Three game suspension for Urban

[MSUDC11]

I thought it would be two. He will miss two gimme games and then a big one against TCU in Arlington.

 

[patdog]

That's pretty stupid. Either the evidence shows you that he actively covered up knowledge that his assistant coach had beat his wife on multiple occasions, or it shows that he didn't. Either firing him or no punishment at all would have made sense. But 3 games sends the message that he did cover it up and OSU just doesn't care.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

ESPN saying 3 games

 

[RPOdawg]

About right and about what I expected. They were never getting rid of the best college football coach in College Football

 

[Go Budaw]

About right and about what I expected. They were never getting rid of the best college football coach in College Football

Literal LOL.

 

[RPOdawg]

Literal LOL.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

One must not kill the cash cows.

 

[MSUDC11]

That press conference seemed pretty dang half-hearted.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Whoow is Jim Tressel...

Cows can be skinned and DUMPED!

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Either Urban or Gene Smith should have been terminated.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

That'll show 'em.

 

[bulldogbaja]

At least it wasn't a dog**

 

[MSUDawgFan86]

The punishment fits the crime. My only problem is he kept him on staff. He never deserved to be fired.

 

[anonymous.sixpack]

About right and about what I expected. They were never getting rid of the best college football coach in College Football

From the Department of Redunancy Department

 

[anonymous.sixpack]

That press conference seemed pretty dang half-hearted.

More like cold-hearted.

 

[mcdawg22]

The punishment fits the crime. My only problem is he kept him on staff. He never deserved to be fired.

Hot Take Cartman.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

I don’t think this is over yet. Meyer was pathetic during that press conference and the backlash is beyond what Ohio State would have considered worst case. And if thats not bad enough the report leaves you scratching your head.

I think Dr Drake, who is a good man trying to lead what is a fine academic institution, wanted to fire his sorry ***. And others in the room wanted to do the same (hence, an 11 hour meeting). But it came down to $38MM that Team Meyer was going to go to great lengths to recover and too many others in the room not wanting to pay it. So not only did they not fire him, they gave him a tap on the wrist. I mean how in the Sam Hill do you suspend somebody one day a week for three weeks? He essentially gets his team back a week from Monday. Leads me to the conclusion that the woman that got in the car with Meyer is one helluva lawyer.

There are so many head-shaking details in that report that make you think that keeping a nut job WR coach around goes a lot further than Earl Bruce’s family tree. And there are plenty of reporters out there who have the time and the ambition to try and uncover why.

But until then, The Ohio State University is now effectively Urban U and as someone who respects that institution, that makes me sad.

 

[HumpDawgy]

Big 10 sports at its best. They want you to believe they are the standard bearers (elitists) in college sports that put academics over athletic success.......but it just isn't so. They will cover up EVERYTHING as long as they can to protect the real cash cow (and its not AAU research funding).

 

[drumrcraig]

Question to the Pack. I think if this same thing was happening at Mississippi State, the head coach would be out the door no matter what the success level. Zach Smith was accused of way more than Cannizaro was (even with the details of sleeping with an athletic department staff member and letting it affect his work), and Urban seemed to see no issue with keeping him on staff. Do you agree that we would have gotten rid of our head coach if the situation was the same?

 

[TXDawg.sixpack]

Question to the Pack. I think if this same thing was happening at Mississippi State, the head coach would be out the door no matter what the success level. Zach Smith was accused of way more than Cannizaro was (even with the details of sleeping with an athletic department staff member and letting it affect his work), and Urban seemed to see no issue with keeping him on staff. Do you agree that we would have gotten rid of our head coach if the situation was the same?

I would hope so. Any HC that covers for a wife beater and keeps him on staff should be gone.

 

[codeDawg]

That's pretty stupid. Either the evidence shows you that he actively covered up knowledge that his assistant coach had beat his wife on multiple occasions, or it shows that he didn't. Either firing him or no punishment at all would have made sense. But 3 games sends the message that he did cover it up and OSU just doesn't care.

It’s just not that cut and dried. He knew something was up in his coaches personal relationship, but didn’t believe the situation was what this woman says it was. There wasn’t evidence to support it was physical abuse from where he stood.

He should have brought it to his boss and let the university investigate, but he didn’t, so they are suspending a valuable person for a few games. I don’t have any problem with it.

 

[patdog]

It'll be interesting to see where the media goes with this. If they want to, they can take Meyer down.

 

[HumpDawgy]

I would hope so. Any HC that covers for a wife beater and keeps him on staff should be gone.

I would hope if it were a state assistant they would still be looking for his body.

 

[BiscuitEater]

UPDATE .. Urban is a Dead Man Walking ..

The punishment fits the crime.

Nope. It AIN'T over. Several are reporting that Meyer turned in his Cell Phone BUT he went in and DESTROYED ALL Texts older than one year.

It ain't the crime BUT rather the 'cover-up' that will bite him. He GONE!
Dan Wolken
✔ @DanWolken
· 9h
After McMurphy dropped the text messages, Brian Voltolini and Urban "discussed at that time whether the media could get access to Coach Meyer’s phone, and specifically how to adjust the settings on Meyer’s phone so that text messages older than one year would be deleted."


Dan Wolken
✔ @DanWolken
And when Urban turned his phone over to the investigative team, it had no text messages that were older than one year. Holy crap.

 

[patdog]

It actually is that cut and dried. His contract spells out exactly what he's supposed to do when he becomes aware of allegations of domestic abuse. A 3-game suspension is nothing.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

It'll be interesting to see where the media goes with this. If they want to, they can take Meyer down.

That campaign is in full force, hence my post about this not being the end of it.

It is pretty clear to me that the Ohio State legal team decided that they did not have enough to fire Meyer with cause and avoid an expensive severance package. There is a precedence at the University as they have fired an ultra successful coach in the past. If Tressel had covered his tracks (emails brought him down) as well as Meyer apparently has, he would still be the coach there today.

Again, Meyer better not get too comfortable. This has raised the ire of enough people that if there is a smoking gun out there, there is no shortage of people who will try and find it. And even if there isn't, he has used up ALL of his "political" capital. So it will come down to if can he run a squeaky clean program. And that's hard to do when you are managing so many egos - especially so many under the age of 21. The mysterious health issues that he had at Florida may mysteriously resurface.