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“I think scheme's overrated,” Meyer said Monday. “… I think it's comical when I hear, ‘It doesn't fit our system.’ Well, change your system.”

We got here and there were no H-backs,” he said. “We had a big tailback and a couple of tight ends and a fullback, and you went 12-0, and we didn't complain about it and didn't say ‘We don't have this and don't have this.’

“So you adapt your schemes. In my opinion, the good coordinators and those type of guys do a very good job with that. You'll find out what you got and do it. And don't (say), ‘Well, he doesn't fit, doesn't fit.’ Make him fit. We'll always take the better player and find a way to make him fit. We did it for years.”

It’s easier to get the top athletes when you’re at Ohio State or Florida, but Meyer said the strategy actually works better at a place like Bowling Green or when he was at Utah in the Mountain West. Find the athletic abilities you can work with and go from there.

“You take your best available athlete you get your hands on and mull it around what you can do with it,” he said. “So I think it's the opposite. I remember the days of BG and at Utah, that kid could run, that kid could play. We'll take him and find out what he can do after that, or find out how you can build around him. Like a real little guy that's as fast as you know what and build around him.”
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Urban Meyer: Never sacrifice talent for scheme in recruiting

But what does he know
 
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Boy does a good head coach make such a difference... I pray we get a proven guy this time
 
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Problem2 said:
“I think scheme's overrated,” Meyer said Monday. “… I think it's comical when I hear, ‘It doesn't fit our system.’ Well, change your system.”

We got here and there were no H-backs,” he said. “We had a big tailback and a couple of tight ends and a fullback, and you went 12-0, and we didn't complain about it and didn't say ‘We don't have this and don't have this.’

“So you adapt your schemes. In my opinion, the good coordinators and those type of guys do a very good job with that. You'll find out what you got and do it. And don't (say), ‘Well, he doesn't fit, doesn't fit.’ Make him fit. We'll always take the better player and find a way to make him fit. We did it for years.”

It’s easier to get the top athletes when you’re at Ohio State or Florida, but Meyer said the strategy actually works better at a place like Bowling Green or when he was at Utah in the Mountain West. Find the athletic abilities you can work with and go from there.

“You take your best available athlete you get your hands on and mull it around what you can do with it,” he said. “So I think it's the opposite. I remember the days of BG and at Utah, that kid could run, that kid could play. We'll take him and find out what he can do after that, or find out how you can build around him. Like a real little guy that's as fast as you know what and build around him.”
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Urban Meyer: Never sacrifice talent for scheme in recruiting

But what does he know
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Well according to some on here he knows nothing because he left UF in shambles one year. Never mind the 3 MNCs and getting Utah a BCS Bowl win.
 
I can't think of any other coach that I hate more than Meyer. But that ******* can coach. 3 national titles under your belt (under different schools) allows you to say what you want. And it makes sense. Meanwhile, Golden is trying to fit square pegs in a round hole known as his scheme.
 
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Never thought there would be a day where I'd 100% agree w/ Urban Meyer... F U Golden...
 
Canesfan1899 said:
I ******* hate the guy, but Dude can coach.
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This is pretty much it in a nutshell....he makes my skin crawl and I can't stand the jackass, but everywhere he goes he wins. He's good at what he does. No denying that.
 
But Golden with to the Dallas Cowboys for help. Golden has made the Canes a laughing stock. After 5 years with the same result you think he would have changed his stance on things....Nope Golden insists you take an upfield attacking DE and make him play patty cake. Oh by the way I was watching the Seattle Def last night and there dlinemen were upfield attacking. Maybe golden fell asleep with talking to Carrol or the Dallas Coaching.
 
It's well and good that he put it into words, but watching his team through the years, you already knew that from what he showed on the field. I've said for years the way he used Tebow with Leak together while getting them ready for the post Leak years, was probably the finest coaching I've seen. What he did this past year though may surpass that.

Other than being a former Gator coach, for some that's enough, why don't people like him? I know most pegged Shannon as the better hire at the time, not me. Guy is passionate about winning, I don't have a problem with that.
 
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That's cause urban has never called a play in his life always had great coordinators , he's a great recruiter and special teams coach
 
Maybe he can't call plays, but he sure as **** can recruit and put together a coaching staff.

I hate him for all of the holier than thou bs snuggling up to Tebow and can't coach b/c I want to spend time with my family load that he was selling, not to mention all the yappin about clean program this and elite school that while his guys are out getting busted for armed robbery, assault, etc etc. I wouldn't buy a car from him, but he can run a freakin program.
 
Problem2 said:
“I think scheme's overrated,” Meyer said Monday. “… I think it's comical when I hear, ‘It doesn't fit our system.’ Well, change your system.”

We got here and there were no H-backs,” he said. “We had a big tailback and a couple of tight ends and a fullback, and you went 12-0, and we didn't complain about it and didn't say ‘We don't have this and don't have this.’

“So you adapt your schemes. In my opinion, the good coordinators and those type of guys do a very good job with that. You'll find out what you got and do it. And don't (say), ‘Well, he doesn't fit, doesn't fit.’ Make him fit. We'll always take the better player and find a way to make him fit. We did it for years.”

It’s easier to get the top athletes when you’re at Ohio State or Florida, but Meyer said the strategy actually works better at a place like Bowling Green or when he was at Utah in the Mountain West. Find the athletic abilities you can work with and go from there.

“You take your best available athlete you get your hands on and mull it around what you can do with it,” he said. “So I think it's the opposite. I remember the days of BG and at Utah, that kid could run, that kid could play. We'll take him and find out what he can do after that, or find out how you can build around him. Like a real little guy that's as fast as you know what and build around him.”
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Urban Meyer: Never sacrifice talent for scheme in recruiting

But what does he know
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And that's EXACTLY what Butch Davis did.

Recruited the best athletes, and THEN figure out where they could play best.
 
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