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UMFarArcher said:
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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yo arvh tell me miami wont fk this up lol plese tell me, give me hope bruh
 
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I'm confused.. For years all we've heard about is toolboxes, clouds, and cheeseburgers. Don't Meyer realize he was coaching under a cloud?? How many wrenches were in Percy Harvins Toolbox??

I hate Meyer with a passion. Met the guy a couple times and he's even a bigger POS in real life. Eff him... With that said, he's one the best to ever do it and a proven winner. So silly slogans or stupid chants. He just wins!
 
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Here's what I said about this topic in an article earlier this season:
lucane said:
killacane said:
Great post. The ability to adapt is key to any coach/leader. To this point you have seen Golden come in with his guiding principles and stick to them. They have not worked at UM and he has stuck to his ways. To me this will be his ultimate downfall. We are talented enough to be a double digit win team and compete for the ACC but thie mismatch of scheme and talent so far under Golden do not let us reach our potential. I hope he can prove us wrong. Go Canes
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I actually just read a book, written by a military strategist, about this (adaptability in leadership) and it might as well be a review of Golden's tenure. Golden is the classic 'command leader' while the modern [college football] world has become too complex to do anything other than be adaptable and capable of improvisation. There's a military story in the book about a naval battle fought by the British against a much larger and powerful force. I felt like I was reading about Gus Malzahn vs Al Groh.The ability to be flexible and build around that culture is the entire difference in today's more complex (because of information and access) world. It's no different in college football. In fact, it's more pronounced.
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https://www.canesinsight.com/thread/article-standard/89484/3
 
LuCane said:
Here's what I said about this topic in an article earlier this season:
lucane said:
killacane said:
Great post. The ability to adapt is key to any coach/leader. To this point you have seen Golden come in with his guiding principles and stick to them. They have not worked at UM and he has stuck to his ways. To me this will be his ultimate downfall. We are talented enough to be a double digit win team and compete for the ACC but thie mismatch of scheme and talent so far under Golden do not let us reach our potential. I hope he can prove us wrong. Go Canes
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I actually just read a book, written by a military strategist, about this (adaptability in leadership) and it might as well be a review of Golden's tenure. Golden is the classic 'command leader' while the modern [college football] world has become too complex to do anything other than be adaptable and capable of improvisation. There's a military story in the book about a naval battle fought by the British against a much larger and powerful force. I felt like I was reading about Gus Malzahn vs Al Groh.The ability to be flexible and build around that culture is the entire difference in today's more complex (because of information and access) world. It's no different in college football. In fact, it's more pronounced.
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https://www.canesinsight.com/thread/article-standard/89484/3
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You'll also note that Golden doesn't have any feel for the game. There's zero intuition. He and his coordinators come in with a plan, and once that turns to crap, he's out of ideas.

How many times have we gotten burned several times in the same game with the same play?
 
UMFarArcher said:
LuCane said:
Here's what I said about this topic in an article earlier this season:
lucane said:
killacane said:
Great post. The ability to adapt is key to any coach/leader. To this point you have seen Golden come in with his guiding principles and stick to them. They have not worked at UM and he has stuck to his ways. To me this will be his ultimate downfall. We are talented enough to be a double digit win team and compete for the ACC but thie mismatch of scheme and talent so far under Golden do not let us reach our potential. I hope he can prove us wrong. Go Canes
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I actually just read a book, written by a military strategist, about this (adaptability in leadership) and it might as well be a review of Golden's tenure. Golden is the classic 'command leader' while the modern [college football] world has become too complex to do anything other than be adaptable and capable of improvisation. There's a military story in the book about a naval battle fought by the British against a much larger and powerful force. I felt like I was reading about Gus Malzahn vs Al Groh.The ability to be flexible and build around that culture is the entire difference in today's more complex (because of information and access) world. It's no different in college football. In fact, it's more pronounced.
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https://www.canesinsight.com/thread/article-standard/89484/3
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You'll also note that Golden doesn't have any feel for the game. There's zero intuition. He and his coordinators come in with a plan, and once that turns to crap, he's out of ideas.

How many times have we gotten burned several times in the same game with the same play?
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^^This. That 2-10 Maryland team that beat us in 2011 was a prime indicator that Folden cannot adapt or adjust after the script has played. They dinked and dunked us to death and I almost threw my TV out the window. Guess what, 4 years later and that same Maryland offensive gameplan would shred us. Let that sink in slurpers.
 
I've posted this on another thread. Urb Maya took a 4-8 team (one of those losses was Golden's signature win, the other being a win against a 4-8 Gata team) and had them go UNDEFEATED THE NEXT YEAR. Maybe would've won a NC if they weren't under a bowl ban (See how a real coach handles a slap on the wrist from the NCAA). Then he wins the NC the 2nd year in. THAT is what a REAL coach does. Yet we have a corch in his 5th year throwing players under the bus, blaming the wind, penalties, too many players trying to rise to the occasion, youtube, cloud, night games, youth, fans, outside noise, facilities, early draftee's, etc., etc., ******* etc. What excuse will he come with after the FSU beatdown? To much ice cream before the game. Team had a belly ache.
 
Oh I forgot to mention players not executing, tackling, and poor ST performance. Slurpers please find me something Folden is good at in COACHING, not car sales.
 
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I would take him in a heart beat. If we had the money to get him, we wouldn't lose a game his entire career here.
Yes, that's very hyperbolic, but you get what I'm saying.
 
LuCane said:
Here's what I said about this topic in an article earlier this season:
lucane said:
killacane said:
Great post. The ability to adapt is key to any coach/leader. To this point you have seen Golden come in with his guiding principles and stick to them. They have not worked at UM and he has stuck to his ways. To me this will be his ultimate downfall. We are talented enough to be a double digit win team and compete for the ACC but thie mismatch of scheme and talent so far under Golden do not let us reach our potential. I hope he can prove us wrong. Go Canes
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I actually just read a book, written by a military strategist, about this (adaptability in leadership) and it might as well be a review of Golden's tenure. Golden is the classic 'command leader' while the modern [college football] world has become too complex to do anything other than be adaptable and capable of improvisation. There's a military story in the book about a naval battle fought by the British against a much larger and powerful force. I felt like I was reading about Gus Malzahn vs Al Groh.The ability to be flexible and build around that culture is the entire difference in today's more complex (because of information and access) world. It's no different in college football. In fact, it's more pronounced.
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https://www.canesinsight.com/thread/article-standard/89484/3
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Sounds like Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake against the Spanish Armada.

BTW, F ***Meyer
 
McGahee2TheHouse said:
Dwinstitles said:
recruiting recruiting recruiting
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You think Urban Meyer won a national title with a 3rd string QB because he is a "recruiter" ?
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We won with a guy that did nothing in the nfl, Baka wins without one. Super talented teams in college don't need a qb. Agree though urban is a beast recruiter an a magic man at qbs running qbs. Tebow is trash also
 
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