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

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Perhaps the most monumentally unnecessary crash and burn I’ve ever seen. What ever possessed him to take a job he didn’t need or want, to coach guys he didn’t know how to relate to, in a town with a team no one gives a shit about, under media scrutiny he knew he’d get, with a roster no one could win with…I mean what in the absolute fuck was he thinking?
 
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Bucklion said:
Perhaps the most monumentally unnecessary crash and burn I’ve ever seen. What ever possessed him to take a job he didn’t need or want, to coach guys he didn’t know how to relate to, in a town with a team no one gives a shit about, under media scrutiny he knew he’d get, with a roster no one could win with…I mean what in the absolute fuck was he thinking?
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Will go down as one of the greatest mysteries in sports.
 
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Some people are pointing out on Twitter that the Jags have known about the "kicking the kicker" incident for a few months now. That it's coming out now (from a former player who sounds to still be a part of the "Jags family") seems likely to be more lawfare than coincidence - will be interesting to follow the jockeying around how much cash Urban walks away with.
 
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Bucklion said:
Perhaps the most monumentally unnecessary crash and burn I’ve ever seen. What ever possessed him to take a job he didn’t need or want, to coach guys he didn’t know how to relate to, in a town with a team no one gives a shit about, under media scrutiny he knew he’d get, with a roster no one could win with…I mean what in the absolute fuck was he thinking?
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My hypothesis is that with Saban winning his 7th CFB natty last year, Urban figured that the best, and potentially quickest, way he could possibly one-up Ol' Nick is by going to the NFL and succeeding where Nick had failed.

If not that, I couldn't think of any other possible reason. He has enough money and would've still banked it as a TV analyst.
 
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Just so sad. I admit I had reservations about Meyer’s way of handling people but never about his results or his love of Ohio State Football and Ohio. I cheered any success he had after OSU because of the gutless screwing given to him by Drake and tOSU BOT. But I figured he would quit after a year rather than get fired after less than one.

time heals all wounds.

for UFM how much time will it take?
 
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Steve19 said:
There was a lot of pushback when I said he would be a fool to take the job. Wow, this is a case study in destroying brand equity. I am so sorry he took that job.
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His brand of coaching doesn't work in the NFL. For his sake I was hoping he would adapt, but he didn't. I always wondered if taking an NFL job was a way to free himself up to go back to college after quitting due to health issues. After tOSU any other college job is at best lateral and in most cases a step or two down. After the past year most college jobs are now a step up. I think he just wanted to get fired a few weeks ago so he could have been up for the big college jobs this year.
 
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