{"id":444166,"date":"2011-09-19T08:05:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T12:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com\/?p=17841"},"modified":"2011-09-19T08:05:10","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T12:05:10","slug":"time-and-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/time-and-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Time And Chance"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Time
The Head Coach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Time and change” are two key words in the alma mater of The Ohio State University, Carmen Ohio. <\/em>Unfortunately, too many alumni, fans, and critics skip right past these words to belt out the last few syllables, O-HI-O. <\/em>Also unfortunately, many alumni, fans, and critics forget about “time” and only want “change” whenever the football team experiences setbacks.
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Ten years ago, the Buckeyes made a change and took a chance on a coach from Division 1AA Youngstown State in Jim Tressel.\u00a0 I clearly recall many fans and critics calling for the hiring of Glenn Mason, former OSU assistant.\u00a0.”What does this Coach Tressel know about coaching in the Big Ten?\u00a0 He’s never been the head coach at a huge program.\u00a0 What does he know about being a Buckeye?<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Almost two years to the day Tressel was named head coach of The Ohio State University Football Team, he was laying lips on the Sears Trophy, awarded to the National Champion.\u00a0 Not too much noise was heard from the critics and doubters because their mouths were full of crow sandwiches.\u00a0 These same critics were later seen dressed in their fines sweater vests and gray rimmed glasses.\u00a0 In their eyes, Jim Tressel could do no wrong.<\/p>\n

Prior to the start of training camp for this year’s Buckeyes, they faced down several encumbrances that no team expects heading into the preseason.\u00a0 This team lost their head coach, seven starters on defense, and their starting quarterback, who by the way accounted for 70 percent of their offense.\u00a0 Ask yourself this question.\u00a0 What would have happened to that 2001 Buckeyes team had Jim Tressel been faced with those circumstances?<\/p>\n

Fortunately he wasn’t.\u00a0 However, Luke Fickell is facing this exact situation.\u00a0 However, Luke Fickell does not have the luxury of a long term contract; he doesn’t even have a two year contract.\u00a0 Ohio State gave Luke a glorified\u00a012 game\u00a0audition.\u00a0 He is a carpenter working with a leftover set of tools.\u00a0 Like Bill Parcells, he has been asked to cook the meal without having had the chance to shop for the groceries.<\/p>\n

If Ohio State wants the collateral damage of “Tattoo Gate” to truly minimize, in fairness to the players, the team, and to Luke Fickell, the university must be patient enough to allow the former 50 game starter the TIME AND CHANCE<\/span> to surely grow.<\/p>\n

The outcome of this season is very well pre-determined on the effort and abilities of the players that make up this year’s team.\u00a0 Whomever is steering the ship, the boat is the boat.\u00a0 Jim Tressel was not Dumbledore the Wizard.\u00a0 He was a hell of a coach who worked with the hand he was dealt.\u00a0 How is this any different from the current Wizard who holds the wand now?\u00a0 Not a bit.<\/p>\n

Buckeye Nation, SETTLE DOWN.\u00a0 I think I have earned the right to ask such a request and Luke Fickell has earned the right to have this request honored.\u00a0 It’s a long season and let him figure it out, just like we did for the Vest.\u00a0 Give him the time about which we sing before you look to make a change you might later regret.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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