Urban Meyer post-game comments
There's probably discussion of this buried in some other threads, but I didn't see a board topic.
Was anyone else shocked at Meyer's post-game comments and demeanor? Calling this season a "grind" and saying something along the lines of "nothing's ever good enough" . . . he seemed pretty down considering his team just beat Norte Dame in a major bowl game. Looking at what happened with him at UF, I'd be a little concerned if I were an OSU fan. That did not seem like a man who is enjoying his job.
We've all seen this season how teams can assume their coach's personalities, and OSU looked listless and disinterested most of the year. I get that they won a championship last year, but it's not like they were on an Alabama-esque tear of multiple titles in a short span. Especially compared to Harbaugh's ebullience after the Citrus Bowl, Meyer seemed like a coach on the verge of burnout.
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:06 AM ^
I think Luke Fickell would be a great replacement.
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:08 AM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 10:20 AM ^
I think the great work Bobby Williams has done at Alabama should prove to everyone he deserves another shot at a HC gig, Columbus would be the right fit.
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:31 AM ^
I hope he stays long enough for Harbaugh to start pummeling him. If he was to leave now I would find it a bitter disappointment.
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:47 AM ^
To help him stay and get through this rough patch, I have an idea. I live in C-bus and know just the sort of woman who can help him with "the grind"- won't get out of control I promise!
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January 2nd, 2016 at 3:19 PM ^
is my new favorite comment. Thank you!
January 2nd, 2016 at 11:34 AM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 10:55 AM ^
Laces Out Fickell!
January 2nd, 2016 at 11:32 AM ^
Needs a job now that ND isn't paying him anymore... I think he'd be great at OSU.
January 2nd, 2016 at 12:31 PM ^
OSU could really use a decided schematic advantage.
January 2nd, 2016 at 11:49 AM ^
if it happened...don't forget who is now out of a job...Mr. Chip Kelly. Can you imagine having Kelly's offense and their typical ohio defense, which would still be good, even though Kelly never had a great D, but he'd be in ohio and he'd still be getting all those kids from ohio for his D.
January 2nd, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^
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January 3rd, 2016 at 5:50 AM ^
It'd be so ridiculous if Chip Kelly fell into OSU's lap like Urban did. Wouldn't mind OSU having a new coach work out the way RR and Hoke did here.
January 2nd, 2016 at 12:50 PM ^
I will send one of my paychecks towards his salary, if that change would happen. lol.
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:06 AM ^
Somebody get that man a pizza and an electric cart. It'll cheer him right up.
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:10 AM ^
Those are the energizer bunnies for Urban Meyer.
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:14 AM ^
I think he just needs a letter from his concerned daughters
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:23 AM ^
And he needs to listen to his heart and also what the Texas mega-donors are saying.
January 2nd, 2016 at 11:40 AM ^
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January 2nd, 2016 at 10:12 AM ^
For hyper-competitive guys nothing is ever truly good enough. Harbaugh says the same thing. One achievement demands one to aspire for more.
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:17 AM ^
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Someone get this man some blood thinners, I think he had a stroke halfway through this post.
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:28 AM ^
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"It's never good enough"
January 2nd, 2016 at 11:27 AM ^
Ohio State fans thought this year was a big disapointment because they did not play for a National Championship.
Meyer's right, it is never good enough. It's National Championship or nothing.
January 2nd, 2016 at 5:08 PM ^
Which is why, in a weird way, it is probably a good thing for us they won the championship last year. It just raised their level of expectations and dissatisfaction and disappointment for them when they don't get there.
(They also raised the profile of the B1G and made it more of a guarantee to make the playoff if we can win the B1G championship. If they had lost to Alabama last year, after the poor showings of MSU and Iowa this week, winning the B1G would be called into question).
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January 2nd, 2016 at 10:27 AM ^
For a hyper-competitive guy, he and his team sure looked unfocused and unprepared during that MSU game. If it had happened on the road against a different team, it would make more sense to me. But all year he and his team knew MSU and UM would likely be the two games that would determine their season. To play like that at home is tough to explain.
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:51 AM ^
Urban is a very hot and cold coach- he is brilliant but focuses in such a manner that when he is "on" its not fun. Hence his off games can be pretty off. Few people notice that his NC teams almost always have a near miss loss to a bad team in their resume- this has always been the case- even in his FL days
January 2nd, 2016 at 11:17 AM ^
have a near miss or scare or two on their resumes by season's end. Michigan struggled to beat Iowa at home in 97. Colorado had its 5th down against a crappy Missouri team and went on to win the NC. Tressel's 2001 OSU team almost lost to Purdue and Illinois in consecutive weeks during their 2002 run. Auburn had to scratch and claw at home to beat barely beat a Clemson team that lost 7 games in 2010. FSU is the one of the few teams in recent memory that I can think of that handled their regular season schedule pretty comfortably and went on to win national title. It's incredibly difficult for any team to play at its highest level week after week.
January 2nd, 2016 at 12:18 PM ^
But most good teams/coaches don't have that slip up during such an important contest. Meyer and team went into that game knowing it would all but decide the B1G. It had been tee'd up all season, and GameDay was there. That's not the same as laying an egg mid-season against a sleeper.
January 2nd, 2016 at 2:35 PM ^
responding to MonkeyMan's implication that somehow Meyer is unique because his great teams have struggled with weaker teams on the schedule from time to time. That description fits a lot of great coaches and great teams.
Meyer laying an egg against MSU in 2015, yes, that one is hard to explain. But if Jim Harbaugh replicates Meyer's success at UF and OSU at Michigan, I'll gladly take it even if I had to endure a rare flop.
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:08 AM ^
noun
the quality of being cheerful and full of energy; exuberance.
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January 2nd, 2016 at 10:53 AM ^
this is very true- in C-bus we eat the winners and losers with equal delight- out with the pitchforks. Its not a job i would want
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January 2nd, 2016 at 10:26 AM ^
except the part about not being used losing. I mean they only lost 1 game this year (same as in 2014). A one loss season that ends in a Fiesta Bowl route over ND is not really 'getting used to losing' (unfortuntately).
In 2016, however, I do think Meyer will have more of a taste of 'getting used to losing.' They graduate/early entry lose a ton, and they have a much harder schedule in 2016.
No matter how stacked the roster may be, it is near impossible to lose as many starters as they are going to lose without some consequences.
January 2nd, 2016 at 5:18 PM ^
Yeah, but didn't we expect 2014 would be a down year for them (with a young OL, ineperience at QB, etc,)?
Meyer is probably more motivated by adversity.
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January 2nd, 2016 at 10:13 AM ^
Never seen such a relaxed coach going into halftime... Hell never seen such a relaxed coach after a beatdown in the post-game LOL.
It's like McElwain doesn't show any frustration on TV nemore due to his blow up on Taylor caught on camera earlier in the season haha.