Ex-Jaguars player says Urban Meyer kicked him

doubledragon

Another day, another Urban Meyer scandal.

Ex-Jaguars player said Urban Meyer kicked him during warmups

Former Jaguars kicker Josh Lambo said that coach Urban Meyer referred to him by vulgar names and kicked him during a warmup, another damning report against the first-year Jaguars coach.

Lambo, in an interview with the Tampa Bay Times, said that it should have never happened.

“I’m in a lunge position. Left leg forward, right leg back,” Lambo said. “... Urban Meyer, while I’m in that stretch position, comes up to me and says, ‘Hey Dips--t, make your f--king kicks!’ And kicks me in the leg.”

Lambo said it wasn’t a full-force kick, but a coach shouldn’t do something like that to a player. He said that he spoke to his agent about what happened, according to the Times story, and that his agent contacted the Jaguars’ legal team.

“It certainly wasn’t as hard as he could’ve done it, but it certainly wasn’t a love tap,” Lambo said. “Truthfully, I’d register it as a five (out of 10). Which in the workplace, I don’t care if it’s football or not, the boss can’t strike an employee. And for a second, I couldn’t believe it actually happened. Pardon my vulgarity, I said, ‘Don’t you ever f--king kick me again!’ And his response was, ‘I’m the head ball coach, I’ll kick you whenever the f--k I want.’”

According to the Times, the team acknowledged that Lambo did reach out to their legal department.

“Jaguars legal counsel indeed acknowledged and responded immediately to the query made by Josh Lambo’s agent Friday, August 27, 2021,” the Jaguars said in a statement to the Tampa Bay Times. “Counsel offered to speak with Josh, or to assist Josh in speaking with coaching or any other football personnel, if he was comfortable with her sharing the information. Any suggestion otherwise is blatantly false.”

Lambo was released by the team on Oct. 19 after struggling this season. He departed as the most accurate kicker in franchise history. He just couldn’t get going this season.

He missed 12 games with a hip injury last season and wasn’t the same kicker this year. Lambo missed all three of his field goal attempts this season, two of those at TIAA Bank Field where he was previously automatic, as well as a couple PATs.

Meyer, according to the Times report, called the story “inaccurate.”

It’s been a challenging first season for Meyer, who is 2-11 with the Jaguars. There have been numerous unflattering reports about Meyer’s time with the team, including one from the NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero last weekend about him referring to assistant coaches as losers and getting into a heated argument with receiver Marvin Jones.

Meyer vigorously denied that report and said that if anyone in the building was leaking stories to the media that they’d be fired immediately.

Fans have voiced their concerns about Meyer, with a growing faction of them looking for his ouster. Jaguars owner Shad Khan said this week that he would take his time and not make an irrational decision on Meyer’s future with the Jaguars.

perkdog

Lambo should have handled that when it happened not wait till now to talk about it.

Handled it I mean by punching him in his face

craig44

@perkdog said:
Lambo should have handled that when it happened not wait till now to talk about it.

Handled it I mean by punching him in his face

I agree. should have been handled in house. right then, in the moment. I do not consider myself a violent person anymore, but in my youth, had a coworker/boss actually become physical with me, it would have certainly ended with one of us on the ground. no doubt.

thisistheshow

@perkdog said:
Lambo should have handled that when it happened not wait till now to talk about it.

Handled it I mean by punching him in his face

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As far as I can tell from the story, he immediately told Meyer to f off and filed a complaint with the team. The story i only coming out now to add fire to the Meyer story.

doubledragon

Absolutely, I would have been all over Urban Meyer if he kicked me. I would have forced to go John L. Sullivan on his a..

Hydrant

Maybe he had it coming.

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1951WheatiesPremium

Josh Lambo says, ‘Bosses shouldn’t kick employees and coaches shouldn’t kick there players. Urban Meyer sure pulled the wool over my eyes. It was baaad. Here this guy was supposed to shepherd in a new era in Jacksonville and instead he took the money and got the flock out of here before the first season was even over! And you know he’s probably headed right back to that bar he owns so he can go grind on that little lamb chop again!”