The Meyer situation is a perfect example of the toxic culture that does not care for women who report sexual violence. It all started with allegations in August, and continued when Urban himself said ‘one side was right’ after he had been found to be lying about what happened in his assistant’s office on multiple occasions.
Urban Meyer is returning to the sidelines in 2018 after a year away from coaching. The Ohio State head coach has been under a lot of scrutiny for his handling of domestic violence allegations against one of his players, and now he’s trying to make amends with the fan base.
First-time Urban Meyer, the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, must have believed things couldn’t get much worse when his trip to a bar erupted into a massive controversy in October. Well, he was mistaken. And now, after a stunning piece on Meyer’s terrible conduct in Jacksonville on Saturday, experienced pro football writer Mike Florio claims things are much worse.
Urban Meyer, the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, is being slammed by his players and coaches.
Multiple run-ins with players and other coaches in recent weeks have bubbled over months of tension around #Jaguars coach Urban Meyer, reigniting doubts in league circles about whether Meyer may be fired after only one rocky season. https://t.co/9Eqdajvlg1
December 11, 2021 — Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero)
Tom Pelissero of NFL Network released a piece on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ problematic inner workings on Saturday, December 11.
The investigation uncovered a laundry list of infractions that paints head coach Urban Meyer in a negative light.
Pelissero discovered “several run-ins with players and other coaches in recent weeks” according to various unnamed sources inside the Jaguars organization. They also highlighted the former college coach’s “frequent public statements transferring responsibility to players and coaches” as well as his “hard-charging and occasionally condescending style.”
Meyer’s dealings with his assistant coaches are the worst narrative — and the most extensively circulated and mocked on social media (that he hired). “During a staff meeting, Meyer delivered a cutting message that he’s a winner and his assistant coaches are losers,” Pelissero writes, “pushing each coach to explain when they’ve ever won and pressing them to defend their résumé.”
It was a stinging critique of Jacksonville’s Urban Meyer era. So yet, the period has produced just two victories and 11 defeats.
The Jaguars were defeated by their AFC South rivals, the Tennessee Titans, on Sunday. Meyer had harsh comments for whomever leaked this information to Pelissero thereafter. He threatened to dismiss anybody who revealed the knowledge to him.
But, as NFL expert Mike Florio points out, that’s easier said than done.
Mike Florio claims that Meyer is disliked by a large number of individuals in the building.
Urban Meyer’s position is once again the most talked-about topic in the NFL, so Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk joined The Rich Eisen Show to explain what’s going on in Duval County.
Florio created a picture of what seems to be practically the whole organization disliking and disrespecting the head coach:
The story from NFL media that we saw on Saturday isn’t so much the reason as it is a symptom of what’s been going on. There are a number of folks in the building that despise Urban Meyer. They don’t like how he treats people, and they’ve been spreading tales, facts, and anecdotes about it for weeks.
Mike Florio on Jacksonville’s Urban Meyer problem
Meyer’s difficulties, he claims, began long before his scandalous conduct became public few weeks ago:
It all stems from the fact that he did not accompany the squad back to Jacksonville following the club’s loss in Cincinnati on Thursday night. Regardless of the photographs that circulated, the issue is that he left his job. He didn’t travel back to Jacksonville with his squad, which prompted people to start talking. They’ve been chatting for a long time, and everything eventually came to a head on Saturday. That’s the most pressing problem they’re facing right now.
When did Urban Meyer’s problems begin, according to Mike Florio?
Finally, the NFL insider refuted Meyer’s claim that he would discover and terminate the individual who leaked the facts from within the building, causing Meyer embarrassment:
He said yesterday that whomever the source is would be out of work. He’s not going to find out who the source is, for starters. Second, there isn’t just one individual involved. There are a number of folks there who are speaking with the media. They’re inspired to do so by their dislike for him.
Urban Meyer catching the leaker, according to Mike Florio (s)
If Tom Pelissero’s first story on the situation in Jacksonville wasn’t awful enough, Florio’s added details make it seem like retaining Meyer through this season (or perhaps this week) will be difficult. Right?
Shad Khan’s cost of firing the head coach may not be as high as he had anticipated.
Urban Meyer and Mike Florio (L-R) | Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images; Scott Halleran/Getty Images
Since owner Shad Khan acquired the club a decade ago, the Jacksonville Jaguars have spent the most of their time near the bottom of the NFL standings. He does not, however, have a reputation for being a frugal business owner.
Khan also owns Fulham FC, an English soccer club, and All Elite Wrestling, a WWE rival (AEW). He’s put money into these assets when they’ve been required, and it’s expected that he’ll do the same when the Jaguars are ready to compete.
Khan’s decision to hire Urban Meyer in the first place demonstrates his willingness to pay in order to get what he really desires.
That’s not to imply Khan enjoys squandering money; he certainly doesn’t. Meyer’s contract would cost a lot of money if he was fired after just one season.
While firing Meyer would be a “big check,” Florio adds that it may not cost as much as previously thought:
Nobody has any idea what [Meyer] is working on. We claimed that when he was seeking for a position in the NFL, he wanted $12 million. That elicited a vehement retort, indicating that he wasn’t going to go close to $12 million. The closest estimate I can come up with is $6.5 [million] a year, plus possibly some kind of incentive package… I’m not sure how much the whole buyout would be – is there any guarantee? How many years are there out there? — but if you want to go on, it’s a large check. The issue now is what Shad Khan will do about it.
Mike Florio on the cost of Urban Meyer’s dismissal
That is, without a doubt, the million-dollar question.
Will Khan allow Meyer to clean house and start again, getting rid of the (supposedly) many players and coaches that don’t like him?
Will the owner sever relations with the unpopular coach in order to do the right thing for the team and his new star quarterback, Trevor Lawrence?
Or will Khan merely postpone the inevitable by maintaining the status quo, resetting the “will Urban Meyer be fired?” clock for the 2022 season?
By Monday, January 10, 2022, dubbed “NFL’s Black Monday” for coach firings, we should know more.
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