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Urban F. Meyer (Former OSU, CFB and NFL coach)

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PRESSER BULLETS: URBAN MEYER HOLDS HIS FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE SINCE RETURN FROM SUSPENSION

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That said, Meyer started his press conference by giving his thoughts on Saturday's game against TCU and also answered a couple questions about football-related topics, including the health of star defensive end Nick Bosa.

A bullet-point recap of what you need to know from today's press conference:

  • Meyer began his press conference by praising the "incredible effort" of the Buckeyes in their 40-28 win over TCU.
  • Meyer named Isaiah Prince, Michael Jordan, Thayer Munford, Demetrius Knox, Malcolm Pridgeon, J.K. Dobbins, K.J. Hill, Johnnie Dixon, Binjimen Victor, Terry McLaurin and Parris Campbell as champions on offense. Nick Bosa, Robert Landers, Jonathon Cooper, Davon Hamilton, Malik Harrison and Jordan Fuller were champions on defense. Dwayne Haskins was player of the game on offense, Dre'Mont Jones was player of the game on defense and Johnnie Dixon was player of the game on special teams. Johnnie Dixon was special teams player of the game, and Meyer said Jahsen Wint is playing "exceptional" on special teams.
  • "I knew Coach Day was a difference-maker when we hired him. His professionalism and what he's done has been phenomenal."
  • Meyer also thanked Ohio State's fans for the support they showed the team in traveling to Texas for Saturday's game, and the players for how well they performed.
  • On what he said at Big Ten Media Days: "I want to be very clear that there was zero intent to mislead." Meyer explained that he didn't clearly understand the questions that were asked. "I need to do a better job of listening."
  • Meyer says both he and Gene Smith told Zach Smith that he would be fired immediately if he found out he had committed domestic violence. Meyer said the reports he and his staff received indicated that Zach did not commit domestic violence, so he made the decision to continue to employ Zach.
  • Meyer said Zach Smith received multiple job offers from other schools before this season, but made the decision to stay at Ohio State because he wanted to stay close to his children.
  • "I have never deleted a text message. I have never changed a setting on my phone." Meyer said an IT person changed the setting on his phone to retain messages for only one year last spring, because it's not uncommon for him to send more than 100 text messages a day to recruits, but that was months before Ohio State's investigation.
  • Meyer said he watched Ohio State's first three games at home with his family. Acknowledged that he had to leave the room at times, and ask his daughters for updates, because it was too hard to watch.
  • "My love is unwavering for Ohio State. Even moreso now." Says he has a "great relationship" with university president Michael Drake and is very close with athletic director Gene Smith, and he apologized to Drake for putting him in this situation.
  • Meyer reiterates once again that he did not condone domestic violence, and said he was suspended for going too far in trying to help Zach Smith.
  • Meyer said the university typically handles his tweets, but he made the decision to tweet the statements he did because he felt there were things that needed to be cleared up.
  • "Ryan Day is elite, but there's other elite coaches on our staff, and I'm very thankful for them."
  • "I'm very healthy," Meyer said when asked about memory loss. Said the investigative report was so transparent and thorough that it included that, but it didn't necessarily influence his decision-making.
  • "I did not lie to the media. I did not do a very good job (in answering questions at Big Ten Media day) ... Did I turn my back to domestic violence? Not one bit."
  • Meyer said Zach Smith received "glowing reviews" from the two previous coaching staffs he worked on, and did an excellent job as a coach and recruiter in his first three years on staff (2012-14). "In hindsight ... I did not make the right decision."
  • Meyer said that when he was told by Brian Voltolini in July that the media might ask for his access to his phone, he said, "Don't worry about my phone. There's nothing to hide on my phone."
  • Meyer said there were work-related issues with Zach Smith in 2015, including being late for several meetings.
  • "Did you contact the police? I'm not allowed to talk to the police," Meyer said in regards to those who said he should have tried to find out more about what happened in 2015.
  • Meyer on Ryan Day and the coaching staff: "He's done phenomenal. This coaching staff's done phenomenal."
  • Nick Bosa is getting further tests this week on an abdominal and groin issue and will not play Saturday against Tulane.
  • Do you believe Courtney Smith was ever a victim of domestic violence? "I can only rely on the information I received from the experts."
  • Meyer said he "always thought" he fostered an environment where people would bring negative information to his attention, but said he and Gene Smith have had to re-evaluate to make sure that environment exists in the wake of the allegations of misconduct against Zach Smith.
  • Meyer said Tom Herman and Zach Smith were both told "they'd be fired if it ever happened again" after their strip club visit.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...press-conference-since-return-from-suspension
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Michael Jordan graded as a champion?
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
The imaginary damage that people are making up.
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I have to imagine that this 'redemption campaign' is meant to address very real negative recruiting techniques that are and will continue to be used.

That said, the strategy was very unusual at best and a complete clusterf*** at worst. Reading between the lines of the presser responses, it seems that the Meyer family chose the strategy internally without much consultation.
 
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URBAN MEYER SAYS HE WILL BE A “GAME MANAGER,” ALLOW RYAN DAY AND KEVIN WILSON TO RUN OHIO STATE'S OFFENSE

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Ohio State's offense has a good thing going, so Urban Meyer doesn't want to mess with it.

