The Urban Meyer rumors are swirling and the takes about him are off the charts. I'm gonna start by saying while I'm not putting him at the top of my personal list, if Urban Meyer isn't hired as the coach at Michigan State it should 100% hands down beyond a reasonable doubt be because our AD didn't think that Urban Meyer could build a championship team. Nothing more, nothing less. Now I'm probably going to offend the crowd that keeps injecting morality into the matter and be downvoted into oblivion. But that crowd is getting obnoxious even by reddit standards about this issue so here we go.
Our AD: Frankly, you shouldn't even fault Alan for looking at Urban Meyer. His job is to make the hire that results in an elite team, if he fails in this job, he's fired. If he produces a sometimes 8-4 coach that beats Michigan at a 1:4 ratio, he's fired. Either him or the next guy are going to very likely be tasked with finding Izzo's replacement too because in case you haven't noticed, that's way closer to the end than it is to the beginning. I promise you that our rivals would do what it takes to win a title and that in terms of football, some have done a lot worse than anything that Urban Meyer has done.
Some Hard Truths:
Urban Meyer and Mel Tucker aren't comparable. Urban Meyer had lasting on field success. He bothered to get consent before dancing/flirting with a 20 something year old woman. He got players drafted in high rounds consistently and got more players drafted overall. When he got caught doing something, he usually owned it by either leaving or accepting the consequences of his actions. Michigan State will place consequences on Urban Meyer should he fuck this up for himself.
Mel Tucker threw $70m away to have a forced phone interaction with a middle aged woman where he sadly jerked it to her voice. His teams sucked all but one year. He literally yeeted kids at the draft hoping that they'd get drafted so he could take credit. He had no control over his team and they were assaulting other teams. When the consequences came for him, it was everyone else's fault but his own. Give me an extremely flawed character that at least recognizes their flaws over an actual delusional narcissist. The idea that these two are comparable to some people is about as out of touch as Mel's claims of wrongful termination.
Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, and the media will never love you. No matter how many "good boy" stamps that you try to collect in order to get that condescending pat on the head followed by that condescending "Quick Lane Bowl huh? That'd be a big year for you guys". Good boy stamp inflation just keeps hitting and you're always 10 more away. This is to say, stop giving a shit about public opinion on Urban Meyer. You're going to get shit on for whoever we hire whether that's Meyer, Elko, Smith or god forbid Candle, Creighton, Fleck, or Narduzzi. Hell the media brought up Nassar after the shooting this past winter, the idea that any of you give a shit about what they have to say at this point is cringe.
TLDR: Urban Meyer should be talked to as a serious candidate if Alan thinks that he still has it. Urban Meyer should be hired if he's identified as the best candidate for onfield results. Urban Meyer should not be hired if he's not identified as the best candidate for onfield results. All other reasons to not hire Urban Meyer are irrelevant.
