jeez, that's awful. God speed to you Coach. he has a 1 way trip to the college football HOF, if he's not already in it.
Kinda weird how Ohio State backed Urban after all the negativity just to have him for 1 more non-playoff season.
Huh? Only 4 Division 1 teams qualify for the playoffs. Urban's final year netted tOSU his 7-0 record against Michigan, a Big 10 championship and a trip to the Rose Bowl.
I'm saying they had a chance to wash themselves of some PR issues under Urban's watch but it's curious they stuck by him when he only stayed one more season. I'd guess that if they had known he'd dip then they would have let him go sooner.
Are you out of your mind? There's no way in hell that tOSU was going to fire Urban Meyer because he didn't fire an assistant coach as soon as he probably should have. You want PR issue? Fire your highly successful head coach only to find out less than a year later he has a medical condition that led to his retirement.
It was a big issue at the time. Let's not pretend it wasn't a possibility then and that there wasn't some PR issues.
Wait, is anyone here actually buying Urban Meyer's medical retirement BS? I can't believe it. It's almost as if there's some kind of history that shows Urban Meyer is full of shit, and will be back coaching in no time... I just can't think of it...
Come on, Lyman - no snark needed here (I recognize my initial post came off similarly). I think we've established that we feel very differently about Urban Meyer, and it's likely a consequence of the fact that he coached a team one of us cheers for. My argument is purely objective, Lyman - the man has lied before about retirement and the motivations behind it. He has done so at a highly successful program with similar behavioral / scandal issues, at which he spent the same amount of time. We've swapped colors and locations, but these are the same pictures. Very seriously: what is your motivation / indication to believe he's not leaving for ulterior motives, as he has in the past?
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Dwayne Haskins is headed to New York City. Monday evening the sophomore quarterback was named a Heisman Trophy finalist by the Downtown Athletic Club. He will join Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray at the Heisman Trophy ceremony Saturday evening at the PlayStation Theater in Times Square, N.Y. — The Haskins Standard — Haskins’ road to New York City was paved thanks to an arm that is rewriting both the Big Ten and Ohio State records books. He’s thrown for 4,580 yards and 47 touchdowns this season – both school and conference single-season records – while leading the Buckeyes to their second consecutive Big Ten title. In last Saturday’s championship game against No. 21 Northwestern, Haskins threw for a school-record 499 yards and five touchdowns on his way to being named the game’s Most Valuable Player. A Potomac, Md. native and graduate of The Bullis School, Haskins is just the fifth Heisman Trophy finalist from Ohio State since 1982. The others were Keith Byers (1984), Eddie George (1995), Orlando Pace (1996) and Troy Smith (2006). Prior to 1982, only the Heisman Trophy winner was invited to New York City for the awards ceremony. In his first year starting for the Scarlet and Gray, Haskins has won virtually every award there is to win. Most recently, he claimed the Silver Football Award from the Chicago Tribune as the Big Ten’s best player. That came two days after Haskins was named the Big Ten Conference’s Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year and the league’s Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year. Prior to this season, Ohio State had just one 400-yard passing game in its record books. Now, thanks to Haskins, it has six. Five times this year he’s eclipsed the 400-yard mark and nine times he’s thrown for 300 or more yards. He also set the Big Ten total offense record last Saturday (4,702), breaking the mark previously held by Michigan’s Denard Robinson. Six times this year he was named the Big Ten’s Offensive Player of the Week, which established a new record for the most weekly honors. This year’s Heisman Trophy presentation will be aired on ESPN at 8 p.m. on Dec. 8. (OhioStateBuckeyes.com)
And just as likely that he once coached a team that the other of us venomently cheers against? I've retired twice. I know full well what goes through a person's mind when they realize they made a mistake by stepping away too soon and I returned to the workforce. After the first one I discovered I truely missed the daily challenges and interactions with my peers and co-workers.
Not in the least, and a poor presumption. Got no problems with Ohio State, other than that they have employed Urban Meyer and willingly looked past his continuous misdeeds. That applies to the fans, as well. Did you retire because the company you were leaving was under investigation, and had very clearly become riddled with scandal and excused misbehavior under your leadership? Did you use the excuse that you wanted to take care of your health and spend time with your family, only to sign on to an immensely more stressful job months later? Because Urban did. It seems I asked the wrong question, originally. I'll take a step back: Do you believe that Urban retired from the University of Florida for any reason other than wanting to care for his health and his family?
All day, every day - I completely agree. I don't even need favorable odds. I'll lay that bet, and make whatever money someone's willing to offer. If someone sees that prop bet floating around out there, let me know. I'd dip my toe in those degenerate waters for an easy buck...
I'll be perfectly honest . . . I have no idea what really drove him to step down at Florida. And neither do you (unless he confided in you prior to stepping down). What I do know is that he was born in Ohio, got a degree (Masters ?) from Ohio State, started his coaching career at Ohio State and stated that his "dream job" would be as the head coach at Ohio State. OBTW: his dream job didn't have an opening at the time he stepped down at Florida. So, now its time for you to pull back the curtain just a bit. I seem to recall you stating once that, as a resident of South Florida, you were a Miami Hurricane fan. (It could have been FSU but it really doesn't matter. I once lived in the Miami area and my late brother was a huge Seminole fan.) Either way, I am quite familiar with how these two fan bases think of anything relating to the Florida Gators. They could develop the cure for cancer at the University of Florida and those fans would say something like, "Ya, but the side effects are like having the clap". Is it remotely possible that your complete and utter distain for Urban Meyer is somewhat driven by your hate for anything Gator related?
What do gator haters have to do with it. When he was coaching there the locker room was like the Gainesville penitentiary.
And the Hurricanes' and Seminoles' locker rooms were filled with choirs of angels? The point is I couldn't have a reasonable discussion with my own brother because of his absolute hatred for anything UF related.
