(Via Sports Illustrated)
The character traits that have made Jim Tressel a successful football coach and a beloved figure in Ohio are numerous and frequently cited. Former NFL coach Tony Dungy has praised Tressel's "integrity" and said he is the kind of man you'd want your son to play for. Eddie DeBartolo, the former 49ers owner, has said that Tressel's "steady" demeanor and knack for relating to young men reminded him of Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh.
...Yet while Tressel's admirable qualities have been trumpeted, something else essential to his success has gone largely undiscussed: his ignorance
Read more: from the article "How Deep It Went" here: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/magazine/05/30/jim.tressel/index.html#ixzz1NwM11yuU
Also read the Wall Street Journal's "The Fall of Jim Tressel"
A.D. Gene Smith Adressese Jim Tressel Resignation (video)
A.D. on Tressel's resignation by FOX_Sports_Interactive
Embattled Buckeyes QB Terrelle Pryor arrives at a players only meeting, driving a dealer tagegd Nissain 350z to the Woody Hayes Complex after Tressel's firing.
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