Wednesday, December 8, 2010

SEC Football Blogger

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:09 PM PST

Urban Meyer Steps Down.

In a move looks to have rocked the SEC to its core, Urban Meyer and this time he totally means it, has stepped down from the Head Coaching Job at Florida. Meyer reversed course from resigning from the University during last years bowl season, and spent most of the time between spring ball and the start of training camp this season. But to put it kindly, Florida was a terrible 7-5 team.

But that being said? Being the head coach of a college football team, let alone the head coach of a team with such outsized expectations, is a ridiculously high-pressure gig. And Urban Meyer would not be the first coach to find himself burned out and walked away before it broke completely badly.

No matter what you though of him and his team, this is a loss that hurts the SEC on the whole. Urban could walk onto a campus and win two out of three games on mostly scheme alone. And one would have to consider the fact he made Florida the team of the aughts a major accomplishment. The simple fact is that he could wet again pull a Brett Favre, and I would be writing this post again next December. He was that dominant as a Head Coach.

The two obvious replacement calls would be Dan Mullen or Charlie Strong. And rightfully, that’s where they’re going towards. But that being said? If you want to consider a name with Florida ties to Jeremy Foley with reasonable success as a coach.

I’ll point you to Larry Fedora. Sure, his Florida time was in the dark ages, but Jeremy Foley did hire the Zooker. This is nothing but idle speculation, but I’m just saying.

Don’t sleep on the hat.

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