No no no no no. I was replying to that previous poster who basically said..BB played for the women's side. Hence my reply. I was born in NH, lived there for 8 yrs before my parents moved to the Dayton area.
I knew that Steve Belichick lived around the Youngstown area but didn't realized the rest. BTW, just bought that book on ebay for $4.88.
Do you know if BB and Tress have any type of relationship? It's weird that some of the best coaches (college football and pro) are from the Youngtown area. Tress, BB, Bob Stoops and few others.
Okay, I gotcha. Sorry, with the start of a new semester (15 more credits after just finishing 15 credits last week for the damn summer semester) + getting married in 6 weeks, I have been a little bit out of it lately..I did not notice the previous poster's comment, lol. I wondered if you knew some inside info that I had never heard, although I also thought you may be joking around too.
The book is a good read. I really enjoyed it. It starts off a little bland/boring as it goes in detail about his dad's upbringing and family/coaching career, but if you are able to hang in there past that it's pretty decent. It definitely lets the reader into the mind of both men (Steve/Bill) to see their love for the game, and the incredible processes behind it. Both men were geniuses, and I can't even understand how anyone can really question Belichick's incredible passion and understanding of every single nuance of the game.
I am not sure about any BB/Tress connection, although of course I wouldn't be remotely surprised. I would have to imagine that they have had some contacts, meetings, phone calls etc regarding the draft and scouting of players. Seeing as how they're both pretty well respected in the coaching community and all, I'd bet that Belichick has ties to many of the top level coaches in some way, or at least knows them from physical meetings at some point. There's also the issue of Belichick coaching in Cleveland while Tressel was at YSU, so I'd have to guess that they would have had some contact or relationship due to the closeness of proximity.
I'd actually love to somehow see Tressel as some type of positional coach or consultant in the NFL. I realize the history of the two levels and the unsuccessful coaching attempts for many, but Tressel has proven himself a very reliable and well knowledgable coach. He has had extreme success at both YSU and OSU with multiple title appearances (as you are well aware), which tells me that he does indeed have a great football mind. Where he messed up was trying to discipline the kids themselves, and trying to keep it in a softer light--hence the lying. I do not believe his intentions were even remotely selfish, as he did make Pryor write essays on why he needs to change his habits and act more mature, and made him do several charity events and other 'in-house' punishment. I honestly (unbiased) believe that it wasn't about having a better record etc, they would've had a great record regardless. I believe that he felt it wasn't that big of a deal, and tried to handle it himself. I even think he was attempting to protect the players, their careers, and their mistakes. Regardless, that issue wouldn't really come up in the NFL, so it'd be all about his coaching skills--and those are phenomenal, as we all know.
