| 27 December 2009
There is a good bit of chatter out there about Urban Meyer and a posible future at Ohio State. I have argued that Ohio State is the one job that he would leave Florida for. Home state, first coaching job was in this state, first college job was at Ohio State. I think it is possible. I now would say it was possible.
I think he could be done. With what is not coming out about his heart condition I think he is odds on to never coach again. It is now coming out that he has had more visits to the hospital with chest pains since the first one that we are aware of. Before you ask, yes, the first visit was chest pains. You have to believe that cutting it back was considered. As much as this guy loves coaching you have to think options were explored that would allow him to keep coaching. Cutting back would have had to be one of those options. I think his resignation is about him not being able to do that. If he goes back to work he is going to go right back to the same behavior that resulted in health issues that forced him out. I keep hearing about this not being a health risk factor. I don't know. Regularly having heart attack-like symptions is not a big deal? I have a hard time wrapping my mind around that. There is one thing there is no question about. This is a quality of life issue. I think the quote from a family friend speaks volumes. He said the kids said to him, "We finally have our Dad back." Sounds to me like a matter of him not being home alot and when he was, he was not himself. Probably exhausted. Maybe distracted.
A man like this is going to have to find a way to change how he does things or wait until science and the medical profession can come up with something, a medication, a therapy, whatever, to help him. Until one of those things happens he is not going to be back.
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