Meyer Placed on (Paid) Administrative Leave
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Wow. You’re so cool.
Which means he will be back by their first big game. If I had to guess.
"If you intentionally lie about committing violations, your career is over," Meyer said during a call-in radio show on 97.1 The Fan in Columbus. "You're not suspended for two games [or] some of the silly penalties you have -- you can't talk to a recruit for a week and a half or something like that. No. You're finished. That will clean up some things."
I mean I'm all about calling out bullshit but exactly which violations did Meyer violate? His problems here are of the moral/ethical variety, not the legal or ncaa.
I believe there is possible title IX violations if he knowingly suppressed this info to the university.
There were people in trouble at Penn St because they knew and did nothing.
August 2nd, 2018 at 12:22 AM ^
Well, im not condonig hitting your wife, i dont hit women, but hitting your wife and raping boysin the shower are entirely different things. I bet she loved all that money they were getting when she was with him. (im not defending him by any means, he is a pussy)
Ah, the irony: Hiring Schiano and Larry Johnson, but it is Zach Davis that costs Urban. What a sleeze!
Upvote for asking a legitimate question.
Police knew about and investigated both the 2009 and 2015 incidents, so this isn't a case of Urban withholding information from law enforcement. I'm no Title IX expert, but I don't see why a school would get in trouble for not reporting something the police already know.
Also, I really don't want to be the fucking school that can only beat its rival when they're running with an interim coach.
I assume you're not familiar with title IX... It doesn't matter if you think the police know or not. As an employee of an educational institution receiving federal finding you are required to report information regarding abuse of any kind. Even if the person telling you doesn't want you to report you still have to. Everyone at the institution goes through training for this.
yes but there is a reason why they have interim coaches. . . .
August 1st, 2018 at 10:07 PM ^
I know my priorities are mixed up, but I agree. I want to have the opportunity to beat Ohio State at their best. If he really was guilty of something along these lines, I would hope they could find a way to give him a major fine or something as long as he keeps coaching.
Hey, they had no problem celebrating wins over UM with RR and Hoke - 2 of the WORST coaches in UM's history.
Wow, those are some heavy words. And he spoke them himself. "I will judge you by your own words."
A heavy reminder!
August 1st, 2018 at 10:30 PM ^
My thought is that tOSU is protecting their best interest. While Meyer is on leave, they are figuring out how to keep Meyer and their reputation, but should that not be a plausible scenario, the backup plan is how to unload Meyer and not have to pay his buyout.
Ohio State is doing an investigation into the allegations and Urban Meyer has been put on paid administrative leave.
— Ari Wasserman (@AriWasserman) August 1, 2018
Just beat me to it. Here's the embed code.
Miracles still happen.
Probably Meyer will again be holding the reins once the season starts in earnest. Nevertheless, this is a far, far faster response than you'd ever see in East Lansing . . . .
Guess the unnamed random internet sources were privy to actual information this time.
Zach Harrison, come on down!
Smart to put Day as interim coach considering the checkered pasts of Wilson and Schiano.
Shows how Urban likes to push the envelope regarding the character of his coaches that they had to go pretty deep into his staff to name an interim coach.
He will be back coaching by the first game.
He’s getting fired. Bank on it.
Ya since this happened so fast, I think it will happen actually. Which is crazy
Obligatory....
Most likely. They are probably just making sure the case is ironclad so they can fire him with cause.
I hope but I have very little faith in OSU's ability to do the right thing.
Yea, they are probably tying up loose ends and figuring out how to pay him less for termination with cause at this point. They wouldn't put him on leave if they planned keeping him at this point, they would have a conference and say they are investigating it while he coqched. He's done for.
Sorry on mobile, can't type or edit.
I doubt that Urbz is coming back. I think the OC will coach this season than OSU will do a new coaching search after the season. I guess we'll be wondering who the new coach will be in 2019!
Justice is a good thing
I don’t know, I actually think he might be gone
I agree. He’s either fired or she’s getting sued. I don’t see any other options at this point, and she’s not getting sued because it’s obviously the truth.
If there's at all decent evidence that he knew about Smith's abuse and did nothing, he will be gone. Simple as that. OSU has a scandal on their hands already with a former swimming physician (and maybe the wrestling program as well). They know what MSU has endured this year, and what Penn State endured years ago. They don't want another Title IX investigation on their hands. I actually have faith that they will investigate these matters properly, and if they find crap they will terminate with cause. If not, he'll be back. The only thing more important to OSU than winning football games, is saving hundreds of millions of dollars. That is what this will come down to.
"If there's at all decent evidence that he knew about Smith's abuse and did nothing, he will be gone."
I don't think that would be enough, not at OSU. What would be enough is if he pressured the victim to drop charges, directly or through someone else. There's some smoke about his "life coach" paying the victim a visit and asking her to drop charges. If anyone can corroborate that, then it's game over for him.
Nah man, he's cooked. Administrative leave is basically a death sentence. It's more likely that they already have the evidence they need to terminate, they're just compiling it and making it nice and neat and presentable.
Statement from The Ohio State University
The university is conducting an investigation into these allegations. During the inquiry, Urban Meyer will be on paid administrative leave. Ryan Day will serve as acting head football coach during the investigation. We are focused on supporting our players and on getting to the truth as expeditiously as possible.
Statement from Urban Meyer
Gene and I agree that being on leave during this inquiry will facilitate its completion. This allows the team to conduct training camp with minimal distraction. I eagerly look forward to the resolution of this matter.
The university is doing the investigation? This won't take long.
You are wrong on this one. Look up OSU's current president. He is no nonsense when it comes to issues related to sexual misconduct.
I hope you are correct.
But this isn't related to sexual misconduct.
I'm not sure how they bring him back from this. I know this is OSU but they are going to get crushed and they would deserve it if they reinstate him.
Suspend him from all team activities, including recruiting and all practices and meetings, through the first third of the season.
That's a virtually unprecedented level of punishment that is short of firing. It has a real potential effect on the season, while not destroying it.
The problem is that there might be more than what we know now, and something even as severe as this could become untenable.
The irony of the way our news culture works is that people either go the whole nine yards and defenestrate someone, or they try to rally around them and minimize the offense. There is no middle ground where you can acknowledge something is severe and discipline accordingly without firing someone.
That's nearly identical to Jim Boeheim's NCAA mandated suspension.
August 1st, 2018 at 11:43 PM ^
+1 for use of 'defenestrate'
It is my favorite word in the English language.
Stuff like this blows over faster than you think. I am not saying it is crazy to think he will be back, but after a few news cycles, people won’t be talking about this anymore. If they can stretch this investigation into the season, it won’t be the same kind of story once actual football starts happening and there are wins and losses to discuss. I don’t think he is getting fired, personally.
Stupid no edit. Supposed to say “I am not saying it is crazy to think he will be fired.”
A tactic to wait out the fury. MSU showed the world how to stem the tide of outrage. OSU is perfecting it.
Meyer will remain OSU's coach.
Exactly this. Drag it out until interest and outrage dies down, then change nothing.
Couldn't agree more.