Lou Holtz
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 12:32 pm
Some comments from Lou Holtz taken from an article in the Toledo Blade
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar ... /-1/SPORTS
On the Mid-American Conference and football in Ohio: "You don't want to play the Mid-American Conference. They're going to be good, solid, well-coached football teams. I think people minimize the amount of talent in Ohio. The high school coaches do a great job teaching the fundamentals. The Mid-American Conference is an outstanding conference, very underrated."
On his conversation with Urban Meyer, on his staff at Notre Dame, before Meyer took the coaching job at Bowling Green State University: "He said, 'I'm not sure it's a good job.' I said, 'Urban, good jobs don't open up. Only bad jobs open up. If a good job opened up, what makes you think they'd hire you?'●"
On his conversation with Meyer before Meyer accepted the Florida job: "He called me just before he made the final decision. I said, 'Hey, Urban, whatever you want to do.' I thought he was going to Notre Dame. But he had good reasons why he made the decision, and I respect Urban Meyer. I went up and spoke at his high school coaching clinic a few weeks ago. He's a great coach and he will do a tremendous job."
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar ... /-1/SPORTS
On the Mid-American Conference and football in Ohio: "You don't want to play the Mid-American Conference. They're going to be good, solid, well-coached football teams. I think people minimize the amount of talent in Ohio. The high school coaches do a great job teaching the fundamentals. The Mid-American Conference is an outstanding conference, very underrated."
On his conversation with Urban Meyer, on his staff at Notre Dame, before Meyer took the coaching job at Bowling Green State University: "He said, 'I'm not sure it's a good job.' I said, 'Urban, good jobs don't open up. Only bad jobs open up. If a good job opened up, what makes you think they'd hire you?'●"
On his conversation with Meyer before Meyer accepted the Florida job: "He called me just before he made the final decision. I said, 'Hey, Urban, whatever you want to do.' I thought he was going to Notre Dame. But he had good reasons why he made the decision, and I respect Urban Meyer. I went up and spoke at his high school coaching clinic a few weeks ago. He's a great coach and he will do a tremendous job."