We should consider paying UA to take LDR back as a walk-on.
they owe you for "taking" Cam.
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they owe you for "taking" Cam.
We should consider paying UA to take LDR back as a walk-on.
Then send Jack and Lil'-Bill to chat with Satan...
There is a bit of a difference between UA and AU.
You could get killed in that state, for that kind of a FUBAR comment...
If LDR transfers...what a total fail on all sides for all parties involved.
Urban definitely wasn't lying about the health scare. I know someone who was present when he thought he was having a heart attack, before any of this was made public. It ended up not being as serious as that, but it was a legit health scare that really shook him up for a while.
He took some time off to smell the roses when Tressel unexpectedly got canned. By that point, Meyer had gotten himself together, and the UF job was already filled.
100% spot on. sadgator went through something very similar about two years ago. Major health scare based, in part, on work-based stress and anxiety. Meyer's breakdown was totally legit. Our fan base should respect this guy as a hero...instead a large portion want to see him as a trader...it is ridiculously short sighted and shameful.
...and don't think it hasn't been noticed that ReRe had been absolutely bringing it lately...damn fine poster.
I am glad Meyer was here and got us those 2 titles but you are crazy as heck if you dont think he left after 2010 to take a break with the intention of taking another HC job after that to get away from UF. Sometimes I wish he just left after 09 since he wasnt into the job anymore. These coaches fib and distort so much when questioned on their coaching intentions its crazy.
Meyer's agent was actively turning over coaching opportunities weeks after he resigned from Florida. He was targeting Texas for the following season had UT fired Mac Brown. Doesn't really lend credibility to the point that he left UF for health reasons.
Meyer is very dishonest but he is one of the best football coaches in the last 50 years and when he was at UF.... I knew we were not going to beat him very often.
- top 1% of 1%
- to spend more time with his family
- X player will be disciplined appropriately
But sad, he was truly a TRADER.
He traded UF in for a paid vacation.
And then he traded out his lies for a new job in a much easier conference.
Hero my azz. He was well paid for what he did, and he got away with a lot of what he did and/or caused.
1. Top 1% of 1% was a hyperbolic slogan. Not a lie.
2. He did take time off and did, in fact, spend time with his family. Not a lie.
3. Name one player under Urban's tenure that was not disciplined for any demonstrated offense at UF that would not have been similarly treated in any other Div. 1-A program. Not a lie.
Nice try...next...anyone??? anyone??? Let's hear your "lies," so they can continue to be debunked.
Sorry sad, but a full and complete answer would not be of service to UF, or to Meyer's family, so I'll just let you go on believing as you do. It's okay, nobody really G's-a-S about any of this anymore anyway, but you have all of the coming off-season to talk about it anyway if you like...
You do remember that, in his time off with his family, he was on tv all the time, right?
I am crazy because I truly believe that he did not quit for the purpose of finding a better job. At least, not at first.
I do think that after a few weeks/months of leave, he gradually got over his anxieties that affects people who go through health scares/mortality crises. By then, the Gators had moved on.
If his agent wasn't actively looking for new opportunities for his client, he wouldn't be a very good agent. That's what they do.
Don't forget that Meyer walked away from about $20 million dollars that was left on his contract with UF. And in 2010, Ohio State wasn't a better job than UF. And yes, Bama had recently won a national championship, but that was their first since 1992. Unless Meyer owned a crystal ball that showed him that Bama would win three more in the next five years. it's unlikely that he quit because he feared that he would never be able to beat Saban.
And he did beat Saban, anyway, in the National Championship, two years ago.
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He "worked" in the media. Totally different than coaching. No lie...next...
Lies??? Anyone???
he gets caught looking like a hypocrite all the time, like this gem...
never lies ever though
Not saying this is wrong, but in fairness to Urb this was under the two team BcS. AND, OSU and Mich had just played
no one believed the 1% stuff, so I'll give you they hyperbole excuse, but the reason Urban quit was not to spend more time with his family. that was a lie. either he had a nervous breakdown or the lack of depth next year made him nervous. Also, Aaron Hernandez sent a guy to the hospital and used marijuana regularly but somehow never missed a game; thank-you Unity Council.
Exactly. This statement, if made, was made 10 years ago under a totally different system and set of rules than we have now. The statement was also made in an effort of politicking to get his team into the championship game at the time. The statement has absolutely nothing to do with the committee's selection of OSU to participate in the 4 team playoff. What is Urban supposed to do, turn down the playoff invitation?!?!?
Well, gee whiz guys, we're coming up awfully light in the "lie" department, as we always do when this is discussed. It is easy to generalize and unfairly label someone you don't like as a "liar." It is a totally different thing to prove that.
Point to an actual quote by Urban about why he was resigning from Florida that was not true. Urban was nothing but honest about the fact that he suffered a health event (which he did) and was done (which he was in 2009). He stayed on at the insistance of admin. for 2010 and even admitted that he wasn't sure if it would work. When it didn't, he packed it in. He never lied or misled anyone about anything regarding his commitment or desire to be at Florida.
As to Hernandez, provide one fact that shows that Urban had knowledge of anything that should have resulted in discipline that wasn't taken or would have been taken by any other coach.
If gator fans don't like Utban because they feel like jealous X-lovers or if rivals don't like Urban because they are still butthurt over the fact that he owned them, that is one thing.
But painting the guy as a "liar" is complete revisionist history. It is a complete and totally manufactured fallacy by those who simply don't like him.
Yea I was gonna say people's timeline seems to be off. He quit in 09' after the SEC Championship game. From everything I've read, that scare was actually a real thing. His wife called 911 like the night after or something like that and had him go to the hospital. They found out he pretty much had a breakdown and it wasn't as seriously thought and he held on to coach the bowl game. Then Foley, Addazio, and a bunch of other assistants begged him to stay on to save the class and keep the staff together. So when he returned in 10' the health problems were already behind him, that was no longer an issue. After 10' he left again which I don't know why people blame him because the only reason he stayed on was because the admin begged him to. His heart clearly wasn't in the job anymore so he bounced. Why not blame the admin? That's like begging a chick to stay with you when she's already told you she's into some other dude, it's gonna end in disaster.
He spent the following season commentating and told anybody who would listen he planned to get back into coaching. I guess you could say he lied if you feel like spending time with your family means being with them 100% of the time. Commentating one day a week isn't anything compared to working 15-20 hour days as a coach. Then Ohio St. came open and he took it. I remember people who would know saying that Ohio St. and ND I think were the two teams written into his contract while at UF that he could leave for without having to pay a buyout because those were his dream jobs. I think he'd have taken at least another year off if that job hadn't come open.
He spent the following season commentating and told anybody who would listen he planned to get back into coaching. I guess you could say he lied if you feel like spending time with your family means being with them 100% of the time. Commentating one day a week isn't anything compared to working 15-20 hour days as a coach. Then Ohio St. came open and he took it. I remember people who would know saying that Ohio St. and ND I think were the two teams written into his contract while at UF that he could leave for without having to pay a buyout because those were his dream jobs. I think he'd have taken at least another year off if that job hadn't come open.
That is exactly right. And everybody also seems to forget that at the time
Urban left, there was no expectation that Tressel would be out at OSU soon.
Wait...are you under the impression that people thought Meyer was planning to leave for the Ohio State job?
No wonder you've got this all messed up.
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