So what are the issues with Meyer. I'll list a few that I know, others pipe in with other data.
1. Thug players. A Herdanez (sp?) later murdered a two men, and was implicated in a shooting in high school, and was also a star player at Florida. Question is how much Meyer either knew about it all, and how much if any he covered things up.
Percy Harvin was said to more or less run himself, with little disciple, and frequent, unpunished outbursts at coaches. In a possible defense, Havin did have for years horrible migraine headache issues, which led to him being in terrible pain.
Not sure what other players ran amok at UF. The Gators are often pretty high in the arrest to player ratio.
2. Recruiting violations - I've not heard of any, has anyone else? Not sure how much any of that matters anymore - once players can endorse products and appear in ads, then it's going to be a free for all in terms of paying them anyway.
3. Lying to the media - that's a plus for me, sign the man up now! I have zero use for media types, who routinely lie, then try to play the "he said this then, but that now" game. A bus full of reporters going over a cliff that has two empty seats is a shame of a waste of two empty seats. The whole issue about the crazy wife and the possibly abusive husband who worked for Meyer was garbage. If you have issues with your husband call the police, don't call the wife of his boss and whine about it, then put her and her husband on the hot seat for having to report it.
4. Health issues, and loss of interest. This is a major concern for me. Meyer lost interest in football / was stressed out, after the 2009 season, and quit, then came back about a month later. But mailed in the 2010 season for the Gators - they were terrible that year, he didn't recruit much, and while Muschamp isn't a very good head coach, he did inherit a bad situation.
Then two years ago, Meyer had terrible headaches on the field, and decided to quit OSU.
Now, less than two years later, all rested up and aching to be back on the sidelines, he seemingly is making feelers about the Texas job. I wonder how long of a run he'd have here before the heath issues came back? If it's at least 3 years then that's plenty of time to win at Texas - most, not all but most, coaches who are going to win Championships and titles do it by year 2 or 3. Saban - year 3 SEC and NC. Meyer - year 2 SEC and NC. Can't remember how long at OSU for the NC 2 years, maybe 3. Dabo at Clemson took quite a while to build up that program but I'd say that Clemson wasn't a national powerhouse by history - was back in 81 when they won their last NC. Gus at Auburn won I think year 2 or 3 as well.
Point is, even if Meyer is only here 3 years then that's plenty to win. Main thing will be that when he does leave, does he leave the program in shambles like he did Florida, or humming like a well oiled machine like at OSU, where they didn't seem to miss a beat when he left.
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