After the Buckeyes averaged 608.7 yards per game (third-most in the Football Bowl Subdivision) and 56.3 points per game (second-most in the FBS) in Ohio State's first three games of the season, which Meyer was forced to watch from home while serving a suspension, Ohio State's head coach said Tuesday on the Big Ten teleconference that he will allow offensive coordinators Ryan Day and Kevin Wilson to continue leading the way in calling offensive plays.

"I think Ryan Day and Kevin Wilson have done such a great job, but I’m going to be the game manager," Meyer said Tuesday. "Obviously I’ll be involved, but more of a game manager."

In Day and Wilson's first season on Ohio State's coaching staff last year, offensive play calling was considered to be a more equally collaborative effort between the three, with Meyer often making the final say on which play the Buckeyes would run. With the success that Dwayne Haskins and the Buckeyes offense have had without him on the sidelines, though, Meyer wants to allow Day and Wilson to continue to do their jobs the way they have been.

"I was back two weeks ago, and I even asked today how do I assist?" Meyer said at his press conference Monday. "I'm a fundamental person, a ball security guy. I watch things very closely. I'm very involved in the kicking game. I have not been that involved in the offense. I give my ideas. And I think they're doing exceptional. So I'm trying to just help, do the best I can."

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...llow-ryan-day-and-kevin-wilson-to-run-offense
 
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Urban Meyer Doesn’t Want to Rock the Boat, Even Though It’s His Boat

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When Ryan Day temporarily took over the Ohio State football program nearly two months ago, his goal was to hand the program back over to Urban Meyer without disrupting any part of the plan that was already in place.

He didn’t went to upend anything that would be detrimental to the progress of 2018 team. Day wanted everything to be business as usual, and since he took over, business has been good.

When Meyer returned from his suspension two weeks ago, his goal was the same. He didn’t want to do anything that would alter the way the team had been preparing.

Meyer wanted his return to be business as usual as well.

Returning to the practice field and football offices two weeks ago, Meyer eased back into things. So much so that when he is finally back on the sidelines for Saturday’s game against Tulane, he expects to be more of a game manager than he has been at times in the past.

His involvement with the offense has diminished, and not just because he wasn’t permitted to be around the team for the entirety of camp and the game planning for Oregon State. His trust in his offensive coordinators has reached a level that has allowed him to delegate more than ever before at Ohio State, and as long as the Buckeyes are scoring 56 points per game and averaging over 600 yards of total offense, he doesn’t expect to be as involved in the offense on game days.

“I think Ryan Day and Kevin Wilson have done such a great job that I’m going to be more the game manager,” he said on Tuesday. “Obviously I’ll be involved, but more the game manager at this point.”

Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/09/urban-meyer-rock-boat/
 
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Hetuck said:
The difference is they don't give a damn what anyone thinks or what they say on social media about them. They would've handled it the way OSU should've handled it. Point out that McMurphy published a false report, say the coach did everything he was obligated to do, and that's the end of it. The story would've gone away in a few days. No need for a silly "investigation" and suspension for PR purposes that only makes the school and coach look worse and keeps the national conversation going for weeks.
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This is so much my opinion that I'm not sure I didn't accidentally log in with your credentials in a drunken stupor and post it myself.
 
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Hetuck said:
The difference is they don't give a damn what anyone thinks or what they say on social media about them. They would've handled it the way OSU should've handled it. Point out that McMurphy published a false report, say the coach did everything he was obligated to do, and that's the end of it. The story would've gone away in a few days. No need for a silly "investigation" and suspension for PR purposes that only makes the school and coach look worse and keeps the national conversation going for weeks.
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I don't think an investigation into the actions and response of a leader in a huge public institution surrounding possible domestic abuse by one of his subordinates is "silly".

If you're a football factory, and that's your entire claim-to-fame and your highest aim, then yeah... just tell everybody to f*ck off. But that's not the standard that applies to tOSU, in my IMO.
 
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Hetuck said:
The difference is they don't give a damn what anyone thinks or what they say on social media about them. They would've handled it the way OSU should've handled it. Point out that McMurphy published a false report, say the coach did everything he was obligated to do, and that's the end of it. The story would've gone away in a few days. No need for a silly "investigation" and suspension for PR purposes that only makes the school and coach look worse and keeps the national conversation going for weeks.
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I think we needed the investigation to know that there was no FSU-esque influence or shenanigans going on ... but the presser afterwards should have gone exatly like you said, and would have been the perfect moment to stick a nail in it.
 
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shetuck said:
I don't think an investigation into the actions and response of a leader in a huge public institution surrounding possible domestic abuse by one of his subordinates is "silly".

If you're a football factory, and that's your entire claim-to-fame and your highest aim, then yeah... just tell everybody to f*ck off. But that's not the standard that applies to tOSU, in my IMO.
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kujirakira said:
I think we needed the investigation to know that there was no FSU-esque influence or shenanigans going on ... but the presser afterwards should have gone exatly like you said, and would have been the perfect moment to stick a nail in it.
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Exactly what @kujirakira says. An internal investigation to satisfy reporting protocol, legal liability questions / issues and ensure no NCAA violations was needed. If no reporting protocol, legal liability or NCAA issues found, issue a statement to that effect. Provide documentation of findings required of a public institution and move on with a statement that the University and its staff will have no additional comments on the issue as it is closed.

I think that clearly satisfies the responsibility the organization has, even for one aspiring to be more than a football factory, while being smart about the handling of the narrative post investigation. They are not mutually exclusive.
 
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