Meyer needs to shift priorities, not step down

Release Date 28 Dec, 2009 in Chicago Tribune

 
   

Florida's Urban Meyer to take leave of absence

Newsday (subscription) - Mike Rose - 28 Dec, 2009
Less than 24 hours after it was announced that Florida's Urban Meyer would step down due to health reasons, Meyer changed his mind and will take a leave of ...

A Seesaw Day in a Groping for Balance

New York Times - William C. Rhoden - 28 Dec, 2009
Dave Martin/AP Coach Urban Meyer during Florida's loss to Alabama in the SEC championship game. Meyer's resignation lasted one day. ...

Weekend of Surprises Out of Gainesville

Wall Street Journal - Jason Gay - 28 Dec, 2009
So Urban Meyer isn't quitting football. Maybe he should just take what those romantic high-school kids call a "gap year" before college. ...

Urban Meyer Opts For Leave Of Absence

ESPN - Pat Forde - 28 Dec, 2009
Following the U-turn tradition of Gators men's basketball coach Billy Donovan, football counterpart Urban Meyer announced Sunday that he is not leaving the ...

Meyer's timing, change of heart baffling

CBSSports.com - Dennis Dodd - 28 Dec, 2009
Between heaven (coaching a national power) and the hell of retirement Florida's Urban Meyer chose a purgatorial spot on the sidelines. ...

Meyer needs to shift priorities, not step down

Chicago Tribune - 28 Dec, 2009
I found out Urban Meyer announced Saturday night he was leaving Florida to pay more attention to his health and family while staring at my BlackBerry behind ...

Sideline Chatter At least Urban Meyer has the fans on his side

Seattle Times - 28 Dec, 2009
EVAN VUCCI / AP Urban Meyer will be taking a leave as Florida football coach, some 34 years after Jim Sweeney resigned at Washington State. ...

For the good of his health, Meyer must return a changed man

SI.com - 28 Dec, 2009
AP Forget the medical specifics, which Urban Meyer clearly didn't want to address on Sunday. If Florida's current coach/former coach/current ...

Meyer saga reminds us coaches are people first

USA Today - Mike Lopresti - 28 Dec, 2009
Urban Meyer is a football coach. The job description includes criticism, doubts, frustration, anguish, heartbreak, anger, ...

Stoops, Sooners avoid potential distraction

San Francisco Chronicle - Murray Evans - 28 Dec, 2009
Urban Meyer's decision to take a leave of absence at Florida, instead of resigning, has removed a potential distraction for the ...

Offensive Coordinator Takes on Bigger Role

Wall Street Journal - Darren Everson - 28 Dec, 2009
Florida coach Urban Meyer's change-of-heart decision to take a health-related leave of absenceâ€"instead of stepping downâ€"leaves the Gators ...

Meyer's leave could change dynamic in SEC, state of Florida

SI.com - 28 Dec, 2009
AP Technically, Urban Meyer did nothing wrong. As strange and as stunning as the Florida coach's 24-hour career crisis has been, it's hard to criticize his ...

ESPN throws everything at ever-changing Urban Meyer story

USA Today - Reid Cherner - 28 Dec, 2009
ESPN's 10 men and a dog response kept the network on top of the Urban Meyer story. That was true Saturday when there wasn't much ...

Meyer's retirement now a leave of absence

Dallas Morning News (blog) - 28 Dec, 2009
I'll leave the one-liners about Brett Favre decision-making and one-day retirements to the Southeastern Conference message boards. ...

Meyer's announcement keeps Stoops at OU

ESPN (blog) - Tim Griffin - 28 Dec, 2009
Oklahoma fans can rest a little bit easier after Florida coach Urban Meyer was offered and accepted an indefinite leave of absence to reclaim ...

Urban Meyer's leave at Florida stuns Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald

Chicago Tribune - Teddy Greenstein - 28 Dec, 2009
Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald said he was "floored" to learn Urban Meyer had taken a leave of absence from Florida for health and family reasons. ...

Florida Coach Urban Meyer will not resign but will take a leave of absence

Los Angeles Times - 28 Dec, 2009
Florida football coach Urban Meyer has changed his mind and decided not to resign but will take an indefinite leave of absence, which leaves open the door ...

Change of mind: Meyer won't quit, will take indefinite leave instead

SI.com - Andy Staples - 28 Dec, 2009
Florida coach Urban Meyer will not step down but instead will take an indefinite leave of absence, he said on Sunday. ...

Meyer to take leave of absence

TSN - 28 Dec, 2009
New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - One day after a stunning decision to resign as Florida's football coach amid health concerns, Urban Meyer has instead ...

Meyer will stay as Florida coach but take a leave of absence

USA Today - 28 Dec, 2009
NEW ORLEANS - Two sources close to the situation told Florida Today that Urban Meyer has changed his mind and has decided he will return as the Gators' head ...

Will Meyer be Florida's head coach for the 2010 season?

Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) - Tony Barnhart - 28 Dec, 2009
As expected, Urban Meyer announced Sunday afternoon that he has changed his mind and will not resign as Florida's head coach after Friday's Sugar Bowl game ...

Florida's Meyer Will Take Leave, Not Resign

New York Times - Pete Thamel - 28 Dec, 2009
NEW ORLEANS â€" After shocking the sports world by announcing Saturday that he would be stepping down as Florida's football coach because of ...

Nine schools with most to gain from UF shake-up

ESPN (blog) - 28 Dec, 2009
The news about Urban Meyer's resignation at Florida was so stunning that when the announcement first popped into my inbox, I seriously thought for a moment ...

Meyer's shocking resignation rocks college coaching landscape

SI.com - Bob Rosato - 28 Dec, 2009
Like a 60-yard Percy Harvin touchdown run or a Joe Haden interception return, Urban Meyer's jaw-dropping resignation Saturday was, as he's wont to say, ...

Meyer's nine-year run came with costs

ESPN - Ivan Maisel - 28 Dec, 2009
The intensity within Urban Meyer burned so fiercely you could feel the heat shimmering off of him. He pushed and he prodded and he challenged ...

Meyer's Early Exit Nearly Unprecedented

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Darren Everson - 28 Dec, 2009
Like boxers, college football coaches usually hang on as long as humanly possible. Especially the great ones. ...

Who's Next at Florida?

New York Times (blog) - Pete Thamel - 28 Dec, 2009
Bob Stoops is building a new house in Norman, Okla. He should name a wing of it after the Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley. ...

Readers react to Meyer's resignation

MiamiHerald.com - 28 Dec, 2009
Florida head coach Urban Meyer celebrates the Gators 51-21 victory over LSU at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida, Saturday, October 11, 2008. ...

Ganther: Meyer wouldn't do well in NFL

Washington Post (blog) - 28 Dec, 2009
The speculation that Urban Meyer could follow Steve Spurrier's path from Gainesville, Fla., to Ashburn is surprising. Numerous reports are saying Meyer's ...

Health concerns force Urban Meyer to resign

Toronto Star - 28 Dec, 2009
AP Florida football coach Urban Meyer said health issues have forced him to resign his position after five seasons and two national championships. ...

 

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