Blog Focus: Urban Meyer Resigns, Then Un-Resigns as Florida Coach
During the normally sleepy Christmas holiday, college football was rocked by a major story: extremely successful Florida coach Urban Meyer announced he was resigning for health reasons. Just as fans were trying to come to grips with losing one of the top coaches in the country, Meyer changed his mind and said it would just be a leave of absence.
Bloggers were all over both announcements with diverse reactions:
The Wiz of Odds: "Hiring old coaches has become routine at Florida. Basketball coach Billy Donovan left in 2007 to coach the Orlando Magic, but he returned to the Swamp after only five days at his new job."
Red Cup Rebellion: "Honestly, this year felt a bit odd without there being any real coaching changes or controversy in the SEC and Meyer's sudden health concerns seemed to be the sports gods attempting to right that perceived wrong. Well guess what, sports gods? This is Urban Meyer, the king of cold-blooded and do-or-die. He'll be around for a while, I'm guessing."
Every Day Should Be Saturday: "The oddest thing about all of this is the sudden humanity of Meyer. We began a voyage into the depths of space with our crew five years ago with an icy, logical, intense cyborg, and now, after many battles, we are living the science-fiction cliche of the robot taught to love, which is just awesome as a plot twist unless the robot also develops a near-crippling anxiety disorder in the midst of things as well, and begins weeping over a single, unspoiled rose standing in the middle of the battlefield as the lasers fly."
Hugging Harold Reynolds: "Quite simply: Proof that the "do-over" rule is alive and well in college athletics."
Team Speed Kills: "The timetable here is crucial. Recruits and current players shouldn't have to make critical decisions about the rest of their lives based on what Meyer believes "in his gut." They need to know now, if not sooner, whether it's in their best interests to go to Florida or stay at Florida if the only thing making them consider either is the opportunity to play for one of the greatest coaches the sport has seen."
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