Tressel: No Second Thoughts on Starting TP
If you visited any Ohio State message boards/blogs/communities in the aftermath of the Purdue game, you probably saw a number of fans questioning why Todd Boeckman didn’t get into the game and whether or not the staff’s decision to start Terrelle was premature.
Tressel was asked this at his weekly presser and put it all to rest:
REPORTER: You don’t have any doubts whatsoever that when you brought Terrelle in, that the timing was right for that and he was prepared for that as Todd was also to not play.
COACH TRESSEL: That’s about four questions within one. Do I feel okay about what we’ve done and what we’re doing? Yeah.
Despite the lack of output from the offense, Tressel still thinks TP is improving.
Well, he didn’t grade a winning performance, but I thought he progressed. Like I told him just yesterday we were sitting and talking that the number one quality that Troy Smith brought to our team was he was tremendously careful with the football, and as he grew into understanding the whole game, he became lethal for the opponents, but it started from the right foundation. And knock on wood, Terrelle’s done a pretty good job from that standpoint. I think he has grown in his understanding, and I think he’ll do nothing but progress.
After all, it was just one game. There will be games like that every once in a while. And judging by how Terrelle plays when he feels he’s not performed up to standards and/or when others doubt him, I expect him to bounce back in a big way this weekend. TP2 will will himself to be better. Tressel agrees:
COACH TRESSEL: Oh, when he’s erred, he’s known why. Terrelle’s one of those guys, as I’ve said to you many times, he wants to do things right. He’s one of those guys when he makes a mistake, oh, that mistake will never happen again, and not many of them have, but that’s the way he looks at things.
The schedule definitely aided the Buckeyes through this stretch. Needing to recover and refocus after such an emotional road victory at Wisconsin, the Purdue game couldn’t have come at a better time. Now it’s time to take on Sparty!
There’s more TP nuggets in the transcript, but you can read those for yourself. My short attention span is such that it took me hours to read through all that. No, really.
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