap coach unless there is a trick up Irsay/Grigson’s sleeve

by (206)NightRidah on Jan 23, 2012 8:03 PM EST via mobile reply actions

we just had conservative

why go ultra conservative? And why did so many Ohio St players become busts in the NFL? I Think we need some aggression in our coach and someone who will usher in a cut throat era of accepting only POSTSEASON greatness

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by arbuch02 on Jan 23, 2012 8:25 PM EST via Android app reply actions

OSU busts

Don’ta Whitner
Will Smith
Nate Clements
Nick Mangold
Ted Ginn
Beanie Wells
AJ Hawk
Santonio Holmes
Chris Gamble
Malcom Jenkins

Some pretty decent starting players not HOF’ers…but all guys Indy could use…

Obviously NFL scouts disagree because OSU has roughly 50 people in the league. Some were drafted too high but if you can’t play you don’t stay in the NFL 8-10 yrs…

Please don’t let your jealousy of Ohio State cloud the truth. Just say I hate OSU and leave it at that

by (206)NightRidah on Jan 23, 2012 8:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

I'm not jealous of OSU

that’s ignorance to state that a disagreement is equivalent to ignorance. Ted Ginn is a bust for his draft position. Quin pitcock, gholston, gonzalez, clarett…

Beanie is always hurt man.

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by arbuch02 on Jan 23, 2012 10:53 PM EST via Android app up reply actions

When you place 100 people in the NFL in 15yrs half will wash out...

Ginn was drafted too high but is a ST superstar!

by (206)NightRidah on Jan 23, 2012 11:04 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Wish we had a ST superstar.

And, I’m talking about a returner.

by Ayrshire on Jan 24, 2012 1:40 PM EST up reply actions

Carmichael over all

No brainer with it, Pete Carmichael Jr. is who we need, a strong offensive mind that has been dealing with a great quarterback the past couple of years in Drew Brees. So with our current quarterback dilemma why not go ahead and hire a guy that will fit in the most with quarterbacks that are comfortable calling their own plays (seeing as more than likely we will draft Luck).

by StuckInTennessee on Jan 23, 2012 8:35 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

No, but...

Ravens defense coordinator. Now that sounds interesting!

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by JohnHandburgers on Jan 23, 2012 8:46 PM EST via mobile reply actions

No

College coaches don’t often succeed in the NFL because it takes different skills to coach in the NFL.

I’d rather see Zimmer.

by TrueBlue87 on Jan 23, 2012 8:48 PM EST reply actions

Like Jimmy Johnson and Jim Harbaugh right?

If you can coach you can coach…

by (206)NightRidah on Jan 23, 2012 8:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

Harbuagh had NFL experience and ran an NFL pro type offense in college

That’s far different from Tressel.

by Coltsfan1345 on Jan 23, 2012 8:58 PM EST up reply actions

OSU ran a pro style buddy

by (206)NightRidah on Jan 23, 2012 8:59 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Harbaugh was a QB coach a few years

Whopty freakin doo…

He is a great coach…period!

Tressel is a great coach…period!

That said, there are other better candidates…if they could get Pagano or Zimmer that would be better…

I prefer JT to a washout retread but I am not saying he is the top candidate

by (206)NightRidah on Jan 23, 2012 9:01 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Any kind of NFL experience matters

I definitely have a problem giving an NFL head coaching job to someone that has never coached in the NFL before. College is different. I don’t think they’re putting him in a position to succeed there.

Is Nick Saban a great coach? Steve Spurrier? Lou Holtz? Bobby Petrino? The list goes on and on.

by Coltsfan1345 on Jan 23, 2012 9:09 PM EST up reply actions

Sabah would be a good NFL coach

He just bolted for a better job…

coaching at a powerhouse like OSU, Bama, LSU, SC, Texas, or Oklahoma is different and equivalent to NFL from an organizational an pressure standpoint. JT ran a pro style 8 years and then used Pryor in a pistol spread type of attack…so he coached to his talent…

At his core JT is an highly organized coach that runs plays D and limits turnovers and focuses on special teams play…

Sounds a lot like the philosophy of Pittsburgh an Baltimore…the difference is that he would inherit a hungry Manning and or a young phenom in Luck

by (206)NightRidah on Jan 23, 2012 9:16 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

well said

Manning 2009 MVP

by INDYCOLTSROCK18 on Jan 23, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions

Not with Pryor they didn't

They did with Troy Smith though.

by Coltsfan1345 on Jan 23, 2012 9:07 PM EST up reply actions

Pro Style?

Yeah Captain Comeback runs the 1990’s Bears Offense.

by dave1251 on Jan 24, 2012 3:13 PM EST up reply actions

That would suck

I don’t like his coaching style, I’ve seen him outcoached by the great coaches far too many times, I think he is a fraud but then again so are a lot of coaches (ahem Belichick), and most of all college coaches without any NFL experience at all are destined to fail in the NFL. The NFL’s different than college, I’m not sure why that’s hard for some people to comprehend. I’m not sure why it would make any sense at all to name someone head coach of your team if they have no NFL experience at all and have never been exposed to the NFL game. And don’t tell me this replay management job or whatever the hell he did this year prepared him for the NFL. I’m talking about actually coaching.

