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He was a hardass and he insulted and belittled the players he felt weren't working hard enough. By itself that just makes him a jerk but throwing in the racially tinted comments makes it intolerable.
Worse though is he apparently put 13 players in the hospital with his routine. That's not working players hard, that's indicative of someone who is downright dangerous.
Quote: That hardass routine works on college players but not in the NFL. As Austen Lane said on the radio yesterday, NFL locker rooms have a way of pushing back on personalities like Doyle's.
It's over, though. Time to move on but I'm afraid Meyer has committed an unforgivable act in this day of woke. I have no doubt this brief hiring will be lodged against him by disgruntled players and SJWs at every available opportunity.
Not a good way to start. Meyer better get acquainted to the optics of his job, and fast.
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I want everyone to note that when I posted this link I made no comment whatsoever on the hiring or the allegations at Iowa. I could have posted commentary on it since the news of the hiring came out a few days ago when Meyer announced his complete coaching staff, but I didn't. I did not post any commentary on the complete coaching staff generally, in part because you guys pretty much covered it. When I posted this, I saw that nobody else started a thread on his resignation, and that was my purpose of posting this. I only posted links to the allegations when I Am Yoda asked for credible links to the allegations. So I don't want to hear anything about me having an agenda by posting this in light of my answers.
That said, the emphasized text is troublesome.
Why exactly is the hiring "unforgivable?" Has Urban Meyer lost his job because of this hiring?
No.
Despite his prior assertions to the contrary, the vetting was not as thorough as he represented. Meyer himself voluntarily acknowledged the thought process behind the hiring is less than ideal, saying "We are responsible for all aspects of our program and, in retrospect, should have given greater consideration to how his appointment may have affected all involved." It's not as though we are living in the pre internet era. The allegations were available to research for anyone so interested in learning about them. Was that a mistake? Yes. Is that unforgivable on its face? No. But to suggest the only people who would have legitimate concern about this is some sort of disgruntled employee or SJW is wrong.
Suppose a free agent is considering Jacksonville as a possible landing spot. The player has never played a down here, and has no reputation of being a malcontent elsewhere. If he is given pause to sign here because of this, it doesn't change his backstory. His desire to be treated with dignity, respect, and fairness by his employer and his reaction to something that may give indicia he won't be treated in such a manner does not, in itself, make him disgruntled or a SJW.
Also troubling is the tacit message that people subject to race based disparate treatment are somehow of flawed character for not being happy being treated inequitably, particularly on the basis of race. I do not think it of ill character that one could find the use of racial stereotype in the chastisement of players repugnant. As an ostensibly educated man working at an institution of higher learning who is tasked on some level for modeling appropriately professional behavior, he should be able to express corrective language without resorting to racial stereotype.
(02-13-2021, 09:52 AM)WingerDinger Wrote: (02-13-2021, 09:42 AM)hb1148 Wrote: I think back to some of the things my coaches said to me back in the day and think...really? But it is a different time now and we need to recognize the hire was a bit tone deaf. We should also recognize the guy isn't on the staff anymore and we should move on.
No.. We must complain about it, to death, because we have no lives and none of us have made mistakes in our little lives.
So if the behavior alleged to have happened by over FIFTY (50) players is true, can it readily be construed as a
"mistake?"
Worst to 1st. Curse Reversed!
