Since I’m a sucker for irony, given this weekend’s news of Jim Tressel…
I tell friends often that I’ve always pictured Williams as a perfect character for one of Shakespeare’s plays. His complexities are fascinating. He built his kingdom from virtually nothing, returning home in a time of turmoil to restore honor to a place that always felt picked on and slighted by those kingdoms around them with more wealth and power. He could be paranoid, hard to please, and he was easily angered, often lashing out at those who were most desperate to please him. But at his core, he was ultimately a man of virtue. He did not spend his spare time looking for a better job. He was not a huckster or a snake oil salesman or a carpetbagger. He was a Terp.
