ESPN reports, without naming a reporter, that Urban Meyer is safe, for now at least

Posted by Mike Florio on December 12, 2021, 12:01 PM EST
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Here’s a strange little nugget from a strange Saturday regarding the Jaguars.

ESPN reported in the aftermath of the NFL Media item regarding the latest craziness with coach Urban Meyer that owner Shad Khan “plans to stay the course” with the first-year head coach. Making the nugget even stranger is that the item carries no one’s name. Anywhere.

So if it’s wrong, no one is accountable for it.

Even if someone’s name were attached to it, the report contains plenty of wiggle room. Khan “plans to stay the course.” In other words, plans change.

Perhaps ESPN is simply treading very lightly, given what happened the last time ESPN chimed in on the fate of a Jaguars coach, Khan disputed it, ESPN doubled- and tripled-down, and the report ended up being incorrect.

Regardless of what anyone is reporting, things are currently dysfunctional in Jacksonville. And because dysfunctional teams do dysfunctional things, it’s hard to predict what will happen — other than something dysfunctional.

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5 responses to “ESPN reports, without naming a reporter, that Urban Meyer is safe, for now at least”

  2. No folks with UN potential at either the front office, coaching, or player level at the Jags operation.

  3. The owner really should talk to Jerry Jones and Eddie DeBartolo. Jones hired Jimmy Johnson from the University of Miami and went 1-15 the first year. People said some of the same things I’m reading now. Jerry Jones stayed the course, and 3 super bowls followed and everyone is in the HOF. DeBartolo hired Bill Walsh from Stanford and went 2-14 the first year. People said some of the same things I’m reading today. Eddie DeBartolo stayed the course and he won three super bowls with Walsh. Everyone is in the HOF. They make history books for a reason. Some of us like to read, some don’t. Never listen to those who hate to read and who refuse to learn from history. Those Dallas and San Francisco teams didn’t win with the same people who were losing. They brought in their own personnel people, and they completely turned over the roster. The Jags already have the coach and the QB. That’s the hard part. The easy part is supplementing the roster with solid players, but Urban is going to have to bring in a new personnel guy if he wants to do that. The current people are just rotten to the core.

  4. I like the Jag’s because i live here. Every week they make it more hard to root for them at all.

  5. The owner really should talk to Jerry Jones and Eddie DeBartolo. Jones hired Jimmy Johnson from the University of Miami and went 1-15 the first year. People said some of the same things I’m reading now.
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    Really? Jimmy was out hitting clubs, bashing veteran assistants, and threatening their jobs?

    Sure, Jimmy and Jerry hit the nuke button. It wasn’t pretty, but they didn’t destroy their credibility or reputation in doing so.

    Meyer doesn’t deserve to be compared to Jimmy Johnson. Its beyond clear he is out of his League, and will never regain the credibility needed to hold one of the 32 NFL head coaching jobs. To the extent that this borders on the worst comparison I have ever seen.

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