Urban Meyer’s career long fail

 Urban Meyer’s words paint an ugly self-portrait

At Big Ten media days, after firing Smith, Urban Meyer said of his response to the 2009 incident. “Domestic issues are a lot of he said, she said. We care about people as they move forward.” Unfortunately, for Ohio State and college football, this story is also a lot of Urban said.

There’s also what the 2009  police report said. “[Mrs. Smith’s] shirt had visible signs that it had been stretched from the incident and [Zach Smith] had visible redness on his right bicep which he claimed occurred in a bar downtown.”

From Meyer’s words we are left to assume he was weighing, “She said ‘my husband beat me up’ against he said, ‘I was in a bar fight.’”  How does either allow an employee charged with leading young men to keep his job?

Again, more Meyer said at Media Days, “We’re certainly not going to investigate. It came back to me that what was reported wasn’t actually what happened.”

How can a man leading a program that influences over 100 young men “certainly” not investigate possible domestic abuse by an employee he directly supervises?

About the firing of Smith. “I try to stay focused on what’s the most important thing. That’s our players and our team. But I do understand the value,” Meyer said. “It’s the Ohio State University is bigger than all of us.”

Are player needs for high character leadership less important than institutional needs?

Finally, Urban also said at media days. “In 2009 Zach was an intern, a very young couple.”

Does youth excuse domestic abuse?  Does youth excuse non-intervention by Meyer?

How can Urban Meyer remain the Ohio State head coach?