Shortly after Urban Meyer, coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes, won what the analysts say is the most "legitimate" National Championship of our time (insert eye roll), everyone i.e.- Kirk Herbstreit, began saying that Meyer had the best winning percentage of any coach since World War II. Yeah?
HOLD ON PLAYA.I don't doubt those numbers, but is winning the only thing that matters when we are speaking about coaches? Or, how many coaching vacancies has one filled and how many years do they stay?
Let's start with the first question: Is winning the only thing? Well no. It's not the only thing, but it sure doesn't hurt. Bill Parcells once said in regards to Lawrence Taylor, my job as a coach is to make men better players and better men. Now I'm paraphrasing, but can we say that's what Urban Meyer does? Ahem. Aaron Hernandez. He's allegedly killed how many people? Reportedly, Urban couldn't wait to get rid of him. Percy Harvin. Percy didn't like doing stairs to warm-up during practice, so Meyer changed warm-ups to shooting hoops. Really? Why is Braxton Miller "flirting" with Jimbo Fisher and FSU football?! Because he knows he's knows he's not in a pro style offense at OSU. He wants to go first round like all of Jimbo's QBs. I'm not saying they are wildly successful after that, but they go 1st round. Tim Tebow was perfect as far as off the field. Arguably, Meyer could've done some things to help with his mechanics but chose not to because he was so good at the college level. However, that hurt him on a professional level. Those are the obvious examples.
Let's talk about how many places Meyer has been a head coach and how long he was there:
Bowling Green: 2001-2002
Utah: 2003-2004
Florida: 2005-2010
Ohio State: 2012-present
As you can see, he hasn't been anywhere over 5 years. His worst season record as a head coach came in his last year at Florida and without Tim Tebow, 8-5. Suddenly he had family and health concerns and needed to leave Florida. Then 10 months later, he was suddenly swooped up by Ohio State. If I was an Ohio State fan, I would be waiting for the other shoe to drop. Just know, Urban Meyer is leaving sooner rather than later. Urban Meyer is a Bandwagon Coach.
"You can say I'm just a Hater,
But I'm not the only one.
One day,
Ohio State fans,
you'll join us,
And the football world
Will be as one."
MDK In The House
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