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Urban F. Meyer (3x National Champion, CFB HOF)

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UFM was what tOSU needed at the time. After Tressel's departure, and Fickel's interim, adding Urban was super. He (in my opinion) elevated tOSU recruiting profile higher than any other coach in our history. Actually, believe he elevated the B10 teams recruiting because they had to get better to keep up. Somebody might want to search UFM's Florida history, to see if there were parallels in his 'downfall' there. Personally, believe he hired his friends, rather than the best position coaches available (or could be wooed to the good guys). The WR and LB coaches were atrocious, but he remained faithful to them, rather than cutting them loose. (Both are now out of football, no?). That caused players not to want to come here, etc. Anyway, only my opinion. I praise him for what he brought to tOSU, but everyone has a shelf life, and his expired here. As will Day's in his time.
 
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UFM was what tOSU needed at the time. After Tressel's departure, and Fickel's interim, adding Urban was super. He (in my opinion) elevated tOSU recruiting profile higher than any other coach in our history. Actually, believe he elevated the B10 teams recruiting because they had to get better to keep up. Somebody might want to search UFM's Florida history, to see if there were parallels in his 'downfall' there. Personally, believe he hired his friends, rather than the best position coaches available (or could be wooed to the good guys). The WR and LB coaches were atrocious, but he remained faithful to them, rather than cutting them loose. (Both are now out of football, no?). That caused players not to want to come here, etc. Anyway, only my opinion. I praise him for what he brought to tOSU, but everyone has a shelf life, and his expired here. As will Day's in his time.
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I think UM ran a complete shitshow at Florida. For that reason, I was very skeptical of his hiring at Ohio State, but I came to believe that he truly learned from his mistakes at Florida. In fact, you can argue that he overcompensated in the zero tolerance direction as witnessed by the Hyde and Robie suspensions. The problem is that the underlying personality trait of believing that he was bigger than the university remained, and some of that arrogance led to the Zach Smith fiasco which ultimately ended his tenure. I'm not one to put football coaches on a pedestal but neither do I think UM was this terrible person that his detractors portray him as. As usual, reality is somewhere in the messy grey area.

The Aaron Hernandez doc should be interesting.
 
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Now that you bring it up, recollect there was that element of 'lack of institutional control' at Florida. Was so utterly happy that tOSU got a coach of his caliber, overlooked the pimples. Agree that UFM evolved while at the helm of the Buckeyes, and the players not so out-of-control here. His coaching hires, namely Zach Smith (grandson of his mentor) and Bill Davis (UFM's best man) was clearly favoritism, keeping them as well, and added to his downfall. Yeah, the gray area encompasses many things, in all things. Go Bucks!
 
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Urban Meyer Will Be Eighth Ohio State Head Coach Inducted Into the College Football Hall of Fame

Urban Meyer will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in December, becoming the eighth Ohio State head coach to receive the honor.
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Urban Meyer Will Be Eighth Ohio State Head Coach Inducted Into the College Football Hall of Fame​

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Urban Meyer will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in December.

The National Football Foundation announced Wednesday that Meyer has been voted into the College Football Hall of Fame class of 2025. He becomes the eighth Buckeye coach inducted into the Hall of Fame, following Howard Jones (1910), John Wilce (1913-28), Francis Schmidt (1934-40), Woody Hayes (1951-78), Earle Bruce (1979-87), John Cooper (1988-2000) and Jim Tressel (2001-10).


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Urban Meyer reveals how he violated a 'Gentleman's Agreement' between Big Ten coaches upon arriving at Ohio State​

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However, his initial start at Ohio State required a bit of an adjustment. Coming from Florida and the SEC, where everything was hyper-competitive and cutthroat, Meyer had never experienced an honor-based system.

He detailed how an unspoken rule created a mini feud with then-Wisconsin head coach Brett Bielema.

“I leave the SEC, and I come to Ohio State, and there was something called a ‘gentleman’s agreement.'” And Coach Bielema got really pissed off at me when we turned a couple of players. And, you know, I didn’t know about a gentleman’s agreement. I’m not sure what that means. In recruiting, you’ve got to go get players. We had two kids from Ohio committed to Wisconsin, and we got them. We flipped them. And people were saying, Well, in this conference you don’t do that. And I was like, I had not seen that anywhere in my contract,” Meyer said....:lol:

Bielema and Wisconsin eventually alleged that Meyer and the Buckeyes got too involved and committed serious infractions. Former NFL players contacted high school recruits, even during a dead period, but the program wasn't necessarily linked.

Meyer was never found guilty on a bigger level, and at least with this issue, only broke this baseball-like rule. Bielema never went too in depth on the manner, but did at least confirm he wasn't thrilled with Meyer's approach.

"I wasn’t upset with Urban because of a gentleman’s agreement. It was something else that I don’t want to get into. I told him what I knew, and he said he would take care of it, and he did,” Bielema said.
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Urban Meyer rejects college football GM position after conversations, issues sharp warning

Meyer considered a college football general manager role but quickly rejected it after learning the details
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Urban Meyer rejects college football GM position after conversations, issues sharp warning​

Meyer considered a college football general manager role but quickly rejected it after learning the details​

Meyer, who won three national championships during his 13 seasons at Florida (2005-10) and Ohio State (2012-18), said one school recently approached him about stepping into that kind of role. He entertained the conversation, until he heard what the job actually entailed.

"I had a school come see me this year and ask if I wanted to be the GM, and a couple other phone calls," Meyer said last week on The Triple Option podcast while interviewing Oklahoma football general manager Jim Nagy. "And you start to think, 'OK, they actually came to see me,' so I said, 'Yeah, I'll meet and I'll sit down with you guys.' I said, 'OK, what is the job description?' They said, 'Well, basically you meet with all the agents of the 17- and 18-year-olds, and I thought, 'I'd rather step on a rusty nail and pull it out myself.'...:lol: I mean, what in the world -- if that's what you gotta do, Jim, God bless you."

Meyer did not name which program specifically reached out to gauge his interest.
 
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