Urban Meyer leaving Florida?

[Sportsbuck]

Never said it did. They just don't have anyone to really take over.

Texas - '09 5* Garrett Gilbert, '10 4* Connor Wood, '10 3* Case McCoy

Oklahoma - '08 4* Landry Jones, '09 3* Drew Allen, '10 4* Blake Bell

I think they'll manage.

[Woy]

I DO NOT want Schiano. Just promote Bradley to HC, Johnson to DC, give Vanderlin (LB coach) a huge pay raise.

Dark horse for PSU job: Mike Shanahan...

I don't want Bradley to take the job. I hate how he doesn't call an aggressive gameplan during a big game. It didn't really happen last year, maybe USC, but he usually panics in big games and plays drop zone most of the game. That pisses me off more than anything.

Like I said, I want Turner Gill for that job. Probably one of the few PSU fans that think that.

[adembroski]

I would jizz my underpants if Meyer went to ND.

Ugh... he's a good coach, but I don't wanna see the spread at ND. I can't explain why, but I hate that offense. Plus I'm sick of seeing Meyer ruin potentially good NFL quarterbacks.

Plus I don't want anyone who could leverage ND into lowering admission requirements. I hate that ND fans complain about that, it should be a point of pride. Notre Dame hasn't been good, but they could easily be at Navy or Army's level right now. They're not.

Let Miami and Florida go out and recruit morons and grease them through as they always have. I'd rather ND maintain it's dignity and win 7 than win a (fake) National Championship and have a roster full of flunkies. ND might have the most delusional fanbase in the country, but they're also the most loyal, and the school has it's priorities straight. I'd prefer it stay that way.

Easier than Florida? "His style of players" are not in Indiana, and they don't want to live in Indiana. They are all in Florida and mostly want to live in the south. He would not leave for the ease of getting recruits, he'd only leave if he was that bored and needed a new challenge.

Yes, easier than Florida, because Notre Dame is not an Indiana school, it's a nationwide school. In their worst years, they have top 10 recruiting classes. They haven't sniffed a national championship since the early '90s, they still pull top 10 recruiting classes. This year they dropped because they only had 18 recruits, but it's still all 4 and 5 star players. They pull players from California, Texas, and Florida... the three best football states in the country by a wide margin... and anywhere else they target players.

No school in the country sniffs Notre Dame as far as recruiting potential. Not even close.

[NAHSTE]

Ugh... he's a good coach, but I don't wanna see the spread at ND. I can't explain why, but I hate that offense. Plus I'm sick of seeing Meyer ruin potentially good NFL quarterbacks.

Plus I don't want anyone who could leverage ND into lowering admission requirements. I hate that ND fans complain about that, it should be a point of pride. Notre Dame hasn't been good, but they could easily be at Navy or Army's level right now. They're not.

Let Miami and Florida go out and recruit morons and grease them through as they always have. I'd rather ND maintain it's dignity and win 7 than win a (fake) National Championship and have a roster full of flunkies. ND might have the most delusional fanbase in the country, but they're also the most loyal, and the school has it's priorities straight. I'd prefer it stay that way.



Yes, easier than Florida, because Notre Dame is not an Indiana school, it's a nationwide school. In their worst years, they have top 10 recruiting classes. They haven't sniffed a national championship since the early '90s, they still pull top 10 recruiting classes.

Yes, because recruiting services routinely give their signees a nice little "Notre Dame curve" and bump them up a star or two. You are kidding yourself if you don't think Florida is a better place to recruit in 2009 than Notre Dame. Get out of 1977.

[adembroski]

Yes, because recruiting services routinely give their signees a nice little "Notre Dame curve" and bump them up a star or two. You are kidding yourself if you don't think Florida is a better place to recruit in 2009 than Notre Dame. Get out of 1977.

Excuse me? The star grades are given before they are recruited, or am I mistaken in thinking I'm talking to someone who knows something about college football?

[adembroski]

So just Hypothetically speaking, you'd rather a 1st round QB that does well in the pros over a Tim Tebow type QB who wins you championships??

Hell ill take national championships over shitty pro qb any day.

First off, the fact that he's a pro means he's not shitty compared to college QBs in most cases.

Secondly, I never said that. I said that Urban Meyer ruins pro careers. That's not his problem, of course, his job is to win college football games, not make Tim Tebow a millionaire. That doesn't mean I have to like the fact that Tebow is going to be a bust in the NFL despite having all kinds of talent.

[adembroski]

his dream job is Notre Dame and if he says he wont coach there well then hes not leaving

I'd quit SEI to coach Notre Dame

I don't know. I think of Notre Dame doesn't win 8-10 games this year, Weis will be out, but I think they will. The schedule is weak, Michigan State and USC are the only games I think they have very little chance to win. They have a home-heavy schedule in a tough stadium, and a lot of offensive talent. The questions are; does the defense gel, because it's very young, and can they build a decent running game?

Urban Meyer would take 2-3 years to make ND a contender because he'd have to rebuild them. It'd be a waste of two very good pro-style quarterbacks. The team is much closer to being a good Charlie Weis team than a good Urban Meyer team.

Ugh, and I can't imagine having to watch the spread option every week. Such a fuckin' BORING offense. I'd rather run the fuckin' veer than that.

[Sven Draconian]

What pro career has Urban Meyer ruined, Alex Smith? He was the #1 overall pick and he couldn't hack it in the NFL, that isn't Meyers fault.

