The sleaziest recruiter (Urban Meyer)

While Urban Meyer is probably a snake, I have yet to see a transparent article/post about it. Everyone is objective, but people can't pretend that their dislike of Urban leads them to exaggerated recruiting stories. No one will know the truth about these stories unless the recruit or Urban says something or slips up or there is an NCAA investigation. As much as I hate to say it, all this "Urban complaining" comes off as sour grapes from schools who aren't landing the recruits or winning enough.

Just wait for it...in early March...relapse is highly likely. College Football is sleazy.

After reading this I think there should be a clear distinction between breaking NCAA rules to get recruits (i.e., paying families or players or both) and breaking an unspoken ethical or moral code to secure an 18 year-old's commitment. I would guess that any rational college football/basketball fan in the country (even from the SEC) would turn on a coach that blatantly violated NCAA rules w/o remorse and w/o care for the horrible consequences and possible debilitating sanctions their beloved school/team would be hit with. Not to mention the hit to reputation. However, what we're talking about here are empty promises made by coaches and "used-car salesman" type sales tactics used to persuade a talented high-schooler to come make them look good. The NCAA simply can't monitor this stuff, so it leaves the decision of whether to mislead to the coaches themselves. Urban Meyer didn't break any NCAA rules by telling Floyd about God's plan for him to win SEC championships as a Gator, but he arguably violated some serious moral code that only SOME top coaches uphold. THIS is why he's a dick. I loved Lloyd Carr despite his shortcomings because, most importantly, he upheld that moral code. I can't tell you how many stories I hear while working for the team about other schools and their sleazy ways. UofM is UofM because that moral code isn't just some ideal. It's important.

Would that still get you in the Mile High Club?

don't know if his resignation/leave of absense was planned as a recruiting ploy, but he certainly has had a lot of success since the announcement. I've seen several people suggest this. How could taking a health-related leave of absence, with all the attendant uncertainty it causes, help his recruiting efforts?

I'm just shocked that so many fall for his contrived and shameless salesmanship that rivals a used car salesman in a a cheap plaid sportcoat that my dad used to refer to as a "horse blanket." As much as we all dislike who he is and what he does, deep down we're also a little jealous of the success he and Florida have had. Remember many here have invoked the use of snake oil as well. That's just what this weasel does.

Everybody on this blog had better be careful. I hear that ESPN is lobbying Congress to have critizising Urban Meyer a capital crime punishable by lethal injection. And ESPN usually gets its way!