Shad Khan unloads on Urban Meyer: “How can you work with someone like that?”

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At a time when Fox reportedly is close to re-employing Urban Meyer, his most recent employer is making it clear he wishes Meyer had never been employed.

“When you lose the respect, the trust and an issue of truthfulness, how can you work with someone like that?” Jaguars owner Shad Khan told Jarrett Bell of USA Today. “It’s not possible.”

The Jaguars and Khan reportedly have not reached an agreement on his buyout. The Jaguars don’t intend to pay Meyer, contending he was fired for cause.

“It was not about wins and losses,” Khan told Bell.  “I think when you know someone is not truthful, how can you be around someone, OK? We had Doug Marrone here four years. We had Gus Bradley here four years. I have nothing but the utmost respect and friendship with them. That’s why they got the time, because it wasn’t a matter about respect or truth. It was a matter of wins and losses over four years. This is much bigger than that.”

Khan didn’t elaborate on the basis for his contention that Meyer wasn’t truthful. Obviously, however, something happened to cause Khan to change his mind fairly quickly about the head coach he had to hire.

93 responses to “Shad Khan unloads on Urban Meyer: “How can you work with someone like that?”

  1. Urb made a fool of himself by telling the team he was “dragged out on the dance floor” against his will… only to be instantly disproven by the second video.

    In a league of grown men and billionaire owners, there’s no coming back from that level of bs.

  2. So why did he hire him then? Khan is just as much to blame as Meyer.

  3. Even if we dont know the details I think almost everyone agrees with Khans perspective here.

  4. Maybe do a little extra leg work before you decide to hinge the fate of your football team with a guy.

  5. Right, because his years at OSU and and Florida were the model of integrity and upstanding moral standards.

  6. Yes, Shad Khan has been completely open, honest, and truthful in his acquisition of millions upon millions of dollars.

  7. Why’s Shad acting like we all couldn’t see it coming. All he had to do was come to PFF, almost everyone hated this signing from Day 1. Even fans of the team wanted him gone immediately.

    This is on you bruh.

  8. The ‘someone like that’ is also an historically great college football coach and an interesting and informative studio analyst.

  9. Without saying exactly what my oh my what a condemnation of “the man.” has a figure in sports who didn’t have legal troubles crashed so quick from golden boy in his field to complete laughing stock? Cautionary tale here, how you do it matters as much as what you do. Meier comes off as a charlatan and someone who I don’t care to be associated with any endeavor any team I cheer for is a part of.

  10. This statement was made in public to bullet proof his case to not pay him. Gotta be careful Khan doesn’t say something that causes Urban to sue him for slander.

  11. Clearly shows the ineptness and incompetency of Khan, which clearly is the model of this franchise, as it was purely his go to guy to hire. He did not “had” to hire Urban he clearly chose “asses in the seats” (and why this will always fail) over actual football competency with going with the local hero from his days at Florida purely for the stadium draw. What a joke.

  12. He probably lied about ALOT of stuff to Shad Khan–how he was running the team, what he was doing, things that took place in training camp…

    I mean he obviously benched the best RB on the team in lieu of one of his own ohio state guy, then couldn’t even admit he did it–he tried to blame an assistant coach for taking out Robinson.

    Urban rarely took the blame for any issues, and often would try to blame others. AS head coach, he has full responsibility–something it seems he could not handle pretty quickly.

  13. It’s hard to feel sorry for either one of these guys. The players and the fans? Now that’s a different story. They asked for none of this train wreck that last season was for the Jags.

  14. Shad should’ve done his own due diligence and not relied on his idiot son. That being said, the Jags’ lawyers should find enough in the contract and Meyer’s conduct to not pay him. God knows Meyer did nothing to deserve it.

  15. College football is the most corrupt business in the USA – and they start by buying kids out of primary school to come and play with the big teams – because that is how the wins/losses get kids drafted. Getting the best to the best teams – and most of these coaches dont care about the kids – just the wins/losses and number of kids drafted and their next raise.

  16. “Khan didn’t elaborate on the basis for his contention that Meyer wasn’t truthful.”
    His initial apology (“They were trying to pull me out on the dance floor,”) was proven to be untruthful when the second video emerged. That one is a verified lie. Not sure if there is any proof that he lied about the kicker’s claim, but it’s possible.

  17. He didn’t travel back with the team in order to take care of family matters. Fair enough. But the video is an ugly look & it was Khan’s “for cause”.

  18. I don’t blame Khan, he was trying to make his team better and thinking out of the box to do so. New QB, new Coach, trying to make things work, and change his franchise to the better. DId it work… .Not even close, but I am not gonna bury the guy for it.

  19. Urban Meyer was a horrible NFL coach. He had no discipline and evidently didn’t put in the grueling hours that most NFL coaches put in. Meyer found out the hard way that just having good players isn’t enough. It may work in college where your opponents are future accountants…but not in the NFL.

