HE DESERVES the backing of OSU, the fans, and the alumni, to help him through this.
Sorry, but he made this shitbed. You keep on saying he only made one mistake and I think that's bullshit. We DESERVED better judgement from him and we are now screwed because he made MULTIPLE mistakes. He lied to the school, he lied to the NCAA, he lied during press conferences. For nearly a year he continued to coverup and make this go away.
On April 2nd he shouldve walked from his desk straight to the compliance dept and said "we have a problem".
On April 2nd & 3rd he should NOT have called Ted Sarniak or forwarded him the emails
On April 19th he should not have emailed Cicero and announced he "has a plan" to cover the thing up
On Sept 13th he ABSOLUTELY should have informed the NCAA that there were potential violations involving his players.
On Dec 16th he should have told the truth and not lied to school officials when confronted by them.
On Dec 23rd announcing the player suspensions, he should not have played dumb like he had no prior knowledge.
On Feb. 8 he should have not told lie after lie about why he didnt come forward to investigators.
On Mar 8th he should not have participated in that farce of a press conference continuing and compounding all the lies.
Tress said this on Dec 23rd when talking about how disappointed he was in the 5 players and acting like he had just found about it -
"I think we all have a little sensor within us, ‘Well, I’m not sure if I should be doing this'".
It's a damn shame that his sensor has been broken for most of the last year. He covered up, he lied, he attempted to deceive, he compounded all his lies over and over.
HE deserves backing? How about what the fans, alumni, students and players DESERVE from him at this point?
He should man-up and say --- "I've done enough damage. It is in the best interest of this great university, this great program and the players I love so much that I step down at this point. I am the one that deserves to be punished, the University has already been punished enough from my actions. I am truly sorry for the many mistakes I have made over the past year. I am sorry for the embarrassment I've caused this great program."