Ohio State coach Meyer under fire

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[deserthorn]

Sure glad our coach doesnt do that.

 

[coolhorn]

What wall have Bielema and Dantonio been living behind to think that somehow, Urban Meyer's breaking rules by pursuing players committed to Wisconsin and Michigan State?

Nothing is a done deal until the letter of intent is received on national signing day. Meyer sometimes comes across as a little prissy to me, but he's a very good head coach, and a recruiting machine on par with Mack and Nick Saban. It's not wise to whiz him off. Apparently Bielema and Dantonio were absent the day they were teaching recruiting 101.

I got the biggest kick out of the comments section where somebody said to the effect that they don't want the B1G becoming the SEC. Not-to-worry...the B1G would need to win about five or six straight championships before being mentioned in the same breath as the SEC.

Mack and staff just flipped four players from four different schools over the course of last weekend, and yet you don't hear anybody grousing about his recruiting ethics. If Bielema and Dantonio seriously think they have the goods on Meyer and recruiting violations, they need to get what they know out on the table, Otherwise, they need to get quiet and do what other coaches do when they get out-recruited...hire assistant coaches that are better at the recruiting game.

Now, I think I understand why tOSU is the only B1G school to even get a shot at a championship in the last decade or so. Sheesh!

 

[Dionysus]

Sounds like a smart coach doing his job. The nerve!

 

[coolhorn]

Urban Meyer's not quite the Pirate, but he's not quick to take his foot off the gas if his team gets up on somebody.

He's recruiting speed to tOSU. I'm pretty sure he's not happy with the comments of Dantonio and especially Bielema. It might be fun in a couple of years to see what his speed merchants in Columbus do with the Wisconsin elephants. I'm betting Meyer has a long memory.

 

[horn4jc]

If Urban dominates recruiting in the little 10 like Mack does in the Big XII, how long will it be before Tom Osborne complains and moves to CUSA?

 

[coolhorn]

I was just thinking that too. I understand the Big (L)east has some openings, and corn being in that conference makes as much sense as Boise State being in it.

 

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[buckhorn]

The complaint was that Meyer was breaking rules by allowing recruits to wear unis with their names on them, i.e., creating a game-like atmosphere, or something like that. It turned out the unis the recruits tried on did not have their names on them and, as a result, there was no violation. Rest assured that both D'Antonio and Bielama are quite aware of the need to keep recruiting until the signatures are gathered.

 

[coolhorn]

Interesting...the urbanator is gonna lead the B1G into the twenty first century. That'll take some getting used to.

 

[UTFAN4EVER]

Boo Hoo.

Can't help but laugh at the nonsense of those coaches.