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Why just Why?
- Thread starter Leakfan12
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EXACTLY--I had pretty well the identical response upon seeing the headline...That, AND of course the cynical laugh that burst forth along with it...I swear, it's like a joke/one-liner that you probably WOULDN'T actually SAY because it IS so extreme in its satirical silliness.
You have to wonder (if you are an outsider who knows only what the latest tales coming outta O State have been detailing) if ANY of those involved really BELIEVE that this absurd BS will help in any way to do what they evidently HOPE it will do--begin to redraw Meyer's shattered overall image (outside of the Buckeye fans' ongoing efforts in lying to THEMSELVES--Something we sadly know something about, having gone through a version of it ourselves some years back, lets face it).
Truth is, though, this is entirely in keeping with how Meyer operates--and USES the fans' AND fully-committed-to-him administration's "want so bad for it to be true, to all make sense somehow" emotional investment against them in order to coopt them into that effort along with him and on his behalf...Remember how that IN FACT "worked" for us (or DIDN'T, as it turned out): He was "kicked upstairs", retained at full pay in an "adviser" role with his own office in the UF Athletic Dept complex--and from there negotiated his next posotion (Head Coach at OSU one year later--and raiding our recruitng lists and contacts once he knew he was gonna be going--unconscionable, but I'm sure Urban had it well-rationalized; damn near DESTROYED all that had been gained during his time here, certainly only NOW is being recovered from a decade later, but here he is pulling it again, or trying to!).
I think HE thinks he'll (eventually) have the Notre Dame job, but for now he sees it as a tactical problem, a process by which he'll step into a less desirable, more desperate situation and somehow make it work, clean his soiled image again and THEN "get back to where I KNOW I belong!"
Who knows? It's a weird world, and maybe (thanks to all the media fools and short-memory-of-convenience people running bigtime, cash-cow major college football programs) it could HAPPEN that way somehow--but I'M hoping he gets SQUASHED this time, caught ahead of time with his hand in the cookie jar--and finally GETS the come-uppance he has so long and richly deserved!
Ha!
Been thinking about the above response for a coupla hours:
You mean "Ha!", as in "...about time!", or "Ha!" as in "...that 'come uppance' just ain't gonna happen! Anyone who thinks so is DREAMING!"?
(I MYSELF see it both ways...and the cynic in me leans the latter way in reaction to my own above statement!)
I meant "ha!" as in, "This is the most hypocritical and laughable position for the Ohio State University-- to pretend in public that a man like Urban Frank Meyer III is qualified in any way to teach leadership or any of the basic tenets of honor, integrity, and respect that goes along with teaching such a class, and I hope the NCAA sees through this ploy and catches Meyer using this class as a way to skirt NCAA rules because he is actually coaching and recruiting under the guise of a professor teaching a class that will probably be mandatory for football players." It could also mean, "*Cough, cough* BULLSHIT!"
and this happens as well
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nc...ctor-at-ohio-state/ar-BBRjGCR?ocid=spartanntp
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nc...ctor-at-ohio-state/ar-BBRjGCR?ocid=spartanntp
...AND they'll likely get COLLEGE CREDITS for it too! Of course, again, if this were running parallel to what happened back in 2010 at UF, he'd be leading/"teaching" such a "course" even as he negotiates a new contract for himself with another University--AND quietly arranged taking some of the Buckeyes' next group of prized recruits WITH him when he goes! In retrospect that whole deal STILL amazes me in its naked greed and lack of any semblance of honor...To now follow it years later with this absurd echo that includes ANY implied claims of Urban Meyer being ANY KIND OF "LEADER OF MEN" is insultingly ridiculous, deserving only of some kind of "Ha!-SQUARED!!!"
In fact, it MAY WELL DEMAND some sort of public call for its likewise-public EXAMINATION and evaluation of its validity in both ethical AND educational terms. I doubt it could bear such scrutiny: Can you imagine a whole COURSELOAD of such phony "classes for college credit" at the undergraduate level?!! Why not pack "student athletes" whole elective requirements with such "approved courses"???
Ha!
That translates into, "Holy ***! Even Ohio State University realized the entire nation was laughing at the idea of Urban Frank Meyer III teaching a class in leadership, integrity, and morality is a stupid, hypocritical idea, so they should follow it up with an even sillier idea!"
This is amazing! Ohio State University is going to land itself in NCAA violation hell in no time, except with Meyer as assistant AD it could affect multiple sports!
