URBAN MEYER AND THE JAGS TAKING A GIANT LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN MYERS HIGHER IN JACKSONVILLE
HAS THE ULTIMATE BOOM
BUST POTENTIAL CAN HE SUCCEED
IN THE NFL, A LEAGUE IN WHICH
SO MANY OTHER COLLEGE COACHES
HAVE FAILED. NEWS 4 JAX JAGS
ANALYST MARK BRUNELL JOINS ME
HERE ON THE MORNING SHOW GOOD
MORNING MARK.
GOOD MORNING. BRUCE HOW ARE YOU
I’M OK SO FOR MEYER THE
DECISION KICKS OFF A
FASCINATING EXPERIMENT OF
WHETHER ONE OF THE GREATEST
COACHES IN MODERN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL HISTORY CAN TRANSLATE
TO THE NFL. NO NFL
HOW’S THAT GOING TO PLAY WITH
THE JAGS.
>> WELL FIRST OF ALL SEE I
THINK IT’S A GREAT HIRE,
OBVIOUSLY IF YOU’RE TALKING
ABOUT A LEAGUE COACHES IN
FOOTBALL, YOU HAVE TO PUT HER
BEEN MEYER IN THAT CATEGORY AND
THAT’S THE
BIG QUESTION CAN HE TRANSLATE
THAT SUCCESS TO THE TO THE
PROFESSIONAL RANKS. I THINK
IT’S IMPORTANT THAT THAT URBAN.
IN GETTING THIS ROLE WITH
THE JAGS FIND
SOME COACHES. THAT HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED EXPERIENCE WHERE THAT’S
GOOD DEFENSE A QUARTER OR OR
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR. BUT YOU
HAVE TO STRETCH OURSELVES.
YOU SURROUND YOURSELF TH GUYS
THAT HAVE COACH AT
THIS LEVEL. I THINK THAT’S
REALLY IMPORTANT I THINK URBAN
WE’LL DO WE’LL DO THAT
VERY THING.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: ONE OF THE
APPEALS THAT HE BRINGS HIS
ABILITY TO BUILD AN
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE. THE
JAGS HAVE NOT HAD THAT IN A
LONG TIME IS THAT AN UPHILL
BATTLE.
>> YEAH WELL IT COULD BE TOUGH
AND LISTEN THE NFL’S ABOUT
WAITING BRUCE YOU’VE GOT TO WIN
FOOTBALL GAMES. YOU DO THAT BY
HAVING A VERY
GOOD CULTURE. IT THAT TAKES
TIME I THINK A LOT OF FANS
PROBABLY ARE.
>> HOPEFULLY BECAUSE URBAN
MEYER’S HERE THAT IT WILL BE AN
OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. WELL IT’S
GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.
IT
SEEMS LIKE URBAN UNDERSTANDS
THAT YOU KNOW IS THAT THERE’S A
LOT OF HOLES TO FILL THIS PARK
THE ROSTERS CONCERTED AND
GETTING TO THE PLACE WHERE
YOU’RE IN THE PLAYOFFS YEAR IN
AND
YEAR OUT. AGAIN THAT JUST
DOESN’T HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY.
IT DOES TAKE TAKE SOME TIME.
WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PLAYERS
A LOT OF PLAYERS
WITH EXPERIENCE.
>> BUT HOPEFULLY HE CAN TURN
THIS THING AROUND I THINK THAT
THERE’S A GOT TO
DO IT. YOU KNOW URBAN MEYER CAN
DO IT AGAIN PROVES HE HAS
ASSERTED HIMSELF WITH THE RIGHT
COACHING STAFF CREATE THAT
CULTURE THAT
THAT THAT ALLOWS YOUR
ORGANIZATION TO DO TO DO
VERY WELL.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: BUT WE CAN’T
IGNORE THE FACT THAT HE DID
ATTRACT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT
OF CONTROVERSY AT EACH STOP
ACCUSED OF FOSTERING A TOXIC
ENVIRONMENT
OF FLORIDA, TURNING A BLIND EYE
TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST OHIO STATE
ASSISTANT COACH. ZACH SMITH.
