Urban Meyer is a college football legend, but he has decided to take a different challenge by coaching the bottom-feeding Jacksonville Jaguars and getting them to the top. Despite that seemingly Herculean task, though, Meyer thinks coaching the Jags is a bit easier than coaching Ohio State.
In an interview with Yahoo! Sports, Meyer had this to say:
“As he reflects on the modest early expectations of his new job, Meyer recalls being asked what it’s like to be considered a failure if his team didn't go undefeated at SEC media days in 2009 while the head coach at Florida. ‘And I'm looking at him saying, ‘You're right,” Meyer recalled with a laugh. ‘That's, to me, much more difficult than this.' He pauses and smiles. ‘At least I'm training my mind to be that way.'
Meyer might seem like the perfect guy to lead the Jags to success. With number one pick and star quarterback Trevor Lawrence on his team, Meyer is poised to have the same success with the Jaguars like he had with his college team in Ohio State and Florida. His interview with Yahoo! Sports paint him as a coach intent on learning the intricacies and the differences of college and pro football.
However, not all is well with Meyer and the Jags, especially if this article saying that Meyer is focusing on culture is to be believed. Meyer's college teams, while being the cream of the crop in performance, didn't tend to be on the better side when it came to culture. His Florida teams were routinely in trouble with the law. Meyer himself has had some… questionable priorities, choosing loyalty over talent, such as when he let his former player Tim Tebow play in a pre-season game. That… didn't go well for Tebow.
Jaguars fans have to hope that Urban Meyer can buck his trend of questionable staff choices and culture building. If all goes well, Meyer and Lawrence can usher in the return of the Jags to relevancy.
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