He’s kind of hard to root for after all this as well. No college will even hire him now. It would just be a bad idea all the way around.

by Coltsfan1345 on Jan 23, 2012 8:48 PM EST reply actions

Pagano...nice!!!

Just read this!!!

by (206)NightRidah on Jan 23, 2012 8:53 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Only a defensive coordinator for 1 year

Stick with Zimmer.

by Coltsfan1345 on Jan 23, 2012 9:01 PM EST up reply actions

Either would be great to me!

by (206)NightRidah on Jan 23, 2012 9:02 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Harbaugh is a fraud as a coach he isn't that good

Trust me…he didn’t even have enough sense to call timeout for his kicker yesterday. Pagano likely has more hand in their success than given credit for…

by (206)NightRidah on Jan 23, 2012 9:05 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Wrong Harbaugh.

It was John Harbaugh of the Ravens that didn’t call a timeout for his kicker. Jim Harbaugh is the 49ers coach.

Jim Harbaugh is no fraud.

by Spike7 on Jan 24, 2012 2:38 AM EST up reply actions

I knew who I was Talking about guy...

Did Captain Comeback lose a game on a FG? Is Pagano the Niners’ DC?!

by (206)NightRidah on Jan 24, 2012 8:54 AM EST up reply actions

Had a decent coaching career in the nfl though…

"Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases think for yourself" - Doris Lessing

by JohnHandburgers on Jan 23, 2012 9:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Doesn't matter

He is a long time coach and a smart man and relatively young at 51.

Also brings out the best of players.

by Ty46 on Jan 24, 2012 8:36 AM EST up reply actions

I would

only be upset if Tressel is hired because I think there are better options, plus I don’t think he is aggressive enough.

by Dito29 on Jan 23, 2012 9:10 PM EST reply actions

The thing is that I'm not against Tressel because of the drama

I just don’t think that college coaching immediately translates to NFL coaching. I would be all for hiring him as an assistant HC or something like that, though. It’s just that he’s not in a place in his career where he’d be able to be the HC for an NFL team.

I am a college student that sleeps with a St. Louis Cardinals Fredbird Pillow Pet, and I am proud of it.

by Sir Sci on Jan 23, 2012 10:05 PM EST reply actions

Tressel...

Should be a coordinator or Asst. HC here in Indy or with some other teams. I think he can be a successful NFL coach, but he needs to take some lumps first.

When it comes to future head coaches for our team, I have tunnel vision. At the other end of that tunnel is a speeding freight train. But instead of a standard train whistle, it blares out Mike Zimmer’s favorite song at 300 decibles.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us. ~Walt Whitman

by Chopaholic on Jan 23, 2012 10:11 PM EST reply actions

I disagree with what he did...and

we all make dumb choices, I think he should get a crack at a coordinator spot but not a head coaching bid yet. What do you guys think of Hugh Jackson as the HC ? I believe he was wrongly ousted in Oakland after a descent season for a team on the way back up.

by CamsF150 on Jan 23, 2012 10:41 PM EST reply actions

the big ten bias

is unbelieveable. tressel is also a choke who was benefited with one of the worst pass interference calls in history to get a national title during a game that saw mcgahee’s knee blown backwards. no thanks. the colts can do so much better. especially with this rebuild and the opportunity to own the next decade

colts love to all

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by arbuch02 on Jan 23, 2012 10:56 PM EST via Android app reply actions

So by your logic Brady's first title didn't happen either

Scoreboard!

by (206)NightRidah on Jan 23, 2012 11:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

I'm so confused with all this

i don't give autographs

by muncie_in_this on Jan 24, 2012 1:50 AM EST via Android app reply actions 1 recs

I dont have a problem with tressle.

Im not sold on his as a coach just yet. Maybe a coordinator or position coach to start out.

If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, Do you think Greece would help?

by whardiek on Jan 24, 2012 4:33 AM EST via mobile reply actions

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7495237/source-indianapolis-colts-interview-chuck-pagano-baltimore-ravens-tuesday hmm..

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by Keysta101 on Jan 24, 2012 9:41 AM EST reply actions

I'd be completely fine with Tressel as the coach

I’d feel much more confident with him and his HC track record over a no name coordinator.

" Tell me something Steve, How does a guy from Puerto Rico lose a ball in the Sun? "

by aaronb on Jan 24, 2012 12:04 PM EST reply actions

The Worst Option

I’m 71, have been a Colts fan since Buddy Young was a running back for the Boston Yanks (yeah, thats way before the Colts wre in existence). To me Tressel is totally without character as demonstrated by his behavior at OSU.. Boldly lying to the NCAA, not to protect his players, but to protect himself. He should be sent packing, NOT accomodated. If management is so desparate to hire such an individual I will have to re-examine any loyalty I have to this organization.

by Jwilk2 on Jan 24, 2012 2:10 PM EST reply actions