Urban Meyer

[mjp28]

@mld-woody said:

Urban has been put on paid adminstrative leave

Right, "SOP" standard operating procedure now for anything like this let the facts come out and then proceed......hopefully it won't take forever.

Meanwhile let the media circus do its thing, let the social media clowns do their thing, let anyone else who likes this kind of soap opera drama do their thing, I'll wait and see what happens. 

My concern is has Urban just about had his run at being in the 24/7 spotlight that is big time D-1A college football oh remember that we went through this before in 2011 when he took a time out. Luke Fickel went 6-7 the only losing record at OSU since 1897.   Meyer, 54, been 73-8 since then at OHIO STATE hopefully he has a few good years left. They do have a tough September schedule starting 9/15 with TCU and later PSU.

GO BUCKEYES! Go away bull$hit stuff.

[broganreynik]

@babernakle said:

I’ll repeat this for the snowflakes that might read this,  this is not like anything that has happened to date. The incidents did not involve Meyer,  meyer didn’t do anything illegal,  it did not happen on Ohio state property.  Where he knew or not does not matter. 

I think you made your point.

[jrb12711]

@babernakle said:

I’ll repeat this for the snowflakes that might read this,  this is not like anything that has happened to date. The incidents did not involve Meyer,  meyer didn’t do anything illegal,  it did not happen on Ohio state property.  Where he knew or not does not matter. 

Let's also point out this is objectively wrong too. Title IX in this case would have required Urban to report abuse, and new reporting also dictates his contract stated as much too. Unless you think Meyer is above federal law, you're just plain incorrect.

If Urban knew and didn't report, he should and will be fired. Period.

[MLD Woody]

Urban has a clause in his contract requiring him to report this. If you're hard enough on him it can be seen as enabling Smith.

I find it funny people care about his Florida issues now. The stuff other fanbases have been saying for years, NOW it matters. 

[Axe]

This started at Florida

[jrb12711]

@mld-woody said:

Urban has a clause in his contract requiring him to report this. If you're hard enough on him it can be seen as enabling Smith.

I find it funny people care about his Florida issues now. The stuff other fanbases have been saying for years, NOW it matters. 

Eh, I mean IDK about that. The stuff with Urban at UF started pretty early into his tenure there. Up until this point Meyer hasn't even had a whiff of serious allegations against him and he's going into year 7 of the job. It's not unreasonable to say that maybe the time off and new gig changed his philosophy up. Of course if this all turns out to be true, that's dead wrong. But I don't think it's insane to consider he changed his ways before this came out.

Personally I've always thought he's been in the gray area of a lot of stuff. But frankly, I feel that way about the majority of NCAA coaches at the elite level.

[Axe]

He absolutely enabled Aaron Hernadez..

And as I mentioned  previously, This started at Florida. The first instance of abuse was in 09 at Florida.

[syd]

if urban didn't sign his new contract this would not be a story

[Richiswhere]

....if all the coaches knew about this then why aren't they all suspended ?

[mjp28]

@richiswhere said:

....if all the coaches knew about this then why aren't they all suspended ?

These and other questions yet to be answered.

Does the head coach really matter that much to the yearly  success of a team? On a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 the highest what do you think? 

[jrb12711]

@mjp28 said:

These and other questions yet to be answered.

Does the head coach really matter that much to the yearly  success of a team? On a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 the highest what do you think? 

in CFB, 10/10. The simple reason is the top-tier coaches recruit top-tier players which is required to compete for national titles. I have no doubt in the likely event Urban resigns OSU will pick up the pieces, but it's gonna be a tough 3-4 years of losing recruits.

[Canton Dawg]

[MLD Woody]

So Gene Smith is sweating now...

[JPPT1974]

He needs to work on being a better human being. And make amends. As really best to resign and let them move on.

[The Gipper]

@jppt1974 said:

He needs to work on being a better human being. And make amends. As really best to resign and let them move on.

I can only assume that you were talking about Zack Smith and nobody elseI can only assume that you were talking about Zack Smith and nobody else

[Axe]

@mld-woody said:

So Gene Smith is sweating now...

 I LOVE IT!!

Suddenly, Urban remembers,,,, he DID know!! ?

Last week he was Sgt Schultz

How much money do ya think Buckeye Alumni and Boosters are doling out right about now ?

[wargograw]

@mjp28 said:

These and other questions yet to be answered.

Does the head coach really matter that much to the yearly  success of a team? On a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 the highest what do you think? 

3. The same programs always win, and that’s not because they just happen to have the best coaches. 

[Browns149]

Of course the same programs always win. The teams with the best players win most times. Th schools that have higher standards now a day will not win. It’s over for ND UM and the likes of Stanford. 

[wargograw]

@browns149 said:

Of course the same programs always win. The teams with the best players win most times. Th schools that have higher standards now a day will not win. It’s over for ND UM and the likes of Stanford. 

Agree

[MLD Woody]

The coach 100% matters. How was your one year with Luke Fickell? Or us with Hoke?

An elite coach might make more of a difference in the MAC or something, but they still matter even at powerhouse schools. It's just that the floor is higher.