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Urban on Saban
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:16 pm
by FalconKing
I was just reading an article on ESPN about Nick Saban leaving for Alabama after saying he was going to stay in Miami. The author followed to call out several other coaches that did the same thing and I couldn't stop thinking that Urban belonged in that club. Low and behold there is a sidebar with Urban's take on the situation.
From the sidebar of the following article:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/ ... id=2718798
Florida coach Urban Meyer saw a television report of Nick Saban's 8-year, $32-million contract with Alabama and was taken aback.
Meyer said that Alabama's ability to lure Saban from the NFL "tells you the power of college football."
Meyer was among those who noticed that Saban took a job after telling South Florida reporters he would not.
"I learned my lesson at Bowling Green," Meyer said. "I was offered a job and I turned it down. I was all set. They went like this and stuck a microphone in my face and said, 'Are you going to take the job?' And I said, 'No. I'm not going to take the job.' And then a few days later I got the phone call from Utah. So everyone was all [ticked] and all that. What's the best way to handle it? Now that you're older? It's 'No comment.' That's always the best way to handle it. Because I heard coach Saban say there's no way he's going to be the coach at Alabama."
Meyer has five years left on a contract that pays about $2 million a year.
I'm confused....didn't Urban do the same thing to Utah when he left for Florida? It doesn't seem like he learned much. I doubt he will even exhibit his leason learned when he eventually (possibly soon) leaves Florida.
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:21 pm
by The Niz
Why leave Florida?
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:21 pm
by Flipper
I'm not going to go snoofing around for the exact quotes, but I recall Urban saying he was staying here (he had a verbal agreement on an extension). That's a great deal different than saying "I'm not taking that job".
Like a lot of people who are great at sales and self promotion, Urban seems to have a habit of believing his own BS.
Heck of a football coach though
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:29 pm
by Falcon Fanatic
Flipper wrote:I'm not going to go snoofing around...
snoofing?
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:32 pm
by Flipper
Yep...when you snoop and sniff, you snoof...
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:32 pm
by NWLB
The Niz wrote:Why leave Florida?
For Notre Dame after Charlie goes back to the NFL! (or chokes on a cheeseburger)
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:35 pm
by Rightupinthere
Excuse Flipper. He's actually typing whilst wearing oven mitts now-a-days. His health insurance requires additional safety precautions after the hatchet incident.
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:36 pm
by orangeandbrown
He referred to the idea of leaving as silly, and said his kids needed stability. Right before he took the job.
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:26 pm
by It's the Journey...
It sounds like Urban was offered two different jobs. The first, he turned down and answered the question about leaving with a no. Then it sounds like Utah came into the mix with an offer and he couldn't turn it down. Interesting if that is how it happened.
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:49 pm
by Tricky_Falcon
I still enjoyed the sign on Wooster that said...
Urban
Take
A
Hike
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:07 am
by moneymaker02
i often wonder if we would have gone undefeated in 2003 when we lost to miami twice and osu if urban would have been the coach.
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:09 am
by Jacobs4Heisman
I think we'd have beaten OSU, but that Miami team was amazing. Would have been very tough to beat them twice.
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:51 am
by moneymaker02
i honestly dont think they were that much better than us, it just simply looked like we got out coached especially in the mac championship
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:48 am
by jeebus
didnt someone say there's a few "no comment"s being thrown out about gb leaving?
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:46 am
by hammb
I think Urban beats OSU and at least splits with Miami that year. Miami did NOT bring their "A" game when we played them at Oxford, but we pissed down our legs and let them roll us anyways. That was probably the worst game they played all year outside of Iowa.
In the championship game I'm not so sure. Our secondary could not cover their receivers and Ben was throwing it through that weather. I wasn't that impressed with Ben's throws that night, but given the conditions they were pretty impressive. He had guys WIDE open all night long.
Not sure if Urban could've gotten his team to put more pressure on, or cover better than they did anyways.
Still, the OSU game is the one that will always stick in my mind. It was that day I realized we screwed up with our head coaching hire, because we didn't play to win.