Yes there are with year-olds. I have been criticized that I have been too lenient on players; that doesn't concern me. We are going to go out of our way to mentor, educate and discipline guys the way we see fit to make sure they're headed in the right direction.
Are we perfect? I never said that. We do the best we can and I think our record has been really positive in the impact we've made on those people. The biggest impact, former players say, was for those in the Circle of Trust. It wasn't so much a focus on trust as it was a revelation of talent.
If you could play and contribute, you were part of the chosen few. They see what they can get away with, and they push it.
Even the star players; they liked him because they were in the Circle of Trust. But it backfired on him. They didn't respect him. Said Meyer: "Was I dealing with entitlement issues? But they were great kids. If they weren't, I would've gotten rid of them. One way of ridding a program of undesirables is roster management. Recruiting is the lifeblood of all programs; a direct correlation exists between winning at recruiting and winning on fall Saturdays.
Few do it better than Meyer. Few are as ruthless when it comes to recruiting--and when it comes to making room for recruits. Thomas was a four-star recruit from Zephyrhills, Fla.
After the season, Thomas says he was told he had to "move on" because he wasn't in the team's plans for The next day, Thomas says he was given a medical hardship letter by position coach Chuck Heater stating Thomas had an injury that would prohibit him from playing football. The medical hardship scholarship doesn't count against the NCAA limit of 85, and allows the affected player to stay on academic scholarship.
It also made room for another recruit. Meyer denied this tactic of roster management. Thomas signed the medical hardship, stayed at Florida for the season and graduated before transferring to then-Division II North Alabama.
With eligibility remaining, he played in 23 games over the next two seasons and was an All-Gulf South Conference selection. Thomas may be the only player who will publicly speak out against Meyer. Many others are fearful of Meyer's ability to hurt their NFL prospects. Every other player contacted for this story asked to be unidentified.
But he's a bad person. He'll win at Ohio State. But if he doesn't change, they're going to have the same problems. Before he walked on the field this spring to coach his first practice at Ohio State, Meyer ran into two more significant problems. Wisconsin also accused Meyer and his staff of bumping into offensive lineman Kyle Dodson, who was committed to the Badgers but eventually flipped and signed with the Buckeyes. Meyer said he planned to be involved in the search, which could make Whittingham and Mullen front-runners.
Whittingham was Meyer's defensive coordinator in Utah, and Mullen served as the offensive coordinator at Florida. Petrino was Foley's second choice behind Meyer in He called assistant coaches, many of whom were on the road recruiting, earlier this week to relay the news.
Quarterbacks coach Scot Loeffler told the AP he was "stunned" and that no one saw this coming. We're just happy for him. He's doing it the right way. He had major personal issues and health issues a year ago, and I'm sure that he did everything he could to fight it off. Now he's making decisions that are probably exactly what he needs to be doing.
Added former Florida coach and current South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier: "I believe he will coach again someday, but if he doesn't, he will go down as one of the best coaches in college football history. Meyer left open the possibility of returning to the sideline but said it was not going to happen in the "immediacy. He plans to catch his daughters' volleyball matches -- his oldest is a sophomore at Georgia Tech and the other will attend Florida Gulf Coast next fall -- and catch more of his son's athletic events.
Former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow applauded Meyer's decision. I am truly glad that he's happy and no matter what, we both will be Gators for the rest of our lives. The decision to walk away was even tougher because of Florida's struggles this season. Meyer was hired away from Utah by Florida after he led the Utes to an undefeated season. In his second season in Gainesville, he led the Gators to a national championship. Two seasons later he won another, the third time overall the school topped the final AP Top A bid for another national championship fell short in , and the day after Christmas, Meyer surprisingly announced that he was giving up the job.
Less than 24 hours later, he changed his mind and decided to instead take a leave of absence. Meyer scaled back in January -- he didn't go on the road recruiting -- but still worked steadily through national signing day.
He returned for spring practice in March but managed to take significant time off before and after. I told him what I knew, and he said he would take care of it and he did. He said when he heard of the allegations, he asked the coaches involved and they denied any wrongdoing.
Ohio State is serving the first of two years of NCAA probation for several violations committed under former coach Jim Tressel, including multiple players receiving impermissible benefits.
The football program could be a repeat violator if charged with an NCAA violation over the next two years, where additional severe penalties could be handed down.
During the heat of recruiting season, another dust-up arose in Columbus. Guess what? We got nine coaches who better go do it again. Do it a little harder next time. But less than two weeks earlier, sources say Ohio State running backs coach Stan Drayton called a Florida assistant coach to discuss the recruitment of Lakeland, Fla. Hill declined comment. We had Tim Tebow. There was also a new quarterback, a factor contributing to the loss of five games.
Florida last month began Year 2 under Muschamp. Spring practice featured several young players battling for starting spots and a high-profile quarterback competition between sophomores Jeff Driskel and Jacoby Brissett. NCAA Football. What channel is Notre Dame vs. Virginia on today? Time, TV schedule for Week 11 college football game.
American Football 27m ago. What channel is Georgia vs. A three-game suspension, and back on the horse. If we don't learn from history, we're doomed to watch Meyer build a program of preferential treatment at Florida with what he called his "Circle of Trust," then move to Ohio State and do the same damn thing with his—ready for it? The clock started ticking on Meyer's latest exit once he sat through the uncomfortable suspension press conference in August, dripping with defiance and using forced, uncomfortable apologies.
Then last month, Meyer told reporters that headaches he gets from the cyst have become an issue, but that he loves Ohio State and he wanted to coach the Buckeyes "as long as I can.
Let me be the first to translate that for you: He has worn out his welcome in Columbus, and he knows it. It took six years at Florida. It took seven at Ohio State. He seems to have a bad locker room now why else would star defensive end Nick Bosa not even hang around to support his teammates while recovering from a core injury and work out at the finest facilities in college football?
So now Meyer is retiring and wants to get healthy and spend more time with his family sound familiar? He'll sit out a season and do some television work, and a big job will open up. Then what? We'll breathe deep and get through that shocking, can't-be-true revelation together.
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