Urban Meyer: He gone ... sort of

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Yeah, or if the health crisis is really that serious, why not resign effective immediately?

Of course, if you've just received serious medical news, you might not be making all decisions with a lot of forethought.

With a lot of other guys (Saban, Rich Rod, etc etc) I would assume it was all part of some elaborate contract-extortion ploy, but Meyer, as far as I know, has a reputation as a fairly straight shooter (at least about as much as a guy in his position can be).

 

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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4772952

 

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Health problem ... "I'm gonna vomit if I have to coach this team without Tebow next year."

 

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Jacksonville drafts Tebow, Tebow sits for a year, J-ville fires Del Rio, Meyer steps in.

 

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If it is a serious health problem, the assholes making these cracks are gonna look like, well, the assholes they are. The guy had a perfect season at Utah then won a national title at Florida before Tebow became the starting QB. These types of responses are about as dumb as it gets, on multiple levels.

 

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I don't know if this belongs here, in the coaching carousel thread or in a new thread all of its own, but for the UF job, I could see Tony Dungy all of a sudden getting interested in returning to coaching. I could also see UF taking a good look at Harbaugh.

And yeah, Brian Kelly has to be kicking himself in the ass right now.

 

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Riiight. Because nobody here *ever* makes smart-ass comments when bad shit really does happen, right?

 

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God, imagine if he took the Florida job and stepped in for Meyer in the Sugar Bowl. Greatest troll move ever.

 

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And college football coaches have never, ever, ever been the least bit disingenuous about the reasons behind an unexpected change in employment status.

That said, I have no doubt coaching a major college football program can wreck a dude's health. You can only survive on 4 hours of sleep per night for so long. The stress, long hours, etc., is a recipe for a health disaster.

But a year, or two, away from the game living the good life as a TV studio analyst will likely cure him up very well. And he'll take either the Notre Dame, Texas or USC job in two years.

 

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I am in no way opposed to people being assholes. I'm opposed to them not being any good at it.

 

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ESPN says heart muscle defect

 

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Vultures. Doesn't take 'em long at all . . .

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