Farewell Urban?

[Moderator1]

I know this is on the CFB thread but I think it is big enough for its own and so the other stuff doesn't get lost.
This is pretty damning stuff








No way he survives this, right, assuming it is true? And I see no way it isn't true. McMurphy isn't some trash slinger. His reporting uncovered the abuse that got what's his name (Leavitt?) canned at South Florida.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

He survived having a murderer on his team.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

I think he survives it, and that thought disgusts me.

Most Ohio State fans won't care, and the ones on the fence will paint McMurphy as a liar with a vendetta. And #fakenews.

 

[hondo]

I think he survives it, and that thought disgusts me.

Most Ohio State fans won't care, and the ones on the fence will paint McMurphy as a liar with a vendetta. And #fakenews.

When you've got the ex-wife on the record, with texts and photos, how do you call it fake news?

They'll just focus on the last 25 of the 3,400 words of the story: “Zach once told me,” said Courtney, “if he ever got fired and this all comes out: ‘I’ll take everyone at Ohio State down with me.’ ”

 

[PCLoadLetter]

My initial thought was that there's no way that Ohio State fires Urban Meyer.

But... Ohio State fired Jim Tressel and fired Woody Hayes. And the Meyer allegation certainly seems worse than Tressel.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Based on that story, it should take down Meyer, his wife, the wives of the other assistant coaches and their husbands. Probably won't. But it should.

 

[User 4332]

I'm shocked. Truly shocked that this would happen.

 

[DanOregon]

If the Buckeyes miss out on the playoff and lose to the Michigans, I imagine Ohio State fans will be much less forgiving.
I realize Smith is the grandson of the guy who gave Meyer his first big break, but bringing him to Ohio State after the stuff in Florida? I don't get it. It says a lot that Meyer is the only coach he'd ever worked for and never risen above receivers coach.

 

[Steak Snabler]

As I said on the other thread, Meyer will say his wife never told him about it. He'll pull a Roger Clemens and throw his wife under the bus to save himself.

 

[DanOregon]

And if you think a coach's wife wouldn't tell her spouse about something that could hurt the program - you're kidding yourself. Job #1 for a football wife: protect the brand.

 

[User 149557]

"At least this pizza will make me feel better. Always does. Won't judge me. Won't test my moral compass. At least pizza can't shame me. Yep, just a good old piece of...Papa John's. ****."

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Those texts don't show Urban Meyer knew about this. They show his wife knew about it and said she would tell Urban. Even in the interview posted above, Courtney Smith says Meyer's wife never came back and said she did tell Urban about it. Just that she would. Brett McMurphy is misrepresenting what the texts say.

I think Urban survives it. But they did fire a coach over players getting free tattoos, so who knows.

 

[playthrough]

Meyer is a Teflon Don. Did people not think he was kinda sorta full of crap last week? There were a few tsk-tsk columns and that was that. He runs the most powerful football machine this side of Tuscaloosa and as long as that train keeps runnin', he's safe.

 

[User 149557]

Is Urban going to run for speaker of the house, too?

 

[User 4332]

LOL at ESPN's headline.

 

[User 4332]

Those texts don't show Urban Meyer knew about this. They show his wife knew about it and said she would tell Urban. Even in the interview posted above, Courtney Smith says Meyer's wife never came back and said she did tell Urban about it. Just that she would. Brett McMurphy is misrepresenting what the texts say.

I think Urban survives it. But they did fire a coach over players getting free tattoos, so who knows.

I think you might not have read all 3,400 words.

 

[playthrough]

LOL at ESPN's headline.

I see "Courtney Smith" and keep thinking of Courtney Thorne-Smith. But yeah, lousy headline.

 

[cubman]

I think he survives it, and that thought disgusts me.

Most Ohio State fans won't care, and the ones on the fence will paint McMurphy as a liar with a vendetta. And #fakenews.

This Ohio State fan would very much care. If this is true, if nothing else it exposes Meyer as a gigantic hypocrite considering that one of his "core values" is zero tolerance when it comes to violence against women. If all this is true, he needs to go. End of story.
Fans of other programs probably think Meyer is already a hypocrite, but personally I hold Florida and Michigan fans' opinions of him in little to no regard, closer to none. As a coach, I have tremendous respect for what he's done throughout his career and probably was one of the few OSU fans not to mind the guy when his Florida team wrecked us in the national championship. Something like this would completely change my overall opinion of him. Again, I think I would be in the minority of OSU fans to feel that way, unfortunately.

 

[HanSenSE]

A little bit of crossthreading, but, between this and Jim Jordan, do we have a lack of institutional control?

If so, Cleveland State may as well shutter the athletic department.

 

[JimmyHoward33]

The thing is Tressel was fired because the free tattoos were ncaa violations that vacated wins, led to loss of bowl money right? So unless the NCAA sanctions Meyer (they could but seems doubtful) its not an apples to apples