Coach Wilcher on Urban Meyer: "I believe our relationship is stronger now."
"(Meyer) said he didn't know about (Drayton) leaving, that it was a last minute thing. The most important thing about my 'misleading' part was that I didn't really understand the process of recruiting behind Ohio State. I truly do now.
I understand the ambition Urban Meyer has, I understand the integrity of Urban Meyer and I understand that he's about the welfare of the child and the wholeness of what the athletes need at the university. He instilled in me that no child will be left behind in his program.
We did meet. We did talk. And he is the person I thought he was and the person I believe him to be. I believe our relationship is stronger now."
-Thomas Wilcher (cited)
I figured the board may be interested given how Coach Wilcher had previously blasted Urban Meyer about the Mike Weber/Stan Drayton situation:
"I think Urban Meyer will have to step his game up; we're going to have to talk," Wilcher told Detroit Sports 105.1 in a long interview. "He has come to my school and got the No. 1 athlete two years in a row. You cannot come over here, come up to the north, and walk out of here with your pockets full and not give us respect."
February 24th, 2015 at 9:32 AM ^
It's called common sense. Urban is obviously lying to him to keep the relationship as strong as he can for his own benefit and Wilcher just rolled over and agreed with him like a puss.
February 24th, 2015 at 10:00 AM ^
Yes, it's called "thinking"...and not just slurping up the coach-speak that you are given. If it smells like a turd, looks like a turd, feels like a turd, then it's a turd no matter what a coach says.
February 24th, 2015 at 8:35 AM ^
but not even close...
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Still, I'm a bit disappointed in Wilcher. It should take more than a couple weeks to gain trust back.
I'm sure Meyer has had much more experience with these situations, albeit not as publicly. Only a matter of time until the next sleazy Meyer story comes out.
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February 24th, 2015 at 5:56 AM ^
i guess he got paid off. like everybody at 0$u
February 24th, 2015 at 6:14 AM ^
think Urban used to blackmail him?
February 24th, 2015 at 8:15 AM ^
Or rather buy him out???
February 24th, 2015 at 6:19 AM ^
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February 24th, 2015 at 6:44 AM ^
...I'll take the advice of a poster in the latest Jameis Winston/Accuser thread.
February 24th, 2015 at 7:36 AM ^
and why so sanctimonious?
February 24th, 2015 at 9:20 AM ^
...what we complain about on ElevenWarriors or RCMB or MLive.
In fact, if roles were reversed, we (some of us) would be laughing at OSU fans making some of these comments about Harbaugh.
I don't know what santimonious means.
February 24th, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^
except that Harbaugh would never do this, him or ANY coach with integrity, so I'm not sure how this could be related to anything on any other board. If the roles were reversed I'm pretty sure most of our fanbase would be ashamed of what occured and call for the coach to be fired. Unethical is...well..unethical.
Learn a word today...
February 24th, 2015 at 9:35 AM ^
You give our fanbase too much credit. Most of us would be caping hard just like OSU's fanbase. Take off the maize and blue glasses for 5 seconds.
February 24th, 2015 at 9:38 AM ^
Cant speak for our fanbase, just for how I would feel about the situation.
February 24th, 2015 at 7:02 AM ^
February 24th, 2015 at 7:01 AM ^
Wilcher's language is filled with qualifiers.
I wonder if he's just downplaying it in the media (Urban reminds Wilcher of all the coaches at different schools who have worked with him), but won't be sending Urban any players from now on.
That, or Urban is even more persuasive than I thought, because I don't buy it for one second that he didn't know Drayton was on his way out.
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February 24th, 2015 at 7:02 AM ^
I frankly don't care what either URBZ or Wilcher said. It's what they both DO from here on out that matters.
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Your Jedi mind tricks won't work on us, Urban.
February 24th, 2015 at 7:13 AM ^
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February 24th, 2015 at 7:33 AM ^
This is like me sleeping with another woman then later weaseling my way out of it to where my wife says "I understand ThadMattasagoblin now and the way he does things. After I talked to him, I understand that he will put me first in his priorities." I don't understand why no one ever gets upset with Meyer when he plays everybody and how he manages to get away with it every time.
February 24th, 2015 at 7:59 AM ^
i.e.: Jennay Rice.
February 24th, 2015 at 7:34 AM ^
Gonna need to start calling Urban peanut butter... cause he's soooo smooth
February 24th, 2015 at 7:35 AM ^
What if he's the chunky kind?
February 24th, 2015 at 8:07 AM ^
He's not a monster.
February 24th, 2015 at 7:34 AM ^
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February 24th, 2015 at 7:37 AM ^
get off our lawn
February 24th, 2015 at 7:55 AM ^
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February 24th, 2015 at 9:12 AM ^
Check him for a new tatoo.
February 24th, 2015 at 8:11 AM ^
He instilled in me that no child will be left behind in his program.
You know, unless said player is not performing to expectations. Or there is another recruit Meyer wants more. Or Meyer has to trim roster space.
Absolutely. No kid left behind.
February 24th, 2015 at 9:46 AM ^
In Urban Meyer's first three years at Ohio State, there were exactly 40 kids with remaining eligibility "left behind."
February 24th, 2015 at 10:56 AM ^
If Weber doesn't pan out at OSU, I'm guessing Wilcher won't be there to catch him.
Wilcher and Meyer are adults and can do what they want, but don't come out publicly and lie to everyone. Meet if you want, talk about the situation, race kites inside a wind tunnel to all I care, but don't then come out the media and blow each other on camera to keep appearances. It's just unseemly, especially given the fact that the only guy really hurt here is a teenager who went to OSU expecting to be coached by a guy who professed to be a future rock in his maturation and then ran out before the ink was dry.