Running off on the typewriter …
Every time I hear a Jacksonville Jaguars participant commend first-year coach Doug Pederson for “changing the culture” or “building trust” or bringing a way of “reliability and professionalism” again to the group, what I’m actually listening to is that this:
“My God, what a clown Urban Meyer was last season!”
Don’t get me incorrect, Doug Pederson deserves quite a lot of credit score, however the Jaguars may have employed any Doug — Doug Flutie or Doug E. Fresh or my highschool coach Doug Feltner — and it could have been an unlimited enchancment over Meyer. Pederson ought to get Coach of the Year consideration for main the Jaguars from the worst group within the league a 12 months in the past to a division championship this season, however the turnaround in Jacksonville can be an enormous indictment on simply what a catastrophe Meyer was as an NFL coach.
When Jags vast receiver Marvin Jones was requested by reporters about Pederson coming in and fixing a damaged group after final season, he shortly pointed the finger at Meyer.
“I think one person was broken,” Jones replied. “It wasn’t us.”
Even Pederson himself took a not-so-subtle shot at Meyer after the Jags beat the Titans final week to win the AFC South.
“I think what was needed was trust,” Pederson mentioned. “I think trust was broken with this team. When I took the job, I had to regain their trust as a coach. I think they saw right away that they can trust me, I can trust them. You know, one of the things I’m always going to do is shoot straight with them and be honest with them. The transparency is key. The communication is key.”
Translation: “My God, what a clown Urban Meyer was last season!”
Question: Has there ever been a coach who has received extra and is revered lower than Meyer?
Meyer received two nationwide championships on the University of Florida and nonetheless stays a pariah amongst many Gator followers.
Other faculty coaches failed within the NFL (see Nick Saban, Steve Spurrier, Chip Kelly, Lou Holtz, and so on.), however their reputations weren’t tarnished in any respect and so they efficiently parachuted again into faculty soccer.
Maybe some determined faculty soccer program will ultimately give the ethically challenged Meyer one other probability, however I wouldn’t guess on it. Meyer’s 13 video games with the Jaguars had been such a debacle that it overshadows his iconic faculty profession.
Sadly, Urban Meyer received three nationwide championships as a university head coach, however his lasting legacy could be because the worst NFL coach within the historical past of the league. …
Short stuff: Mikey likes Jaguars over Chargers by 5, Cowboys over Bucs by 7, Bills over Dolphins by 17, 49ers over Seahawks by 10, Vikings over Giants by 5, Bengals over Ravens by 8, Prince Harry’s psychedelic experiences over Aaron Rodgers’ psychedelic experiences by 3 (hallucinations). … For those that suppose faculty soccer gamers are being exploited as a result of they don’t receives a commission a wage, I current to you Stetson Bennett — the Georgia quarterback who might by no means take a significant snap within the NFL. Just take into consideration the monetary {and professional} alternatives Bennett will now take pleasure in all through his life as a result of he quarterbacked the Dawgs to back-to-back nationwide championships. … By the best way, should you’re scoring at residence, Bennett is older than this listing of beginning NFL quarterbacks: Trevor Lawrence, Tua Tagovailoa, Jalen Hurts, Justin Fields, Mac Jones, Davis Mills, Kenny Pickett, Desmond Ridder, Brock Purdy and Y.A. Tittle. …
Speaking of nice faculty quarterbacks, is anyone stunned Tim Tebow was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame on the primary poll? Call me loopy, however I nonetheless suppose Tebow’s greatest election will come when he’s voted president of the United States sometime. … Florida State already has began a Heisman marketing campaign for quarterback Jordan Travis, and why not? Travis was No. 3 on my Heisman poll final season and I imagine he has an excellent probability to win essentially the most coveted particular person award in all of sports activities subsequent season. The Seminoles will seemingly be ranked within the preseason high 10 and Travis has an opportunity to achieve speedy Heisman traction within the opener in opposition to LSU in Orlando. … I see the place ousted Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been residing in Orlando and was noticed the opposite day consuming at an area KFC whereas residents in his residence nation rioted. I’m not saying Bolsonaro was unconcerned about what was occurring again residence as he sat at KFC, however I’m questioning if he channeled his internal Marie Antoinette, “Let them eat a 2-piece drum and thigh combo.” …
Shame on the hypocritical Cleveland Browns for firing beloved former QB Bernie Kosar from the group’s radio broadcasts for making a ceremonial first guess of $19,000 (he wore No. 19 with the Browns) when sports activities betting formally turned authorized final week in Ohio. Even although Kosar mentioned beforehand that any winnings would have gone to charity, the Browns nonetheless fired Kosar, the previous Miami Hurricanes star, as a result of NFL group workers are usually not allowed to guess on NFL video games. Nevermind that the NFL has sponsorship offers with DraftKings and virtually each different betting app available on the market. It ought to be famous that the NBA has the identical rule, which suggests Magic broadcasters are usually not allowed to guess on NBA video games despite the fact that the group’s video games are televised on a community (Bally Sports) that bought its naming rights to a on line casino firm. Oh, what a tangled net we weave. …
Did you see the place the WWE could be bought to Saudi Arabia? Vince McMahon and Phil Mickelson couldn’t be reached for remark, however my sources inform me the Iron Sheik is ecstatic that he lastly will get to be an excellent man. … One of my University of Florida faculty buddies — a real SEC snob — texted me after Georgia dismantled TCU 65-7 within the nationwide title recreation and mentioned the trouncing proved {that a} Big 12 group was undeserving of being within the championship recreation. How quickly we overlook! When the undefeated Gators bought trounced 62-24 by Nebraska within the 1996 Fiesta Bowl’s national-championship recreation, I don’t keep in mind anyone saying again then that an SEC group didn’t should be within the championship recreation. … A second of silence, please. Jeff Beck has taken his Fender Stratocaster and gone to That Big Guitar Virtuoso Hall of Fame In the Sky.
Last phrase: With immediately being National Pharmacist Day, did you hear in regards to the duck that waddled into the pharmacy and bought some ChapStick. He requested the cashier to place it on his invoice.
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