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Urban Meyer fired as Jacksonville Jaguars' head coach amid rocky first year
https://www.espn.com ^ | 12-15-21 | Michael DiRocco

Posted on 12/15/2021 11:30:37 PM PST by Enterprise

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To: zeestephen

Tebow was trying to make the team as a TE, he was terrible having never blocked anyone before it’s a really impossible task to start your NFL career by blocking NFL defensive linemen


21 posted on 12/16/2021 4:25:23 AM PST by srmanuel (`)
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To: FatherofFive

You’ve got that right. Humility isn’t one of his virtues.


22 posted on 12/16/2021 4:36:53 AM PST by joesbucks
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To: Enterprise

Woman dancing on Urban’s leg, not guilty!
https://twitter.com/GowanSeason/status/1444476724658458625

Urban the next morning.
There was a blonde dancing on my leg?
Wait, I did not know that


23 posted on 12/16/2021 4:37:37 AM PST by Steven Tyler
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To: Enterprise

I live on the Pacific coast, so I rarely get a chance to see the mediocre and bad east coast teams play on basic cable.

Question to everyone...

What is your evaluation of Jacksonville QB, Trevor Lawrence?

Does he look like a bust?

Is he just playing behind a really bad offense?

Did he need to sit out his first year and just learn the NFL game?


24 posted on 12/16/2021 4:39:22 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: USS Alaska

Winning absolves all sins. Meyer will go back to the college game. There are plenty of openings and many schools will be happy to hire him.


25 posted on 12/16/2021 5:03:22 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: zeestephen
This would not have happened if Urban Meyer had signed Tim Tebow.

Say what?

26 posted on 12/16/2021 5:13:28 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: zeestephen
What is your evaluation of Jacksonville QB, Trevor Lawrence?

Jury's still out. He's a first year QB drafted by a really bad team with a bad head coach. If he survives he could develop into a playoff-caliber quarterback or he may not. Jacksonville needs a new head coach with a history success of developing quarterbacks.

27 posted on 12/16/2021 5:19:25 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: zeestephen

They would have been 0-13.


28 posted on 12/16/2021 5:53:30 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Enterprise

Three national championships in 8 years—at two different schools.

He’ll be back in college football. I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t get hired within the month.

The pros and college require a different set of skills. Few people have excelled in both. The fact that he failed at the pro level doesn’t mean anything as far as college is concerned.

Plus, it has gotten to the point that college coaches are making more than NFL coaches. Why shouldn’t he jump back to college?


29 posted on 12/16/2021 6:03:35 AM PST by Brookhaven (The dystopian future is now!)
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Re: Say what?

Sarcasm.

I was actually a big Tebow fan, back in the day.

But, the reality is he did not have the QB (or Tight End) skills to consistently play at a competitive level in the NFL.

However, if I were a NFL team owner, I would have hired Tebow to be my #3 QB, just because I like the guy.

30 posted on 12/16/2021 6:04:59 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: All

https://apnews.com/article/nfl-sports-business-florida-jacksonville-jaguars-4cded3f50853c703e1876c8e0150ba33

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q4RwTIkYk0


31 posted on 12/16/2021 6:14:47 AM PST by Texan4Life
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To: zeestephen

He did. He signed Tebow, who failed and was cut. How would having him on the team have prevented this?


32 posted on 12/16/2021 6:16:49 AM PST by Coronal
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To: Enterprise

When Urban was asked what it was like coaching in the NFL, he said it was like playing Alabama every week.


33 posted on 12/16/2021 6:24:25 AM PST by blam
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To: Coronal
Re: "How would having him on the team have prevented this?"

Sarcasm, dude.

The weird thing is that you are the third linguist on this thread who thinks a contract that guarantees absolutely NOTHING means that Tebow was "signed."

That is not the way the word "signed" is commonly used in the NFL.

34 posted on 12/16/2021 6:41:51 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: nickcarraway
Urban Meyer Leaving Florida, But What's The Real Reason?

-PJ

35 posted on 12/16/2021 7:22:06 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: zeestephen

There are more than a few people here who would say this and mean every word of it.


36 posted on 12/16/2021 7:43:05 AM PST by Coronal
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To: Enterprise

He’ll coach FAU or FIU for a season or two, then get a multizillion dollar contract at a big school.


37 posted on 12/16/2021 8:13:33 AM PST by jimmygrace
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To: Political Junkie Too

Would you rather Meyer had never coached at Florida? It seems like he was even a better coach then the ex-49ers quarterback.


38 posted on 12/16/2021 9:19:48 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
I would rather he had been honest about the reasons for leaving.

-PJ

39 posted on 12/16/2021 9:56:50 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Enterprise

From what I’ve heard about him, it couldn’t have happened to a bigger jerk.


40 posted on 12/16/2021 11:54:11 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Do we value what the Founding Fathers gave us enough to fight for it?)
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