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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
Not letting them go to the Rose Bowl then. Fair enough. That was a decision that I think was mistaken, but Woody handled it with a hell of a lot more grace and perspective than Urban seems to be handling a far more justified punishment. Then again, Woody always did seem to have a firm understanding and perspective of where his football team fell within the larger university, which you saw in his directive of how his friends and former players should honor him after his death.
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pianobuck46
pianobuck46
Yeah, Woody handled the situation very well, but that was the start of the beat-down by Armitage and others. When 1968 came along, they wouldn't have dared keep the team home.
Drake is smart, I'll give him that. He's smarter than when he threw Jon Waters out without so much as a hearing. He'll just make Meyer so miserable that he'll quit, or so he thinks. And by the way, you're saying that any punishment at all was justified in Urban Meyer's case tells me all I need to know about you. That is all.
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calibuck
Too soon old, too late smart
Understand and agree Pianobuck…..the cold shoulder will work, except for UFM's buy-out. As long as Gene Smith is the interface, then UFM can hold out. Drake has a 'control complex'. He doesn't want anyone to question his decisions. Waters should have prevailed under due process clause of his contract. Or anyway, in Public Employee hearing. UFM was guilty of protecting a staffer, maybe wrongly, but yeah, until he got the whole skinny. One should try to help them get their stuff together, rather than throwing out on their ear, and making situation worse. Believe that is the theory Z mgt. Anyway, there is a big benefit that athletics is self sufficient, and throws off, what, $10 million a year (?), to tOSU's general fund? Anyway, stay Urban, and persevere. Go Bucks!
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
Urban doesn't get a buyout if he quits, only if he's fired without cause.
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DiamondBuck
Football is 100% physical, 100% mental.
This thread has grown by about 30% without any credible linked article confirming the sloppy "friction" article written by some New Orleans based author. It's disconcerting to see so many posters run with it as fact.
Any one who thinks there is an upgrade from Urban around the corner is delusional.
"We're blue bloods." Sure we are. So is Nebraska. Notre Dame. Michigan. USC. Texas. Urban has won more National Titles than those programs combined in this millennium.
Any one who thinks there is an upgrade from Urban around the corner is delusional.
"We're blue bloods." Sure we are. So is Nebraska. Notre Dame. Michigan. USC. Texas. Urban has won more National Titles than those programs combined in this millennium.
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
Which is my entire point. Thank you! God, that was hard!
Which is my entire point. Thank you! God, that was hard!
Then, it's his choice. He can sack up like a man and do the job he's paid lavishly to do or he can choose to take his wadded up panties down the road because his bosses won't pretend that he's their boss. I'd prefer the former, but if he can't wrap his mind around his place in the pecking order, he's welcome to claim the health problem of his choosing and run back to ESPN. Either way, The Ohio State University will be just fine.
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DiamondBuck
Football is 100% physical, 100% mental.
Meyer denies reports of internal 'friction'
BySTEVE HELWAGEN
Meyer was asked about a report from FootballScoop.com that cited sources as saying there was “friction” within the Ohio State athletic department and the football program. The report noted that Meyer was allegedly still upset with university president Michael Drake and athletic director Gene Smith over handling of the Zach Smith situation. It also said there were some rumblings within the OSU staff since Saturday’s rough 49-20 loss at unranked Purdue.“Yeah, there is no tension between … I talk and work with Gene on darn near a daily basis,” Meyer said. “There is zero tension there.”
https://247sports.com/college/ohio-...ks-idea-of-friction-within-program-123708275/
BySTEVE HELWAGEN
Meyer was asked about a report from FootballScoop.com that cited sources as saying there was “friction” within the Ohio State athletic department and the football program. The report noted that Meyer was allegedly still upset with university president Michael Drake and athletic director Gene Smith over handling of the Zach Smith situation. It also said there were some rumblings within the OSU staff since Saturday’s rough 49-20 loss at unranked Purdue.“Yeah, there is no tension between … I talk and work with Gene on darn near a daily basis,” Meyer said. “There is zero tension there.”
https://247sports.com/college/ohio-...ks-idea-of-friction-within-program-123708275/
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
Oh shit...a troll.
Oh shit, you got me. After 12 years on this board, 12,000 posts and 19,000 likes, you sniffed me out as a troll. That's some next level Inspector Clouseau shit right there. I surrender.
Now here's some news for you. People like me run Ohio State. We're the ones on the board of trustees. We're the ones on the Foundation board. We're the ones who donate at levels to the Presidents Club well beyond what merely constitutes the Buckeye Club minimum so one can buy some season tickets to the foosball. And most importantly, we're the ones running the show in Bricker Hall. And guess what, we're also the ones who constitute the student body. We might have only been 50% of the student body when I was there, but we're pretty much 99.9% of it these days. Jim Rhodes' populist revolution at Ohio State is over. The 24 ACT bums lost. My condolences, Mr. Lebowski; the bums lost.
When Ed Jennings came back as interim President when Kirwan left, he gave a great interview. I won't look it up and quote him verbatim, but the gist of it was that he said that when he took the President's job at the end of the 70's there was a battle going on as to what Ohio State would be. Would it be a nationally and internationally elite research university or would it be the "everyman's university" for the state of Ohio? When he left the job, he said, that debate was irrevocably settled in favor of the former. The bums lost.
Sorry if Urban thought he was taking the job at a different university. That was his mistake. Now he can choose to do his job or he can choose to leave without passing GO and without collecting his 38 million dollars. His choice.
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
And good for Urban and props to him for getting out ahead of this. He seems to be refuting the rumors and putting his head down and doing his fucking job. I truly hope that his panties aren't wadded and that he's moved on and is focused on his job. As I've said repeatedly here, the best scenario (though my gut has told me he'll quit) is for him to stay on as coach.
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