Urban renewal in Columbus

Brick · November 23, 2011 10:28PM

Hopefully the reports are true. Lousy timing. Sad for Luke but all year it was obvious he was truly a lame duck coach. When there is an Urban Meyer available you have no choice but to bring him into your program. It should really help recruiting. I don't consider myself an expert in prognosticating but I am afraid the Buckeyes will feel deflated and the team up North will probably put a hurtin on us. Hope I'm wrong. But with Urban we should get back to where we should be rather quickly.

prthd · November 24, 2011 12:21AM

I dont like the timing of it either. I really hope Luke stays on as some assistant coach or something. I just dont know why they wouldnt keep a lid on this until after the Michigan game. Ive heard its all but a done deal.

Dave

dfr52 · November 24, 2011 9:36AM

<< I dont like the timing of it either. I really hope Luke stays on as some assistant coach or something. I just dont know why they wouldnt keep a lid on this until after the Michigan game. Ive heard its all but a done deal.

Dave >>

ESPN reported that Luke will stay on in some capacity. He might be a lame duck coach but this is a legendary rivalry so I expect the players to still play hard.

RonBurgundy · November 25, 2011 10:57AM

Sweet clean football Santa Jesus, please let this happen.

Brick · November 27, 2011 9:39PM

YES, YES, YES, YES. Let the recruiting begin.

RonBurgundy · November 27, 2011 9:47PM

Awesome! It's on like Donkey Kong now! The rest of college football just got failed smile.

dfr52 · November 27, 2011 10:06PM

<< Awesome! It's on like Donkey Kong now! The rest of college football just got failed smile. >>

I can't imagine how strong the program will be under him. Ohio State should be able to dominate the Big Ten.

KeepItWarm · November 27, 2011 10:35PM

...like they dominated the past decade?

prthd · November 27, 2011 10:49PM

O - H

dfr52 · November 27, 2011 11:09PM

<< ...like they dominated the past decade? >>

Even more so!

Brick · November 27, 2011 11:16PM

<< O - H >>

I - O

Goot · November 28, 2011 12:35AM

Guess he was cured of his health problems pretty quick.

dirtmonkey · November 28, 2011 1:28AM

<< Guess he was cured of his health problems pretty quick.

>>

Hopefully, for his sake, the NCAA doesn't impose too hard of sanctions for OSU. Otherwise, in the words of Fred Sanford, he may be having a heart attack, Lizabeth.

ziggy29 · November 28, 2011 2:08AM

Show of hands -- who here expected Meyer to stay "retired" for long?

No hands up? Didn't think so.

KeepItWarm · November 28, 2011 3:39AM

<< 

<< ...like they dominated the past decade? >>

Even more so! >>

I was referring to all the cheating that Ohio is so well known for.

prthd · November 28, 2011 4:05AM

<< 

<< 

<< ...like they dominated the past decade? >>

Even more so! >>

I was referring to all the cheating that Ohio is so well known for. >>

Are you serious dude? Please put down the bottle and step away.
-Thank You

bking · November 28, 2011 4:07AM

<< Awesome! It's on like Donkey Kong now! The rest of college football just got failed smile. >>

I love hearing Ticket schtick on here.

Justacommeman · November 28, 2011 5:23AM

As a Michigan fan I'm pretty fired up about this. This is good for the Big Ten period.. A strong Michigan-OSU rivalry is a good thing. Michigan has a great class coming in this year and a number one QB coming in 2013. With Meyer coming in it will give Michigan even more ammo to recruit with. This is a good hire period. Win win. MJ

halfcentman · November 28, 2011 5:34AM

Urban Meyer is the Brett Favre of coaching, and I have been saying this ever since he has been linked to the OSU job.

I do not care about his record. The stole the attention away from the OSU-Michigan game like he did the other two times he stepped away.

As far as I am concerned, he loses a lot of equity in that regard. However, the price of poker has gone up for as long as he is there.

Justacommeman · November 28, 2011 5:45AM

<However, the price of poker has gone up for as long as he is there>

This. MJ

jeffcbay · November 29, 2011 4:52AM

<< The stole the attention away from the OSU-Michigan game >>

You and Mike Golic are both whiners...

Urban Meyer didn't go public with this until yesterday. All that other crap you heard was people who can't keep their fat mouths shut. Blame the media. Urban Meyer did everything he could to keep it quiet.

jdip9 · November 29, 2011 5:08AM

Urban Meyer might be the biggest fraud out there. For someone that claimed he needed to spend more time with his family, he sure racked up the quality time being in the ESPN studios almost every night. Big surprise that he stayed retired for a whole season.