    Khan made a huge mistake by hiring him, but I haven’t heard anything bad about Khan, so he deserves the benefit of the doubt.

  20. Everyone can act like Meyer hasn’t won multiple national titles but he has. He can do something right, even if he was a disaster in Jacksonville.

  21. Everyone has a learning curve in a new endeavor. Even billionaire NFL owners, who know nothing about football. I would say this owner got educated in the worse way.

  22. If he didn’t know exactly what he was getting, then he didn’t do his research.

  23. You mean the guy that people were calling “Urban Liar” over a decade earlier might not be trustworthy?

  24. Jacksonville is always going to be JUST Jacksonville so you can never lose what you never had. So I guess what I’m saying is there are a lot of people who really didn’t lose any respect for your organization, because they never had any respect for your organization to begin with.

  25. Life has some mysterious and dark ways to the unknown, can’t be explained how the Jaguars owner is a millionaire and behaves like someone who isn’t very smart, the complete guide how not to run an org.

  26. He’s about to have the same epiphany regarding Trent Baalke. How that guy got hired I’ll never understand

  27. Wonder when (after all the warnings he’s already received) he’ll finally see the light with Trent Baalke???

  28. “had to hire” was intended as “had to fire”
    Either a typo or a brain fart…

  29. Just admit you were bamboozled. Most fans realized what a dopey hire that was.

  30. 1westcoastfootballfan says:
    May 3, 2022 at 3:27 pm
    Everyone can act like Meyer hasn’t won multiple national titles but he has. He can do something right, even if he was a disaster in Jacksonville.
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    He won in places that were willing to look the other way , tolerating all his lies , cheating and character flaws . Even with the free pass he still somehow managed to go too far and both Florida and OSU were forced to push him out the door . Getting pushed out at both Florida and OSU for character issues is more difficult to accomplish then winning national championships , lol .

  31. You knew it when you hired him. You don’t change the spots on a leopard.

  32. When was the last time a first year HC got fired before the season was over? That’s a head scratcher… I feel bad for Jags fans. Except for 2017 when they won 10 games and should gone to the SB, they have averaged less than 4 wins per season since 2011. Yikes!

  33. Shad’s biggest gaffe is placating the Gator fans with this hire. In college you are the man-holding all the power over a poor diva players. In pro football you are there to maximize their potential so they can make more millions. . Grown men don’t fall for his BS.

  34. All the people who come on here and say, “owners can hire whomever they want.” This is what happens when you don’t have an interview process you can rely upon for hiring. Handshake deals don’t make up an interview process for jobs. In my previous job, my predecessor was hired the same way. He played golf with our CEO, and that’s how he got the job. A few months into the job, it became apparent that he was the wrong person. Create goals and objectives for a position. Be clear on the minimum requirements the candidates need to have. Finish it with an open interview process that includes others who will interact with the person applying for the position. Keep it simple, and you will find the right candidate.

  35. Late to the game here, but hey, it’s Fox. Have you seen their employees? Not just talking about sports.

  36. Better be careful dude. Ask Amber the bed pooper how that op-ed worked out…

  37. Someone mentioned Goodell in the comments, but I think Khan inherited Roger, besides, Roger is still there for one simple reason, the owners like the job he’s doing.
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    jonathankrobinson424 says:
    May 3, 2022 at 2:47 pm
    This statement was made in public to bullet proof his case to not pay him. Gotta be careful Khan doesn’t say something that causes Urban to sue him for slander.
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    I agree. Movers and shakers like Mr. Khan have gotten to where they are because they know how to use situations to their advantage.
    It appears obvious Khan doesn’t want to pay Meyer. I guess it will come down Lawyers. Maybe Khan is using the media right now, hoping Meyer will settle for a lesser sum of money out of court?

  38. Maybe Urban needs to reconnect with that Tebow dude and go find Jesus? Couldn’t hurt.

  39. Urban’s interview went like this :
    Shad Khan
    Shad Khan
    Shad Khan
    Shad Khan

    Shad Khan
    Let me rock you
    Let me rock you
    Shad Khan
    Let me rock you
    That’s all I wanna do
    Shad Khan
    Let me rock you
    Let me rock you
    Shad Khan

  40. As long as he had twice the talent as most of the opponents and could intimidate kids he was a big winner. But with the transfer rules opening up he wouldn’t even be a success in today’s college game.

  41. Urban is the victim here. This guy is a clown for even coming back to say these things. Classless. Say what u wanna say about Urban but he hasnt done this. He has kept his thoughts to hisself. Players saying he was mean lol these are grown men being paid lots of money and they r hurt he said they would be on the streets making 15 dollar an hour jobs if he cuts them. Boo friggin hoo. Grow up. This is why they pick first in the deaft every year. Dont @ me either just do your little thumbs down which i will wear w pride. This guy has taken so much crap for one year in the worst organization in pro sports.