Tebow is a marginal pro because his arm is questionable and his release is unorthodox. The issue with his NFL status is far more of an NFL issue than it is with Meyer (The NFL being an absolute clinic in the dangers of group think).

[Rayman]

What pro career has Urban Meyer ruined, Alex Smith? He was the #1 overall pick and he couldn't hack it in the NFL, that isn't Meyers fault.

Tebow is a marginal pro because his arm is questionable and his release is unorthodox. The issue with his NFL status is far more of an NFL issue than it is with Meyer (The NFL being an absolute clinic in the dangers of group think).

This ties directly into the other thread, but Alex Smith has shown himself to be a product of the system, as many QBs who run that offense in college turn out to be.

He still has all these measurables that might allow for him to be a decent QB someday, but he never should have gone #1 to begin with.

Sad that the 49ers didn't learn from other teams' mistakes.

[Sportsbuck]

Plus I don't want anyone who could leverage ND into lowering admission requirements

Robert Hughes, he of the 2.5 GPA and 17 ACT says hi.

[Sportsbuck]

Excuse me? The star grades are given before they are recruited, or am I mistaken in thinking I'm talking to someone who knows something about college football?

LOL no they aren't.

They come out with new rankings every few months...

[NAHSTE]

Excuse me? The star grades are given before they are recruited, or am I mistaken in thinking I'm talking to someone who knows something about college football?

Rivals routinely updates their star ranking every three months or so. Recruits receive additional stars all the time.

[Poundtherock]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4374311
Monday, August 3, 2009
Gators give Meyer 6-year, $24M contract
By Chris Low
ESPN.com

Urban Meyer, who has taken the Florida Gators to rarified heights with two national championships in four seasons, will see his salary climb to equally exclusive company.

A new six-year, $24 million contract for Meyer was finalized Monday, taking his total financial package to $4 million per year and making him the SEC's highest-paid coach in 2009.

His new deal will run through the 2014 season, and there are also incentives involved that could raise his pay even higher.

"I continue to be very thankful and appreciative for everything the University of Florida and the athletic program has done for me and my family," Meyer said in a statement. "Dr. [Bernie] Machen, Jeremy Foley and the community make this a special place, and I'm honored to be a part of it."

Alabama's Nick Saban is set to earn $3.9 million this season, while LSU's Les Miles jumped to $3.75 million after winning the 2007 national championship.

Southern California's Pete Carroll is college football's highest paid coach at a reported $4.4 million per year, and Notre Dame's Charlie Weis is believed to the be in the $4 million range.

Meyer's old deal paid him $3.25 million and was set to take him through the 2012 season. Last season, counting $375,000 in bonuses Meyer earned for winning the BCS national title, SEC title and finishing in the top 10, he pocketed $3.625 million.

Quote:
ESPN.com's Chris Low writes about all things SEC in his conference blog.

The Florida athletic department has contributed $17.3 million to the university since Meyer's arrival on campus in 2005.

He's also made a $1 million commitment to UF's Florida Opportunity Scholars Program, which was created by school president Machen to provide financial assistance to first-generation, financially disadvantaged students working toward a bachelor's degree.

Meyer and Florida men's basketball coach Billy Donovan agreed to lead that charge last year. The goal is to raise $50 million.

"I believe that Urban Meyer is the best at what he does," Machen said. "He demands excellence of his players on the field and in the classroom. Not only did the University of Florida win a national championship in January, but all 13 seniors earned degrees and the 2008 football team tied an SEC-league record with 37 players named to the SEC academic honor roll. We're proud he's a Gator.

Florida had been sensitive to recent economic cuts at the university and hadn't rushed to beef up Meyer's deal, even after the Gators won their second BCS national title in three years this past January.

In fact, most of the chatter this offseason centered around rumors that the Gators may eventually lose Meyer to Notre Dame.

A couple of different times, Meyer attempted to quell that talk after saying on a radio talk show last year that Notre Dame was his dream job.

Then Machen said in May at the SEC spring meetings that Meyer deserved to be the highest paid coach in the SEC, adding, "He's the best."

It's difficult to argue with his resumé.

The Gators are 44-9 during Meyer's first four seasons in Gainesville, tied for the third best nationally during that span.

In addition to bringing home championships, Meyer has also consistently beaten the teams that truly count.

Against the Gators' four biggest rivals -- Georgia, Florida State, Miami and Tennessee -- he's 12-1.

And in winning Three national titles in his first nine years as a head coach, he's accomplished something many of college football's greats never did.

Such legendary names as Bear Bryant, Bo Schembechler, Woody Hayes, Lou Holtz, Joe Paterno, Bobby Bowden and Tom Osborne failed to win any national titles during their first eight years as a head coach.

Chris Low covers SEC football for ESPN.com.

Fixed! ;) :happy:

[Woy]

lmao, its ok, you can still get into the BCS like that.

Yeah, it helps when we beat Ohio State too. ;)

I know Joe turned it down, but I've still seen rumors that Joe's Son could take over
And I'm skeptic about Turner Gil, yea I know there have been a lot of great coaches to start at shitty programs, but buffalo is one of the worst programs in the nation. I wouldn't put Penn State in his hands (Yet) get him another job an we'll see.

It pisses me off when people complain about him not getting the job at Auburn because they're racist.
Gil had one good year, and it was decent at best in a very very bad conference. On top of that Chizik has connections to Auburn, they are gonna take a guy in that they know better (and is used to playing better talent) over someone like Gil.

That would be an awful move. JayPa is not a good coach.