jhay78;865582 wrote:I've heard someone who claimed to be "in the know" on local sports talk radio say he was fed up with the high-stakes, borderline shady world of recruiting in the SEC. I'm ticked because I can't remember who said that, but I thought it was interesting.
Thats comical when you look at the arrests record that Florida had while Meyer was the coach. It was pretty scarey to be honest. I am not sure what to think about Meyer. I don't buy much into those comments from someone who coached with Meyer. You aren't as successful as Meyer without being thorough in recruiting. And fact of the matter is, the assts coaches do most of the leg work when it comes to recruiting. The head coaches usually come in to close the deal when needed. Get a good recruiting coordinator and it makes the head coaches job much easier.
As for leaving jobs. Well, maybe he is one who likes to seek another challenge. At all three programs, he got them as far as he could. Couldn't go anywhere but down. Many coaches like that challenge of building/taking a program to the top. Once that challenge is over, they are ready for a new one.
If the OSU job does come up, it'll be interesting to see if they look at Meyer. Not that he had any NCAA violations, but again, he brought in quite a few thugs at UF. I am not sure OSU would be willing to take the chance with the position they could be in with the NCAA. Who knows...