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Topic: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Topic: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

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OhioCatFan
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Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/21/2016 2:24:59 PM

What would Professor Hayes think of them apples?

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/21/2016 3:32:18 PM

OhioCatFan wrote:

What would Professor Hayes think of them apples?

What would the rest of us think? No thank you.

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/21/2016 3:35:40 PM

Alan Swank wrote:

What would the rest of us think? No thank you.

+1. This would be very disheartening. I guess fundraising is the main job of a president these days, but even if he landed a bunch of big donations I'd have to do a lot of mental gymnastics to get remotely behind that move.

What's the source of this supposed rumor?

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/21/2016 6:57:55 PM

Recovering Journalist wrote:

What's the source of this supposed rumor?

It's a person who has some ties to the upper administration. Given his or her past track record, I would classify the source as "semi reliable." Sort of like what you find in the average entry on Wikipedia. I just put it out here to see what the reaction would be, just in case. So far, it's kind of what I expected.

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/21/2016 8:21:46 PM

OhioCatFan wrote:

Recovering Journalist wrote:

What's the source of this supposed rumor?

Coming from same former professor who was mad he didn't get a shuttle from his hotel to the game. Anyone who is that connected has to have Presidential scoop, especially when local media is being locked out of public records by a "private" search firm.

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/21/2016 9:15:52 PM

Tressel as Ohio's president? The surest sign yet that the apocalypse is upon us.

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/21/2016 10:17:32 PM

Mike Johnson wrote:

Tressel as Ohio's president? The surest sign yet that the apocalypse is upon us.

Cubs win! ;-)

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/23/2016 12:18:30 AM

Pass.

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/24/2016 10:02:38 AM

Think this would be good for athletics. Probably bad for the university as a whole.

Almost hope it happens just to see the reaction of Faculty Senate and others. Hah!

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/24/2016 1:15:16 PM

Anyone know what he's done at YSU?

Is their fundraising up? How are their relations with the legislature? It's open admission, so I wouldn't expect huge jumps in averages, but are they attracting some better students at the top of the class? Any jumps in research funding? Athletic budget requiring more or less subsidies?

I would hope that all of these questions would be answered before the search committee gave him any thought.

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/28/2016 12:07:11 PM

I'd be very curious to see what impact he has had (if any) on both enrollment and fundraising at YSU.

While "former-OSU football coach" is one of the last titles I'd want on the resume of
OUr president, if his name recognition could significantly increased donor interest or interest from prospective students, I'm on-board.

As for faculty senate, let me just say that their endorsement is rather low on the list of things that matter to me when looking for a president of this University. Similar to the student senate, the faculty senate isn't representative of the opinions of the greater faculty (many of whom have opinions I do respect)

I've seen crazier things happen.

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/28/2016 2:13:42 PM

Athens News listed the "applicants". But this isn't the real list right? These are just people that applied (online I guess)? The real list I assume is being kept by the Seacrh Firm.

Applications for Ohio University’s next president revealed

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/28/2016 7:09:50 PM

Ted Thompson wrote:

Athens News listed the "applicants". But this isn't the real list right? These are just people that applied (online I guess)? The real list I assume is being kept by the Seacrh Firm.
http://www.athensnews.com/news/campus/applications-for-oh...

Interesting considering the media has field FOI's for applicants from the search firm and that battle is interesting. But yes, this list of "candidates" has to be a cruel joke.

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/29/2016 10:09:26 AM

BillyTheCat wrote:

Ted Thompson wrote:

Interesting considering the media has field FOI's for applicants from the search firm and that battle is interesting. But yes, this list of "candidates" has to be a cruel joke.

Those people might be fine and capable individuals, but I would hope you need vastly more impressive credentials to be considered for the job. They make Tressel look fully qualified.

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/29/2016 11:26:29 AM

Ted Thompson wrote:

Damn, if this is ACTUALLY the competition I guess I should have applied.

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/29/2016 5:51:58 PM

mf279801 wrote:

Ted Thompson wrote:

Damn, if this is ACTUALLY the competition I guess I should have applied.

Top of the resume: "Has completed a true shuffle, not just a candy-ass skip-the-bars-I-don't-like shuffle"

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 11/29/2016 11:02:25 PM

This is good news for green sweater vest manufacturers.

Last Edited: 11/29/2016 11:03:07 PM by OhioStunter

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 12/1/2016 8:35:23 AM

Great News!

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 12/4/2016 3:48:06 PM

For what it's worth, YSU signed him to a one year extension through 2018 on Thursday.

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 12/5/2016 12:06:27 PM

ts1227 wrote:

For what it's worth, YSU signed him to a one year extension through 2018 on Thursday.

Is there a buyout clause? ;-)

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 12/5/2016 2:26:05 PM

OhioCatFan wrote:

ts1227 wrote:

For what it's worth, YSU signed him to a one year extension through 2018 on Thursday.

Is there a buyout clause? ;-)

It would almost be worth it just to see Richard Veddar spontaneously combust.

Can somebody hit a pull up jumper for me?.....

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RE: Rumor: Jim Tressel may be interviewed for OHIO presidency

Posted: 12/5/2016 11:13:28 PM

ts1227 wrote:

For what it's worth, YSU signed him to a one year extension through 2018 on Thursday.

Damn, I was just getting ready to invest in a new tattoo parlor in Athens. Oh well, on to the next venture.

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