THE HEALTH ISSUES.
THEY’RE GOING TO COME UP WITH
THE FIRST NEWS CONFERENCE
TODAY. JACKS CAN’T AFFORD ANY
CONTROVERSY.
>> NO I THINK
YOU CAN AND HOPEFULLY IN PAST
MISTAKES AND IF HIS PREVIOUS
SPOTS THAT HE’S LEARNED FROM
HIM AND
YOU KNOW GO GOING FORWARD, YOU
KNOW THOSE THOSE TYPE OF THINGS
ARE ARE JUST ARE SIMPLY
UNACCEPTABLE OBVIOUSLY IN
CANADA. BUT AS FAR AS THE
FOOTBALL IS CONCERNED I THINK
MOST JETS FANS ARE REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE
POSSIBILITIES ARE. YOU KNOW
GETTING UP TO TO A QUARTERBACK
LIKE TREVOR LAWRENCE
MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE
WORLD THROUGH BECAUSE AS YOU
KNOW IF YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVE A
GOOD QUARTERBACK. YOU’VE GOT A
CHANCE TO WIN SOME FOOTBALL
GAMES. SO IT’S A GREAT JOB.
A LOT OF SALARY
CAP SPACE. LOT OF DRAFT PICKS
THE CHANCE FOR THE FIRST PICK
IN ALL LIKELIHOOD IS GOING TO
TREVOR LAWRENCE, SO THERE’S
SOME GOOD THINGS THAT LINE.
NOT THAT IT’S A IT’S A
YOU CAN’T YOU KNOW YOU FAILING
THE SAME BECAUSE YOU CAN’T BUT
IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT THE DECISIONS HE
MAKES THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS. ARE THE RIGHT
DECISIONS SO LET ME CIRCLE BACK
TO WHERE WE STARTED.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: I GUESS THE
BIG QUESTION IS CAN URBAN MEYER
FOLLOW IN THE
FOOTSTEPS OF WELL THE SEAHAWKS
PETE CARROLL HALL OF FAMER
JIMMIE JOHNSON TO DIG FOR WHO
CAME OUT OF U C
L A OR IS HE GOING TO BE LIKE
NICK SABAN WHO AFTER THE FIRST
GAME IS LIKE NOW I WANT TO GO
BACK TO COLLEGE.
>> THAT’S THE QUESTION OF
COURSE, AND YOU KNOW I THINK
BY. MY HOPE IS
URBAN MEYER’S IN FOR
THE LONG HAUL RIGHT I MENTION
THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
I THINK IT OR IF URBAN MEYER IS
COMING IN YOUR ONE EXPECTS TO
WIN 19 GAMES. IT’S NOT THAT’S A
LONG SHOT NOTHING CAN HAPPEN.
BUT IT DOES TAKE TIME TO BUILD
A WINNER. AND AGAIN YOU KNOW GETTING GETTING SOME SOME GUYS NEW COACHING STAFF THAT SIMPLY
HAVE SOME ANECDOTES SPIRITS.
IT’S DIFFERENT. THE NFL IS
DIFFERENT YOU’RE DEALING WITH A
DIFFERENT TYPE OF PLAYER.
A WHOLE DIFFERENT TYPE OF OF
SITUATION SO.
I DON’T IF YOU DIDN’T THINK YOU
COULD DO IT HE WOULD BE TAKING
THIS JOB AND I THINK IT’S A
VERY
APPEALING JOB. SO I I THINK
PEOPLE SHOULD BE REAL THROUGH
WHERE THE JAGUARS THAT WORTH
WHERE THEY’RE AT RIGHT NOW.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: ALL RIGHT
MARK AS ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU
AND THANKS FOR COMING DOWN FROM
THE TREE STAND TO JOIN US THIS
MORNING. HAHA.
>> ALW