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IAA Fan:
Nation & Wick. I am not sure you realize just what Strollo does.

Perhaps his biggest challenges (as with any AD) include staying atop changing rules; political requirements with coaches in the program, school leaders, and the public; and pressures from changing budgets. You cannot be a butcher. Every action Strollo takes has 6-different reactions. He has to please the members of the academics, athletics, media, coaches/staff (aka union crap), fans, various business units. All of this with a mind to staying within a budget.

Sure he provides guidance and direction to the program, and you feel this is not going the right way. Realize the school really did not even have an AD 30-to-40-years ago? We are a growing school and Strollo is the first professional AD we have ever had. Malmusar and Tressel simply made sure we stayed compliant and made schedules. To get the type of AD you want, we would need to quite a bit more money than we can afford.

Two items:
1. Strollo has had to learn many of his skills on-the-job; but I feel he has learned quite well. As with Heacock, Strollo knows when it is time to go ...but I hope this time is not near.
2. Tressel is not the Athletic department's savior. Tressel will have almost NOTHING to do with Athletics. If he did, do you not think the NCAA would have blocked his appointment? Or at least required some clarification of responsibilities? As athletics impact the university as a whole, he will have some limited involvement.

GoGuins:

--- Quote from: seanbryan3 on November 17, 2014, 09:19:04 AM ---Tressels is such a good quality man.

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I thought that at one time until he was proven a cheat & liar

guinpen:

--- Quote from: paladin on November 16, 2014, 08:27:26 PM ---Since the last home game has been played, it's time to announce I did not buy Penguin Club seats this year. Did not buy ANY tickets this year after several decades of having Penguin Club seats. We gave them up. Never attended any games. Watched on TV or online. I dislike the AD and the mess he has created with the money sports that we pulled the plug this year. No more purchases till he is gone. As for the rest of the crowd missing from the stadium, it's been down hill for a long time and I don't see it coming back quick if at all. I actually feel good about it because I found that it's the only way to force their hand.

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Akron is a short drive, I hear that they have a few empty seats, we will miss you.

penguinpower:

--- Quote from: GoGuins on November 17, 2014, 06:17:47 PM ---
--- Quote from: seanbryan3 on November 17, 2014, 09:19:04 AM ---Tressels is such a good quality man.

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I thought that at one time until he was proven a cheat & liar

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If you are a Christian you will understand the human condition.   He never committed a crime but rather broke ncaa rules which is a joke to begin with.   Do you really think the ncaa holds an ounce of credibility?   It is a cartel.  I could give a sh** less.  The ncar is a joke and all schools walk a fine line a.day cross it regularly.

Wick250:
IAA Fan,

What you described in your first paragraph is administrative and budgetary stuff which I agree that Strollo does well.  My problem with him was always the selection of coaches.  Lots of misses until Bob Boldon and now John Barnes. 

I stated that Tressel would make "major decisions" and I stand by that.  He won't be involved in the details of the athletic department, but he will have the primary voice in the selection of the football coach.  That will be done behind the scenes with Strollo serving as the university spokesman.

Incidentally, in the useless trivia category, the university had a well-respected professional athletic director before you were even born.  His name was Willard Webster.  He did okay.  Kept around a basketball coach by the name of Rosselli for decades.  Even had a good football coach (in his prime) named Dike Beede.


To all the Tressel haters:

Of course, Tressel broke NCAA rules and it cost him dearly.  He lied and covered up a very serious crime; namely, his players exchanged their PERSONAL PROPERTY for services.  How dare they do that in a free, capitalist society.

Meanwhile, about 170 miles to the east of Youngstown, another head football coach looked the other way as a monster molested children on university property for about a decade.  Clearly, Tressel and Paterno committed crimes of the same magnitude.

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