By now we all know that Urban Meyer is one of the worst coaches in NFL history. He didn’t even make it a full year with the Jaguars before being fired and his brief stay was an embarrassment for a franchise that has grown used to being the laughing stock of the league.
But I have some good news for you – The Athletic published an incredible, in-depth story today that has some juicy behind-the-scenes details about Meyer’s time with the Jags and these details make him look even worse than how he looked when he was canned.
While lots of people are correctly laughing at Meyer today for allegedly not knowing who Aaron Donald was, I found this part about the threats he allegedly made about his coaches extremely cowardly and totally believable judging on what type of person Meyer has shown us to be over the years.
From The Athletic (go read this story here, it’s tremendous):
Receiver D.J. Chark, who signed with the Lions last week after spending the first four years of his career with the Jaguars, said Meyer routinely threatened to fire coaches and cut players. “He feels like threats are what motivates,” Chark said. “I know he would come up to us and tell us if the receivers weren’t doing good, he wasn’t going to fire us, he was going to fire our coach. He would usually say that when the coach was around.”
If that is true, and Clark would have no reason to make it up, Meyer should be ashamed of himself. What a gross thing to do. What a childish thing to do. What a garbage thing to do.
Speaking of gross things, here’s another horrible alleged story about Meyer:
Not long after veteran receiver John Brown signed with the Jaguars as a free agent, he ran the wrong route in practice. To correct the mistake, Brown, who is from Florida, and rookie quarterback Trevor Lawrence ran through the route again after practice. Meyer walked up to the pair.
“Hey, Trevor, you’ve got to slow it down for him,” Meyer said, according to sources. “These boys from the South, their transcripts ain’t right.”
What a bad, bad person.
Again, go read this:
Multiple sources told The Athletic that former Jaguars coach Urban Meyer was unfamiliar with star players around the NFL, including
◽️ Deebo Samuel
◽️ Jamal Adams
◽️ Aaron Donald"Who’s this 99 guy on the Rams? I’m hearing he might be a problem for us."https://t.co/Z7DDnLi8vT pic.twitter.com/oJgcA3c4DS
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) March 21, 2022
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