Urban Meyer’s exit strategy now firmly in place

They fall to Michigan on Saturday and after their bowl game he leaves due to health issues. Two years later he'll be back coaching at another school until health issues once again force him to leave.


Naaah, 2 years from now he is coaching in the NFL. Dallas, New England, or whoever and he will get a shitload of money and be miraculously cured of "exhaustion".
 
He could never handle the stress of an nfl job. He’s like a fan on the sidelines living and dying on every play.


Agree to disagree. It may be short lived, but I really think he is going to the NFL. It is the perfect place for him to "relax". He doesn't have to be responsible for what his players and assistant coaches do off the field. He just needs to have a quarterback to win football games with.
 
Agree to disagree. It may be short lived, but I really think he is going to the NFL. It is the perfect place for him to "relax". He doesn't have to be responsible for what his players and assistant coaches do off the field. He just needs to have a quarterback to win football games with.
Maybe. He's a college czar. College czars have a long, long history of not being able to cut it in professional coaching. You give up a lot of control in exchange for not having to worry about recruiting or petty rules which the Urbs of the world either stretch to the limit or ignore anyway.

You have to be able to roll with the punches in trying times, like Brad Stevens, or hang loose in tough circumstances. Not many tight sphinctered, control freaks are able to do that.
 
Agree to disagree. It may be short lived, but I really think he is going to the NFL. It is the perfect place for him to "relax". He doesn't have to be responsible for what his players and assistant coaches do off the field. He just needs to have a quarterback to win football games with.

Urban would be a terrible NFL coach. He can't win without superior running QBs, and oppressive talent superiority. You can get that in college, because there isn't a lottery or parity driven draft system. But the NFL is largely good against good.
 
Maybe. He's a college czar. College czars have a long, long history of not being able to cut it in professional coaching. You give up a lot of control in exchange for not having to worry about recruiting or petty rules which the Urbs of the world either stretch to the limit or ignore anyway.

You have to be able to roll with the punches in trying times, like Brad Stevens, or hang loose in tough circumstances. Not many tight sphinctered, control freaks are able to do that.

If Tampa Bay or Arizona comes calling and they give him what he wants I think he would take it after he got some "rest". He is a football coach at heart. I don't think there is another college job that would be enticing to him. The OSU job did that for him, fulfilled him at the college level. At this point the only way that itch gets cured is by coaching in the NFL.
 
If Tampa Bay or Arizona comes calling and they give him what he wants I think he would take it after he got some "rest". He is a football coach at heart. I don't think there is another college job that would be enticing to him. The OSU job did that for him, fulfilled him at the college level. At this point the only way that itch gets cured is by coaching in the NFL.
Maybe he would be Pete Carroll or Jim Harbaugh or Tom Coughlin, who have had some NFL success.

Many more have been Dave Wannstedt/Nick Saban types. Or were smart enough to stay away from the pros in the first place.
 
Urban would be a terrible NFL coach. He can't win without superior running QBs, and oppressive talent superiority. You can get that in college, because there isn't a lottery or parity driven draft system. But the NFL is largely good against good.


You could very well be right. But it wouldn't shock me if the NFL came calling and gave him a offer that he couldn't refuse. I just don't think the USC, LSU or Florida St. jobs would do it for him at this point in his career.
 
Maybe he would be Pete Carroll or Jim Harbaugh or Tom Coughlin, who have had some NFL success.

Many more have been Dave Wannstedt/Nick Saban types. Or were smart enough to stay away from the pros in the first place.

So he takes the LSU or Florida St. job in 2 years? The end game being what? To trump what Saban has done at Alabama?
 
You could very well be right. But it wouldn't shock me if the NFL came calling and gave him a offer that he couldn't refuse. I just don't think the USC, LSU or Florida St. jobs would do it for him at this point in his career.
Jerry Jones is well overdue to replace a coach.

And I forgot to add Jimmy Johnson to my list of college coaches who crossed over and had NFL success.
 
Brohm will end up in the NFL before Meyer.
All of the sudden Brohm has to beat his crosstate rival to be bowl eligible, which Indiana will be trying to do as well.

That could be an interesting game Saturday. And what an up and down season for Brohm and Purdue, with all that offensive talent.

Sound familiar?

As a sidenote, I thought they should have went for two when they scored in the second OT and Wisconsin had already had their possession.

No way were they stopping Taylor. Unless Taylor fumbled.
 
My prediction is that he is done after this year and will take the path of the likes of Jerry Kill and some others where he will be an "Advisor" or "Consultant' and his ego will only allow that to happen for a few years and he will be back coaching at another college spot and that spot will be Iowa. It is the only job where with his past success will carry him a long way and expectations will always be less than any other job he could ask for
 
While I never believed his leaving Florida was due to health reasons, I do believe he is having health problems right now. It has been reported he has a brain cyst
 
If Tampa Bay or Arizona comes calling and they give him what he wants I think he would take it after he got some "rest". He is a football coach at heart. I don't think there is another college job that would be enticing to him. The OSU job did that for him, fulfilled him at the college level. At this point the only way that itch gets cured is by coaching in the NFL.
Byron Leftwich will get the AZ job when it opens up.
 
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