Meyer will address poor recruiting in the B1G with other coaches

Mixed feelings.

One hand, Meyer comes off a smug c**t for looking like he's telling others how to do their jobs - especially as he's poaching players.

Other hand, he knows the conf should be doing better overall, and maybe wants to discuss strategies to bring them more in line with SEC attractions (pressuring for more night games a start). Knows if the conf is noticeably behind the SEC, tougher sell for him.

You can bet that whatever else Ole Miss did, they can sell playing in the SEC every week nicely. Thier exposure is through the roof.

Mark D'Antonio has no need of any advice from anyone, naturally.

2nd year coach in the Big Ten ordering everyone around. This will go over well.

A.  He's right

2. Perfect venue

And......he's calling his shot rather than just springing on people.   I say applaud his balls if not his brains.

he is going to stop by UM Hospital and address better health care and then off to DC to straighten out Obama. Watch out God, you could be next.

I'm confused over how I feel about this.  I think everyone agrees.  But what is Urban telling folks for?  Can you imagine Indiana suddenly, you know, like recruiting better b/c of what he says?  Urban's going to give them a pep talk or a lecture?  I don't get it exactly, and I don't see how it will help even 1%.  This won't motivate them any more than they are already motivated.

Who died and made this ass clown king? If we're going to have a conference leader, shouldn't it be someone who's going to be around in 5 years?

Presuming he brings this up in a professional way, I have zero problem with this. Urban seems to think that a rising tide lifts all boats; if the whole conference recruits better, all the team will be better off. It's not like he's complaining that the B1G schools are holding him back. And, coming from the SEC, he knows what he's talking about.

The fact is, the Big Ten struggles not because of revenue and not even so much because of less talent availability (that's part of it, but a small part) but because a lot of schools just don't take football that seriously. They have small-time visions for what competitive football looks like. At best, they occasionally compete for a Big Ten title and then get slaughtered in minor bowl games by some SEC team that pulls in top-15 classes but can't cut it against the big boys.

I think he is addressing the guys that get away as much as anything. We can speculate (with, admittedly, some evidence) that LaQuon Treadwell just went for the cash, but in the bigger picture he is just another player in the B1G footprint that went somewhere else. A lot of guys have been doing that. And, further, a school like Minnesota shouldn't be bringing up the rear in the conference. It should be able to compete all over the midwest. Right now it recruits at MAC level.

Someone mentioned that the B1G needs a wake-up call; they're about to get it, in the form of Michigan and Ohio State crushing the rest of the conference for the next few years.

i dont see why (if sensere) adressing the issue is a problem for all of the coaches to discuss how to recruit better. Each program is going to compete regardless for recruits whether they are not doing good on the recruiting trail or not. But if the confrence as a whole can recruit better, the better the strenth of schedual each team will have year in and year out in the confrence... which in turn will improve in each programs ranking. Which is exactly what the SEC has in their favor. It's almost always better for an SEC team to loose to another SEC team  like even Miss State than an out of confrence team like Texas or someone which will in turn make each team's stature and prestiege in the confrence better. If each program in the B10 recruited better, they would play better and win more games which in turn would make the programs have more draw to them like a minnisota or northwestern in the eyes of many more recruits in the B10 area and would have many other recruits from different parts of the country looking to the big tens way to play football because each program has raised its profile. 

 

 

edit:never mind repeat

on the recruiting trail, and newcomer Urban gets out of his Mercedes to tell them just how bad they're doing and how they can stop fucking things up for him.

In other words, he's Alec Baldwin in "Glengarry Glen Ross."

Meyer told the fan that he blows goats. Bring that up bitch.

that Big Ten schools have academic standards that prevent them from taking kids that SEC schools can.

More specifically, can Ole Miss take kids that, say, Minnesota (or Iowa, IU, MSU, Wisconsin, etc) cannot, for academic reasons?

...he's trying to get all the B1G coaches to get on board with oversigning.

If you look at the athletic departments on the "black/red lists" there is a reason there are more B1G teams in the black financially and more SEC teams in the red financially. There is something to be said for running a non deficit sports organization. If Urban's goal is to get other B1G schools to spend more on recruiting to be good at football but the result is even more athletic departments end up being a drain on the schools/states finances, well, go back to the SEC. It will all come crashing down someday. Just look at Tennessee's once proud program which is @ $200 million in debt. No thanks. Athletic departments can't run in the red forever.

Yo dudes.  I was reading some comments by people who listened to the actual interview and he didn't criticize the rest of the big ten.  All he said was that the ban on night games hurts recruiting in the conference and he wanted to address that when they met.  He also said that the SEC has been doing better than then big ten in recruiting rankings, which is completely true.  Everyone needs to chill out.  The paraphrasing done by that douche who put this out was fabricated, based on people who listened to the interview.

Honestly, what is Urban going to tell the other coaches?  I ask that question sincerely.  Is Urban really going to give the other coaches anything of substance, or just a bunch of fluff?  I can't see Urban giving out any "trade secrets" or really anything of much substance to the other coaches.

Urban to Indiana:  "If 2 naked hostesses waiting in your recruit's bed doesn't work, try putting 3 in the bed"...."on second thought, you guys might as well put 30 girls in there...and a donkey"

Urban to Dantonio:  "Quit mean-mugging me, Mark.  Don't be such a hater, just because I have your dream job that you were passed over for.  That's it, no recruiting tips for you!"

Urban to Minnesota:  "1 cup snake-oil, 2 cups sugar, 2 eggs,....ehhh, F**k it!  Better just go with 2 girls, 1 cup"

Coach of the reigning Big Ten champs. Oh wait....

who ran away from the SEC because the Saban writing was on the walls.  Coward has no right to tell anyone how to run a program.  

When he had 20+ players arrested a year at UF, did the other coaches have a come to Jesus meeting with him to teach him how not to run the sleaziest, most out of control program in the country?

FUCK HIMSELF!!!

In principle, I agree with what Meyer wants to do. Let's be honest. Michigan and OSU carry the banner for the conference, and no one else is remotely close in terms of recruiting right now. I get it at a place like Indiana which has been horrible forever, but a place like Nebraska has no excuse to not reel in top classes. To say that the schools are apathetic is BS, but there is a glaring issue. The only school I'd grant a pass to right now is Penn State considering their situation, and they came out of this recruiting cycle pretty well this year all things considered. If BOB stays through the sanctions and maintains a competitive program, I think he could reel in top-10 classes annually. All he has to do is say he coached Tom Brady. But I digress.....

That being said, I don't think it's Meyer's place to address this. The last thing anyone like Ferentz, Kill or Dantonio are going to want to hear is a guy like Urban Meyer telling them they suck at their jobs and can't recruit worth a shit. I mean, what can Meyer say that's really going to help? "Hey guys, I know you think 2-3 stars are good, but have you tried 4-5 star guys?"

Elite recruits want to play for elite coaches that have won national titles (Meyer). The want to play in warm weather (SEC). They want to play at tradition-rich schools with rabid fan bases that can challenge for national titles now, or very soon (Michigan). A school like Purdue, Iowa, Minnesota or Illinois just doesn't offer any of that right now. They've been mediocre programs for years. Why would an elite recruit want to play there?

I think all Meyer is doing is burning bridges with the other coaches. They'll make it very clear that they don't give a shit what Meyer thinks, and that will be that. I do think Meyer cares about the state of the conference, but I don't doubt for a second that part of this is to keep the spotlight on himself, and give him another avenue to pump his chest and announce to the world what a badass he thinks he is.