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

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I would hope the "vetting" process of the strength coach involved discussion with the players. If the players are OK with it, all the past stuff doesn't matter. If the players aren't OK with it, this hire could be a disaster. I would go along with the bosses in "Casino" and say "Why take a chance?" You don't want to give quality free agents another reason not to come to Jacksonville if you don't have to. I would say it is probably a bad hire, but its only the strength coach.
 
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OregonBuckeye said:
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Kinda OT but I find it ironic a reply to this hiring is a JonTron gif lol.

Guy could be a great coach but this seems like a hire that’ll get people to hate you more than they already do.
 
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Pretty surprised he would make a hire like this. Would have thought he would stay away from anything remotely controversial. I really do think he comes from a good place on things like this tho---he's trying to give a guy a second chance, which I respect. I'm sure it was the same way with Zach Smith---I'm sure he gave him multiple warnings to get it together. Too many warnings in that case.
 
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Tanner said:
Pretty surprised he would make a hire like this. Would have thought he would stay away from anything remotely controversial. I really do think he comes from a good place on things like this tho---he's trying to give a guy a second chance, which I respect. I'm sure it was the same way with Zach Smith---I'm sure he gave him multiple warnings to get it together. Too many warnings in that case.
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If there's one thing we learned about Urban Meyer, it's that he feels that he'll hire who he wants and the rest of the world can go fuck themselves: Wilson, Schiano and of course Zach fucking Smith, the latter of which inevitably led to his downfall. The NFL is a whole different ballgame than college though, and if he loses the locker room, his tenure will be short and bitter. He can't recruit his way out of things, and his players have agents, business managers and a ball busting union behind them. This is going to be interesting, and I don't see much middle ground in how this will all play out, either he kicks ass or he'll flame out in two years.
 
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I laugh at the framing that it was because of “public outcry” that the decision was reversed.

It was a bad decision all around regardless of the public outcry. I’m sure the room full of mostly African American alpha male millionaires, who Urban Meyer relies on completely to be successful, were totally on board with a prominently accused racist being hired if it weren’t for the public outcry.
 
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I’ve said it before, but guy is half coach, half psychologist.

But I also think he looks through things with such a myopic view he just doesn’t see the outside picture. He’s unique fir sure and I’ll leave it at that.

I think he can be a good NFL coach....but he also needs a voice in his ear, that he trusts, that can say “Urban, this is really fucking stupid, so back away”. I’m
Not sure he has that guy......but he needs him. Like the reverse “easy button”.
 
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OregonBuckeye said:
His Achilles heel is hiring too many of his buddies. He allows personal relationships to interfere with his professional responsibilities
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Did I miss the part where Urban had any past relationship with Chris Doyle? How was/is Doyle a “buddy” of his?

EDIT: Yep, as the next post shows.....I certainly did miss Urbana’s statement! And it certainly does look, walk and quack like a buddy hire.
 
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