He rode Alex Smith to a perfect season, and Tebow to 2 championships...and when those guys moved on to the NFL, Meyer moved on too, knowing he was in store for mediocrity with the team he had left. Of course OSU just happens to have Braxton Miller as their QB for a couple years.

He's the Phil Jackson of college football....except Phil didn't have 31 players get arrested in 6 years like Meyer did at Florida. What I can't figure out is whether that represents a step up or step down from Saint Jim in the player conduct department.

jeffcbay · November 29, 2011 5:12AM

Jealousy is a stinky cologne.

Tabe · November 29, 2011 7:28AM

Meyer "rode" Tebow to one championship - Chris Leak was the QB for the other.

Tabe

Boopotts · November 29, 2011 9:17AM

<< Urban Meyer might be the biggest fraud out there. For someone that claimed he needed to spend more time with his family, he sure racked up the quality time being in the ESPN studios almost every night. Big surprise that he stayed retired for a whole season.

He rode Alex Smith to a perfect season, and Tebow to 2 championships...and when those guys moved on to the NFL, Meyer moved on too, knowing he was in store for mediocrity with the team he had left. Of course OSU just happens to have Braxton Miller as their QB for a couple years.

He's the Phil Jackson of college football....except Phil didn't have 31 players get arrested in 6 years like Meyer did at Florida. What I can't figure out is whether that represents a step up or step down from Saint Jim in the player conduct department. >>

I disagree. Meyer left Utah for one of the best coaching jobs in the world; hard to blame him for that. Then he cut out of Florida after a health scare. A year out he's given a godfather offer by OSU that anyone who loves coaching would have a hard time turning down. Sure, he changed his mind about coaching in the past 11 months, but what's the crime in that? Maybe he decided he can't live w/o coaching; heck, maybe he realized he can't stand his family and needs to spend as much time as possible out the house. Who knows? In any case, you can't get on a guy for changing his career ambitions.

As far as the behavior of his players is concerned, I've never been of the opinion that it's the coach's job to deal with that. You get the best players that your University will admit to the school and you take it from there. If he's bringing in illiterate thugs then that's the fault of the FU admissions department. These guys are hired to do one thing- win. They aren't hired to 'nurture the student-athlete', or 'mold boys into good men', or any of the rest of that nonsense. The boosters and alumni don't care a lick if the guys wearing helmets are stand-up citizens, and the University itself rarely cares, so why should the coach give a damn?

jeffcbay · November 29, 2011 10:03AM

<< As far as the behavior of his players is concerned, I've never been of the opinion that it's the coach's job to deal with that. You get the best players that your University will admit to the school and you take it from there. If he's bringing in illiterate thugs then that's the fault of the FU admissions department. These guys are hired to do one thing- win. They aren't hired to 'nurture the student-athlete', or 'mold boys into good men', or any of the rest of that nonsense. The boosters and alumni don't care a lick if the guys wearing helmets are stand-up citizens, and the University itself rarely cares, so why should the coach give a damn? >>

If any of this were true, Tressel would still have a job.

Brick · November 29, 2011 11:31AM

I had mentioned that when an Urban Meyer is available you do what you can to get him into your program. That works both ways. When a job like Ohio State is available you do all you can to acquire the position. Perhaps Meyer would have preferred to wait another year. The position would have been filled and who knows how long until the position is available again. The only other position he would desire from all accounts is Notre Dame and they have a new hire.

RonBurgundy · November 29, 2011 9:14PM

Phil Jackson of college football? Sweet!

Boopotts · November 29, 2011 11:58PM

<< 

<< As far as the behavior of his players is concerned, I've never been of the opinion that it's the coach's job to deal with that. You get the best players that your University will admit to the school and you take it from there. If he's bringing in illiterate thugs then that's the fault of the FU admissions department. These guys are hired to do one thing- win. They aren't hired to 'nurture the student-athlete', or 'mold boys into good men', or any of the rest of that nonsense. The boosters and alumni don't care a lick if the guys wearing helmets are stand-up citizens, and the University itself rarely cares, so why should the coach give a damn? >>

If any of this were true, Tressel would still have a job. >>

Tressel wasn't fired because his players were beating up their girlfriends or stealing laptops. He was fired because his players were violating NCAA rules, and because he lied about it to the NCAA once it was brought to his attention.

LodiBrewFan · November 30, 2011 12:13AM

Who can blame Meyer for anything. Look at what he accomplished.

He successfully left a top tier coaching job in the SEC for a top tier coaching job outside of the SEC.

Not a bad swap for him.

He will do very well at OSU.

Urban renewal in Columbus

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