Late Wednesday night, Jaguars owner Shad Khan did exactly what everyone was begging for when he finally fired head coach Urban Meyer.
The problem was Urban Meyer should never have been hired to begin with.
The proof was there and everyone knew it, but Khan chose to divert his eyes from the storm he was unleashing.
Over the last two decades, Urban Meyer was one of the greatest coaches in college football.
He amassed a record of 187-32, won two BCS Championships with Florida (2005, 2008) and one College Football Playoff championship at Ohio State (2014).
While his coaching record is unquestionable, his attitude, ethics, attitude, management and character all are.
As a matter of fact, critics brought those things to light when his name was floated for the Jacksonville job, but Meyer played Khan and seduced him with his big name and college coaching success.
If Khan had listened to the rumblings and dug a little deeper, he would never have been in this position.
During his tenure at Florida, 31 Gator football players were arrested. That includes an incident in 2010 where running back Chris Rainer received a ridiculously light four-game suspension for allegedly texting his girlfriend, “Time to die, bi**h.”
When Meyer finally resigned at the end of the 2010 season, he left with an ironic statement.
“You’re going to be judged on how you are as a husband and as a father and not on how many bowl games we won.”
Oh, how those words would come back to bite him in the groin this past October.
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Originally posted 2021-12-17 10:00:00.