  42. Meyer thought he could treat professional people like they were children. Theory X style of management simply will not work with people that you need on your side to be successful. Threats, lies, disrespect…that stuff just doesn’t cut it. I feel especially bad for his coaching staff as his actions cost them their jobs. Sad all around.

  43. Shad Kahn also hired the woeful Tom Coughlin who quickly destroyed the team that GM David Caldwell built. Granted they got lucky in a lot of ways in 2017 but they were still good enough to be in position to get that luck. Coughlin alienated all the stars and force them out of town and ruined the 2018 draft. He forced Caldwell to take a back seat and eventually both were fired. I’m not saying Caldwell was a terrific GM.. that’s an issue for another day.

  44. Yah, you had a great bead on what was going on in your organization.

  45. “Hue Jackson might have proved a wiser choice.”
    __________

    They’d make the perfect team. I can picture Hue explaining how some undrafted no-name with a noodle arm was going to be the next Mahomes only to have Urban cut him off to ask who Mahomes was.

  46. This is what HR departments are for and why they do background and reference checks! But a cursory Google of his history would have told you he’s been a lying scumbag for years! Do your research!

  47. Sad Khan…an owner who has made mistake after mistake has the gall to call someone else out, someone that has actually won…so shad, so shad.

  48. He can buy his way out of any problem either through lawyers or payoffs.

  49. Khan is the problem. There’s been a pattern since he’s owned the team. Just look at all the people he’s hired in top positions. It’s not a mistake. These are people he sought. He went after these people. He’s really disrespecting our intelligence by trying to blame Meyer. He might be right about our intelligence, but that’s another story.

  50. Love love love it when someone tries to deflect blame onto someone else…… THIS is on YOU…. YOU hired him. NOW be a full grown man and admit your mistake and move on.

  51. Reno Hightower says:
    May 3, 2022 at 6:01 pm
    Urban is the victim here. This guy is a clown for even coming back to say these things. Classless. Say what u wanna say about Urban but he hasnt done this. He has kept his thoughts to hisself. Players saying he was mean lol these are grown men being paid lots of money and they r hurt he said they would be on the streets making 15 dollar an hour jobs if he cuts them. Boo friggin hoo. Grow up. This is why they pick first in the deaft every year. Dont @ me either just do your little thumbs down which i will wear w pride. This guy has taken so much crap for one year in the worst organization in pro sports.
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    You lost me with your first sentence…….smh…….

  52. Khan may not be smart in all ways, but he sure was smart with the way he fired Meyer. He didn’t knee-jerk, he waited – and talked to attorneys. Took his time, got everything together, and the pulled the trigger. Considering all the dirt on Meyer, for cause should stick like glue or it simply has no meaning.

    Khan needs to learn about due diligence. Meyer was beyond shady in college football and you didn’t need to read tea leaves to see it.

    Really have to question why Fox would want anything to do with Meyer. Knowledgeable football fans, as well as just people that value GOOD MORAL CHARACTER will likely change to another channel if Meyer is on – I know I will.

  53. Let me introduce you two;
    “Pot this is Kettle”…”Kettle this is Pot”….

  54. I love all these hindsight genuses. They are so much smarter than a multi-billionaire. Meyer is a master con artist with obvious talent. He was undeniably successful in college but failed in the NFL like many other successful college coaches. Shad took a chance and like many times in life, he learned the hard way. All successful people fail at some point in life, it’s what you do next that matters.

  55. Wow. I’m shocked that a network like Fox would hire someone that has a problem with the truth…

  56. The NFL only cares about money, so they let Shad buy the Jaguars in spite of knowing nothing about American football. It seems fair that the NFL should vet prospective owners about, you know, knowledge of the game so that a team doesn’t become a laughing-stock due to poor decisions. The NFL should be representing team fans, and there is always a pool of prospective ‘buyers’ for a limited (32) supply of lucrative franchises when they are on the market. Surely some of those investors are already familiar with how an NFL franchise operates from previous experience.

  57. As with a lot of college coaches who go to the NFL find out you’re coaching adults now not teenagers. What might have worked in college doesn’t work in the pro’s. Plus you must deal with a structure in re-stocking your team not just knocking on a recruit’s door then look away when an alum or a booster wants to have a “talk” with the recruit.

  58. You knew it when you hired him. You don’t change the spots on a leopard.
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    Or in this case a Jaguar.

  59. A fish rots from the head down. Urban Meyer stinks, but he wasn’t the head.

  60. Nice quotes about Bradley and Marrone when Meyer sues for breach of contract.

  61. Moving at an alarmingly fast rate toward worst owner in NFL history.

    .. and thats really saying something.

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