Dont see this too often: Tressel Hires Bruce, Cooper

pettyfog · Mar 25, 2007

There are only three people living who have been Ohio Football Head Coaches, and now they are, again, all on the Athletic Dept payroll.

I?ll say this for Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel. He?s a man of his word.

When he says he?ll do whatever it takes to make the Buckeyes better, he means it. Even if that requires rubbing a couple of old salts ? Earle Bruce and John Cooper ? into the wound.

Thanks to Tress, Earle and Coop will share an office in the renovated Woody Hayes Athletic Center.

It?s obvious, isn?t it? Cover your weaknesses with strengths.

Against Florida in the national championship game, Ohio State played like someone spiked its Gatorade with NyQuil. The Buckeyes displayed all the emotion of a Maytag repairman.

So Tress solves the problem by hiring Bruce, the fiery former Ohio State coach who never met a topic he couldn?t turn into a motivational testimony.

"Neighbor, you?ve got to want to mow that lawn. That grass is your enemy, so get out there and cut it."
. . . . . .. .. .
Across the room, John Cooper will be watching game film. If Tress is smart, it will be high school game film.

Coop couldn?t beat Michigan, but he could beat the pants off most coaches when it came to evaluating and recruiting high school talent. And after the non-top 10 recruiting class that Ohio State coaches just brought in, the Buckeyes could use a guy like Coop to win over future blue chippers.

So you have to hand it to Tress. Problem: motivation. Solution: Bruce. Problem: recruiting. Solution: Coop.
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Dispatch - Tressel Hires Bruce, Cooper; 3/1/07

While neither Cooper or Bruce had the tenure or success of Schembechler at Michigan, note they are still hanging around Columbus years after being ousted. And Earle never had anything bad to say about Tressel.

hat tip to Bill Archer on BigSoccer Non-Crew-Related thread

SoCalJoe · Mar 25, 2007

Always thought Bruce got shafted. Cooper..the guy couldn't beat Arizona when he was the Scum Devils' (Arizona State) coach, so it never shocked me that he couldn't beat Michigan.

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