Ohio State coaching staff: Masters of motivation

January 4th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

While some are proclaiming this bowl season to be a wash in mediocrity and overt boredom, it’s good to see at least the players and coaches are evoking motivation towards these things. Case in point, Jim Tressel and crew are pulling out all the stops to rally the troops. They even made a DVD.

The DVD, created by Ohio State coaches, is a 10-minute compilation of insults, attacks and put-downs of the Buckeyes that followed their disastrous 41-14 loss to Florida in last year’s BCS title game.

Buckeyes players gave a thumbs-up to the concept and a thumbs-down to the content.

“I had my grandma watch it with me, and she started crying,” Boone said. “She wanted to kill somebody. She said [ESPN’s] Mark May was a liar for calling me slow.”

Asked for his favorite part, Barton employed his best sarcastic tone.

“We were excited to see the ‘PTI’ guys,” he said. “And I’m a big Mark May fan. He’s not a big fan of me, but I have his poster on the wall—Mark May in a Redskins jersey and a Pitt jersey. I remember him and Woody Paige and Skip Bayless, I’m thankful for their support.”

You know, I’m all for motivation and inspiration via the “us against the world” marta; it inspires even the weakest of hearts. However, I feel bad for the all the poor Ohio State players that are going to have to sit through “Everyone Thinks We Suck: Director’s Cut” next year during bowl season. This, of course, will include bonus scenes from this Monday’s BCS Championship game against LSU. That is unless Ohio State wins. Then the DVD will probably just include clips of Les Miles tearing someone’s head off.

A much better option in my opinion.