Fire Urban Meyer!
October 16th, 2010 at 11:33 PM ^
But I think you ought to be banned. What have you posted for me lately?
October 16th, 2010 at 11:49 PM ^
I thought it was funny and it really puts things into perspective. This bye week couldn't have come at a better time
October 16th, 2010 at 11:52 PM ^
I completely agree with you. I would like to make the argument that job security (on our end) actually increased today.
October 17th, 2010 at 9:04 AM ^
Seriously, these arguments are absurd. How can we even compare these two situations. One has NCs to his credit and has owned the SEC. RR has taken a perennial top 2-3 team in the Big Ten to bottom feeder with no end in sight. RR has taken a proud defense and made it abysmal. Urban Meyer may be struggling, but we all know next year they are a top 5 team. Please take the homer glasses off and stop making excuses. The results are what they are, and they most certainly haven't come in a vacuum.
October 17th, 2010 at 9:32 AM ^
That would make you happy? A perennial top 2-3 Big Ten team? Hiring RR is part of a plan to move UM to a perennial NC contender.
October 17th, 2010 at 9:39 AM ^
after the RR period...YES.
I understand that there needed to be a change, but apparently it needed to be fine tuned and not deconstructed. Look at all these black marks we have accomplished. Longest bowl streak broken. Worst record in the big ten. The worst defense in school history. To come back to the question, wouldn't you?
October 16th, 2010 at 11:33 PM ^
He's lost 3 in a row.
October 17th, 2010 at 1:18 AM ^
I'm gonna start a Fire Steve in PA thread. No way someone should mess up a Fire Urban Meyer thread!
October 16th, 2010 at 11:39 PM ^
Meyer has accomplished some minor accomplishments at Florida.
October 17th, 2010 at 12:24 AM ^
RR can lose as many games as he wants and not face any pressure as soon as he makes it to multiple NC games.
October 16th, 2010 at 11:44 PM ^
have fallen. And the downtrodden (Michigan) shall rise again. I hope.
October 16th, 2010 at 11:51 PM ^
Seems to me that folks aren't so much saying, "Fire RR" (although they, and in that, I include "me", were saying that after last season). I think people are saying, "something seems seriously wrong with the team".
A louder refrain (at least here) is getting upset at folks who would question what is happening with our team. It isn't that we lost today, but people are bothered by things like special teams walking off the field after a blocked field goal instead of tackling the ball carrier. People are bothered by poor tackling. People are bothered by the endless 2 yard Vincent Smith carries.
I don't want to see RR fired because that means the rest of the season ends poorly. I want to see him do well here, but have no problem if Brandon decides to make a switch after all evidence is in post-OSU. We can't be blind to his potential, nor can we be blind to the facts of his performance already assembled.
October 17th, 2010 at 12:08 AM ^
averaged 4* yards a carry today, so by your logic he also had endless 6 yard carries.
*actually 3.9, but I rounded up to make the math easier. ; )
October 17th, 2010 at 12:15 AM ^
C'mon now. There's no way he's recovered from his injury. He's just not running well and the 2 yard runs on first down are putting us in a continual hole. His fumble didn't help much either. BTW, I believe he was at a 2 yard average through 3 quarters. Hopkins has been more productive and it makes little sense that he doesn't get the bulk of carries at this point.
October 16th, 2010 at 11:56 PM ^
In all fairness... Urban has as many national championship wins as Rich does home Big Ten wins.
October 17th, 2010 at 12:00 AM ^
This. OP needs to realize that people aren't calling for RR's head because he lost two straight games; it's because of the last three years.
October 17th, 2010 at 1:31 AM ^
But...ouch.
October 17th, 2010 at 1:33 AM ^
There is no ouch involved. Somebody just forgot to point out that the guy we have has a better resume than 99% of D-1 coaches.
October 17th, 2010 at 9:30 AM ^
And RR has as many major bowl wins as LC. There is no ouch involved. Somebody just forgot to point out that the guy we have has a better resume than 99% of D-1 coaches.
.And THAT is why I'd rather have RR and a shot at a Florida-esque performance program, instead of being just a perennial Top 2 or 3 Big Ten Team.
October 17th, 2010 at 2:06 PM ^
Yup. All the folks calling for RR's head don't seem to have thought the next part through all that well. There aren't that many great coaches out there, folks. Even Harbaugh is only starting to establish a resume of the sort we're looking for (because I know someone is going to come say "Harbaugh!").
October 19th, 2010 at 10:19 AM ^
October 16th, 2010 at 11:57 PM ^
It won't happen, but it would be funny if he was canned for losing games and not, you know, for the 30+ arrests the past couple of years.
October 17th, 2010 at 12:00 AM ^
if Urban Meyer were 13-18 over the last 2+ seasons, people would be calling for his head, too. Fair comparison, though.....How many National Championships has Rich Rodriguez won again?
October 17th, 2010 at 4:12 AM ^
. . . he would be long gone. The guy before him went 23-14, including 16-8 in the SEC, and 2-1 vs. Georgia, and got fired after three years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Zook
October 17th, 2010 at 12:01 AM ^
How long before Meyer ditches legacy QB John Brantley and gives the reins to Trey Burton? Funny how even Florida isn't immune to an occasional rebuilding year in this era. I guess they should have signed thirty players a year like Saban.
October 17th, 2010 at 12:05 AM ^
/Shit dumbass fans who want RR fired would say
October 17th, 2010 at 12:13 AM ^
October 17th, 2010 at 9:27 AM ^
Yeah, It's the QB. RR has had success at every level, with multiple kids with different talents and abilities at QB. He didn't just get lucky all those times...
Now, if you want to talk about trying to decline a false start penalty, the FG not getting covered, etc., OK. But RR has been a great coach because he has developed great QBs.
October 17th, 2010 at 12:16 AM ^
That made three in a row.
October 17th, 2010 at 12:24 AM ^
it was all Tebow.
October 17th, 2010 at 1:13 AM ^
This thread got me thinking and I just googled fire rodriguez and there has been a site since he was hired here lol. Guess I missed that one.
I thought this was a pretty new concept over the last couple weeks but I guess I was wrong.
October 17th, 2010 at 4:19 AM ^
I would think there is a bit of a difference between a coach that has won two titles in the last five years and a coach that has gone 3-9 and 5-7 in his last two seasons.
Wanting Urban fired is moronic. Wanting RR fired is.....understandable but still unfair.
October 17th, 2010 at 1:31 PM ^
Thanks OP. Maybe, just maybe, one or two haters will see your point and settle down a little. Probably not though.
By the way, the number one team in the nation lost last night. They had a lot more talent than the other team, but lost anyway. It happens.
October 17th, 2010 at 2:09 PM ^
but no doubt, somewhere in Gainesville, someone was registering a website last night.
http://www.firecoachmeyer.com/
Also, on a more serious note, there's been a lot of griping about character issues among Meyer's players. It's going to get worse if he doesn't even win.
October 19th, 2010 at 2:38 PM ^
I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see Meyer retire for good within a couple of years. I wonder if his heart's not in it this year. This is his worst team at Florida by a significant margin. I might go even further and say that it's worse than his first Utah team.
One thing that I have learned is that coaches pick optimal times to quit coaching a team when they see a dropoff in talent. Pete Carroll at USC is a perfect example of this. When Urban Meyer suddenly "retired" last winter, I wonder if it was partially because he saw some deficiencies in the upcoming generation of players.