On Urban Meyer: "Happiness is for losers"

He's an excellent provider ?‍♂️

Boy howdy, I'm going to have a hard time unseeing my mental picture of Urban Meyer's "wife doing his dirty work with Zach Smith's wife." Gee thanks /s/

His wife does his dirty work with Zach Smith’s wife behind the scenes and his daughter defends him on Twitter like a rapid dog.  I’m guessing they feel fine about him.

That doesn't surprise me for a few reasons.  As the daughter of a high profile man when you hear someone criticizing your dad publicly your instinct is to defend him.  And for Shelley, Urban certainly offers many things beyond his time and energy.  He can provide a comfortable lifestyle where Shelley can focus on her own personal interests without worrying about how to financially support the family.  That is significant.  But, behind closed doors and with that aside, I'd be curious to know if they each wished Urban spent more time with them or if he was better able to find a work/life balance that put them a bit higher on his list of priorities over work.  Certainly you'd think Urban could have similar success while still remaining wealthy and having more time for balance.  But, these aren't things they're likely to put out there publicly.

I don't think our problem with Harbaugh is his spending time with his family or other non-football activities. Heck, being a well rounded "winner" who does things the right way is kind of a Michigan kink.

Our problem is that for the first time in his career, his schemes are unimaginative and predictable, and he is unable to develop any QB from any source into an above average performer.

I think Michigan thought it was hiring someone who'd grind 24/7/365, but it got someone who spends time with family. 

Do we want a coach who enjoys work/life balance, or one feels there is nothing more important than success? 

I used to work Dan Nichol as an assistant S&C coach when he was at UMaine.  Dan caught on with PJ Fleck at Western and followed him to Minnesota and now makes $400,000/year.  I could have gone that route and worked towards being a P5 football head S&C coach.  While not the level of Urban, I could make a lot more money.  But, I took a look around at the lifestyles of the coaches and I said "no thanks".  Now, I teach HS PE and am our HS's S&C coach.  I get out of work at 2:30pm.  Then, I lift with my athletes for a few hours and am home by 5pm every night and I get weekends, holidays, and summers free.  I sacrificed money for that, but think it's worth it.

It's hard to imagine what it would be like making $10 million.  And, it's hard looking from the outside what JH or Meyer's lives are like and how they are different.  As a fan, I'd rather have the Urban.  Does he really do any more than JH?  I have no idea.  And, while I'm sure the "happiness is for losers" attitude might help you professionally, I'd also guess he could achieve similar success with a bit more balance.

Probably a little of both.

I don't think highly of Meyer but don't fault him for taking care of his brain.

But my imagine is since stayed close game via OSU and his FOX gig, he probably thought he's rested and the fire still burns so why not jump back in.

I'm not sure those two are mutually exclusive.  It's mainly the stress that exacerbates his brain cyst.  Although football and the pressure to win is part of that stress, so are these scandals.  I have to assume the two go hand in hand.  Also, once the court of public opinion starts turning on you it's hard to turn them back.  A fresh start at a new school goes a long way to restoring hope and good faith.  So I'm guessing at each stop he's probably feeling the stress from both football and scandals and looking around the landscape and thinking "It's probably time for a change."  I think it would be disingenuous to say it has nothing to do with the scandals.  It's probably disingenuous to it's all about the scandals as well.  But, what he says publicly is unlikely to be the whole story so you have to take his comments with a grain of salt.